I was 6th in line for V1 and waited probably 8 hours in line. For the 3G I was 2nd in line and waited about 3 hours. I'll do the same for the new one whenever it comes out. Waiting for the original was much more exciting because people were much more pumped.
Camping Out
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I went to my local AT&T store at 8 a.m. and was 13th in line on iDay 2.0, and walked out with iPhone 3G in hand an hour and 10 minutes later 
Remember that big fiasco last year though, when people waited in line for many hours and then couldn't activate their new iPhone 3G? I wonder how that will play out this year?
I camped out for both iPhones in the 5th ave store in Manhattan. Hundreds and hundreds of people around the block! It was so much fun and time passes quickly when you have someone to talk to. I would do it again and again!
For V1, i let all of YOU camp out and test them for 2 weeks and then i just walked in to the 5th Ave. store and bought one. For the 3G I walked by the 5th Ave. store and just laughed and went to Lex and 61st and had one in an hour.
I have never camped out for anything. However with the abundance of awesome rumors startin to trickle out, I have started to consider it for what seems to a beast in the making.
if you wait a couple days longer your trading a few hours for a few days. Id rather camp out and have my new phone asap
I went to the 5th ave store @ 7:50 on original iDay, and it took me all of 3 minutes to walk in and buy one. This is after checking AT&T in Union Sq, and Times Sq (all sold out) I couldn't believe how fast I got through.
Probably do the same this time... no camping for me, unless it involves the woods
For the first version, I camped outside for a full 24 hours and I was STILL 4th in line (though, it was a group of 3 people who got there right before I did). I got there at roughly 6 pm June 28th and made some friends and bummed around until 6 pm the 29th.
In fact, the guy behind me was an airborne ranger with a lot of interesting things to say. We became friends and ended up going to a movie together at around noon on the 29th, there's a theater about 3 minutes away from the Apple store in my area - just had the nice group in front of us watch our spots. (I actually left my gear with them too, a bag which had a powerbook in it at the time... which was probably a stupid idea in hindsight
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Media came and interviewed us.. All in all a good time. Damn tired afterwards though, must have been awake for about 30+ hours before the whole waiting game was done.
I didn't bother upgrading to the 3G, so this time around I might have to do it again!
In fact, the guy behind me was an airborne ranger with a lot of interesting things to say. We became friends and ended up going to a movie together at around noon on the 29th, there's a theater about 3 minutes away from the Apple store in my area - just had the nice group in front of us watch our spots. (I actually left my gear with them too, a bag which had a powerbook in it at the time... which was probably a stupid idea in hindsight
)Media came and interviewed us.. All in all a good time. Damn tired afterwards though, must have been awake for about 30+ hours before the whole waiting game was done.
I didn't bother upgrading to the 3G, so this time around I might have to do it again!
Seriously, in what Universe or dimension is an occurrence like that even possible? iDay lines will always be a reality on my planet
I camped out for iDay v2 for a few hours. I scoped out an AT&T store I thought would be more low-key, slept for a few hours the night before and got out to the store at about 4 AM. I was the first person in line and the first person in the Central time zone to walk out of a store with an iPhone 3G (though thousands of others can probably make the same claim).
As people came up to get in line, we would all chat about this or that. The time went by very quickly just getting to know the people around me.
It does seem that the impatient ones are actually the ones willing to wait in long lines. I would not have been able to get any work done that day knowing that there were people out there buying and getting to use their new iPhones.
The thing that made it most worthwhile for me was walking by AT&T and Apple stores in the weeks after the release. I went to the most high-profile Apple store in my area (in a large mall) the day after the release and flaunted my new iPhone as I walked by the hundreds of people in line. Any other time I saw an Apple or AT&T store in the next few weeks, they always had that sign out in the front of the store that said, "Sorry, we do not have any iPhone 3Gs today." I would take pictures of this sign with my iPhone 3G
Anyway, it was a great experience and I will most likely be doing the exact same thing when the next iPhone comes out.
As people came up to get in line, we would all chat about this or that. The time went by very quickly just getting to know the people around me.
It does seem that the impatient ones are actually the ones willing to wait in long lines. I would not have been able to get any work done that day knowing that there were people out there buying and getting to use their new iPhones.
The thing that made it most worthwhile for me was walking by AT&T and Apple stores in the weeks after the release. I went to the most high-profile Apple store in my area (in a large mall) the day after the release and flaunted my new iPhone as I walked by the hundreds of people in line. Any other time I saw an Apple or AT&T store in the next few weeks, they always had that sign out in the front of the store that said, "Sorry, we do not have any iPhone 3Gs today." I would take pictures of this sign with my iPhone 3G
Anyway, it was a great experience and I will most likely be doing the exact same thing when the next iPhone comes out.
As I recall, a lot of that was caused by the fact that software version 2.0 was released on the same day as the 3G iPhone. It seems like Apple is planning to release 3.0 to current iPhone users before the new iPhone goes on sale this year.
Ditto, minus the camping out.
Everyone around here still seems to be buying 3Gs as though there's nothing coming. I'm expecting not nearly the hype and backordering that we experienced with the 3G launch. I fully expect to mosey in to my local AT&T store and pick one up on iDay3 without any camping necessary.
I may be completely naive in this assumption, but we'll see...
I expect everyone to be camped out at the 3 Apple stores here in Manhattan - the AT&T stores -not so much - same as last year. I went to AT&T around 11 am and waited 40 minutes because they had only one salesman working with the 3G .
Dave you may have trouble getting one during iDay3 lol.
When the 3G's came out, a lot of people got them on the first week of iDay. Hell, i decided to avoid the lines and "outa stock sorry" and waited for almost a month after it came out. I went to the Apple Store in Aventura and still had to wait in a line for around 45min to get a White one.
This is a major overhaul (white plastic to Aluminum proportions) not just a little few tweaks here and there. Demand for this thing is going to be insane.
I plan on getting to the Mall at around 6am... waiting for security to open the doors. Then im going to sprint to the store to wait for it to open. (hopefully ill get everyone/everything on video with Cycorder lol but im not sure if i should do that because ill be pissed if the store denies me in any way because my 3g is jailbroken).
When the 3G's came out, a lot of people got them on the first week of iDay. Hell, i decided to avoid the lines and "outa stock sorry" and waited for almost a month after it came out. I went to the Apple Store in Aventura and still had to wait in a line for around 45min to get a White one.
This is a major overhaul (white plastic to Aluminum proportions) not just a little few tweaks here and there. Demand for this thing is going to be insane.
I plan on getting to the Mall at around 6am... waiting for security to open the doors. Then im going to sprint to the store to wait for it to open. (hopefully ill get everyone/everything on video with Cycorder lol but im not sure if i should do that because ill be pissed if the store denies me in any way because my 3g is jailbroken).