“Verizon spokesman David Samberg said that a lack of a long line or shortage of devices is actually a good thing,” Reardon reports. “‘Long lines forming outside are flashy,’ he said. ‘But it’s not really the goal. What we really want to see is this: a steady stream of people coming today and for the next few weeks buying new phones.'”
MacDailyNews Take: Is Marguerite sure she wasn’t talking to Andy Samberg instead?
Reardon reports, “The lines, or lack of lines as the case may be, are far less dramatic than the hoopla surrounding an Apple iPhone launch.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Déjà vu: “Palm and Sprint: Don’t expect a iPhone-like camping out and lines for Pre; we don’t want them” – June 04, 2009.
[Attribution: MacNN. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Kevin K.” for the heads up.]