Ok, this is my last post for a Saturday night.
I promise not to instigate anything other than
posts based on actual fact(s) after this.
For example, I will be purchasing an iPhone on the 29th
of June.
In the meantime...
Despite all the wonderful hype, glitz, product promotion,
and forum mayhem, I continue to have this funny feeling it’s
indeed all of the above. For it would not be the first time a
huge bubble of hype burst into a trickle of…
With a mere 2000 some members here on this forum, and
maybe 7, or 10 more forums with the same average
number of people posting their/our latest thoughts,
questions, and so on, it doesn’t really seem to add up
to very many people in a country of roughly 300 million
interested in actually purchasing a product.
The demographics of who can actually afford one, the complications of some people having to spend even more to break their ties with a current cell phone provider, and other factors I’m sure this brilliant crowd could add to the slant here.
AT&T hiring an extra 2000 people really only means
one, or two extra workers at each store.
(Depending on the store size, and market location.)
I think about how a new grocery store sets up double
cash registers, and many extra people to handle a first
day crowd for example. To illustrate a lame analogy.
And the huge lines during holiday periods.
And because some 1 million plus people have inquired
about the product with AT&T for updates,
etc. it still doesn’t seem to jive with actual word on the street.
When I asked my 20-year-old son about helping me wait in line for
a unit(s), his initial tone was, “Oh ya, I heard about those.”
Kind of implying conversation about the product among his peers
was not really taking place.
And I second this comment with how very few, if actually no one
where I’m employed ever uttered the term “iPhone” until I
started talking about it at work. They all wish me fun, and good
luck in my effort to purchase one, but seem lackadaisical about
all the commotion. (Old fuddy duddies aren’t they?)
Just keeping one foot on the ground surrounding all the
commotion here within the written word. A Forum.
Even so, I’m still gonna be first in line!
Race ya.
Have a great weekend everyone.
John
I promise not to instigate anything other than
posts based on actual fact(s) after this.
For example, I will be purchasing an iPhone on the 29th
of June.
In the meantime...
Despite all the wonderful hype, glitz, product promotion,
and forum mayhem, I continue to have this funny feeling it’s
indeed all of the above. For it would not be the first time a
huge bubble of hype burst into a trickle of…
With a mere 2000 some members here on this forum, and
maybe 7, or 10 more forums with the same average
number of people posting their/our latest thoughts,
questions, and so on, it doesn’t really seem to add up
to very many people in a country of roughly 300 million
interested in actually purchasing a product.
The demographics of who can actually afford one, the complications of some people having to spend even more to break their ties with a current cell phone provider, and other factors I’m sure this brilliant crowd could add to the slant here.
AT&T hiring an extra 2000 people really only means
one, or two extra workers at each store.
(Depending on the store size, and market location.)
I think about how a new grocery store sets up double
cash registers, and many extra people to handle a first
day crowd for example. To illustrate a lame analogy.
And the huge lines during holiday periods.
And because some 1 million plus people have inquired
about the product with AT&T for updates,
etc. it still doesn’t seem to jive with actual word on the street.
When I asked my 20-year-old son about helping me wait in line for
a unit(s), his initial tone was, “Oh ya, I heard about those.”
Kind of implying conversation about the product among his peers
was not really taking place.
And I second this comment with how very few, if actually no one
where I’m employed ever uttered the term “iPhone” until I
started talking about it at work. They all wish me fun, and good
luck in my effort to purchase one, but seem lackadaisical about
all the commotion. (Old fuddy duddies aren’t they?)
Just keeping one foot on the ground surrounding all the
commotion here within the written word. A Forum.
Even so, I’m still gonna be first in line!
Race ya.
Have a great weekend everyone.
John
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