Blodget reports, “I went to the AT&T store on 14th Street. The bulky BlackBerry Bold, I noticed, was still priced at $299, which seemed ridiculous relative to the $199 I was going to pay for my 3GS iPhone. I played with the demo iPhone and decided that I had made the right decision: Email was much less important now that web-browsing was a joy. I stepped up to the counter and asked for an iPhone. ‘It’s back-ordered,’ the kind woman said.”
“The AT&T store could get me an iPhone in seven or eight days. I held up my dead Curve, indicating my predicament. The kind woman sent me hoofing over to the Apple Store in the meatpacking district,” Blodget reports.
“Confession: I had never been in an Apple store before,” Blodget reports. “Revelation: It really is like entering another world.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Nobody should be allowed to write for a business or tech or, especially, a business tech publication, if they have never entered an Apple Retail Store – for Jobs’ sake, Henry, you’re based in NYC; you have no valid excuse! As for the iPhone: Better late than never, Henry. Enjoy!
