“The first retail-bound volume shipments of Apple Inc.’s hotly anticipated iPhone device arrived successfully in the United States this past weekend, touching down quietly at a handful of drop locations just six days before the device is due to go on sale at nearly 2000 Apple and AT&T retail locations,” Kasper Jade reports for AppleInsider.
“Awaiting the freight at each location on Sunday were armed personnel, who were reportedly hired by Apple through its courier’s ground handling agent and then cleared by the Transportation Security Administration. Armed guards are extremely unusual for freight coming out of the Asian sector, those familiar with the matter explained, and are typically reserved for shipments containing riches such as gold and diamonds,” Jade reports.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “mango” for the heads up.]
Armed guard. It’s funny, but really it’s not. They are worth more than gold. Any bets on how much iPhones will be going for on Ebay?
Should read “who were reportedly hired by Apple’s marketing department”. This is all part of the well-oiled hype machinery.
It’s a FREAKIN PHONE! Not diamonds, people. LOL
Well, I’ve ‘being’ excited for the last 6 months. This week is going to be hellish!
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…actually much more useful and valuable than diamonds. Only DeBeers has a better and much-longer-running marketing/hype machine than Apple!
Any bets on how much iPhones will be going for on Ebay?
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Since the iPhone will ONLY be sold with a 2 year contract, I don’t think we will seeing much eBay activity.
Think iPhones are expensive?
Vertu phones START AT $4900 and go up to $320,000. And no, that is not a typo, Vertu actually sells a phone for $320,000.
http://www.vertu.com/
i dont think the 2 year contract is concrete as of this point in time.
hopefully there will be a pre-paid version. but that will probably happen after the initial firestorm.
The new hit series on Discovery…
iPhone Truckers. Watch truckers drive the parilous I-90 corridor as Mac Freaks attack thier rigs in the bitter cold of June.
{cue ‘Livin’ on the Edge’}
Well, I’ve ‘being’ excited for the last 6 months. This week is going to be hellish!
seriously man try to keep up. that should have read:
“well, i’ve being exciting for the last 6 months. This week is being going to be hellish”
much better …