“Apple launched its iPhone 4 in China Saturday morning, attracting a massive crowd of people to one of the company’s new stores in Beijing,” Michael Kan reports for IDG News Service.
“More than 1,000 people lined up outside Xidan Joy City shopping mall, where one of two new Apple stores opened in China Saturday. Some customers waited as long as two days to get their hands on one of the phones,” Kan reports. “Those who waited the longest were allowed to sleep overnight in the shopping mall’s hallway. While they waited in line Saturday morning, a few draped blankets around their bodies as others played cards or took photos of the large crowd with their cell phones.”
Kan reports, “But those in line said it was well worth it. ‘It’s like waiting in line to see a movie star,’ said 26-year-old Sun Jian Kuan, who is a systems engineer. ‘No phone can best the iPhone.'”
Full article here.
I should have mentioned that I received such a email for a 10% across the store discount on the Night of the Panther. That’s how we knew to arrive and at what time. 6PM Friday night.
Bought a G5 Tower and a large monitor, still had the plastic ones back then too remember those?
Ahhh! Egg on your face!!!
I should have mentioned that I received such a email for a 10% across the store discount on the Night of the Panther. That’s how we knew to arrive and at what time. 6PM Friday night.
Bought a G5 Tower and a large monitor, still had the plastic ones back then too remember those?
Ahhh! Egg on your face!!!
And if you think about it, it’s to Apple’s advantage to email advance discount notifications for the day of a product announcement.
1: Quality and quantity crowd control. Tailoring the show, just the right amount of sure fire buyers for the media cameras.
2: Previous/ prospective customer reward, none turned away.
3: Time, staffing and reducing inconvenience to the local government.
4: Free advertising.
And if you think about it, it’s to Apple’s advantage to email advance discount notifications for the day of a product announcement.
1: Quality and quantity crowd control. Tailoring the show, just the right amount of sure fire buyers for the media cameras.
2: Previous/ prospective customer reward, none turned away.
3: Time, staffing and reducing inconvenience to the local government.
4: Free advertising.
I prefer the Sena Cases, they come with a hipster. Plus they’re in a beautiful leather.
I prefer the Sena Cases, they come with a hipster. Plus they’re in a beautiful leather.
Okay, I’ll bite.
Now that Wingsy pointed out you were completely lying about there being any mention whatsoever in the comments for that “Night of the Panther” article about Apple emailing a discount to customers in order to draw a crowd, why do you expect anybody to believe you aren’t also lying(which you are) about recieving a 10% discount notification email from Apple?
There have been alot of FUD-spreading astroturfers on MDN, but holy shit, you’ve gotta be one of the sloppiest ever.
I know you think you can just make up some crap and include a random link as “proof” to back up it, figuring that most people will be too lazy to actually click on the link and therefore just assume it backs up what you’re saying, but you’re slightly mistaken about that.
So anyway, it goes without saying the crowd in China was legit, and your tale of sneaky social engineering by Apple is a bunch of hasty make-believe revolving around one outright lie and one completely unprovable claim which itself is assuredly also a lie.
For anybody to be dumb enough to actually be fooled by you, I’m pretty sure they’d have to be illiterate. Catch 22, damn!
Okay, I’ll bite.
Now that Wingsy pointed out you were completely lying about there being any mention whatsoever in the comments for that “Night of the Panther” article about Apple emailing a discount to customers in order to draw a crowd, why do you expect anybody to believe you aren’t also lying(which you are) about recieving a 10% discount notification email from Apple?
There have been alot of FUD-spreading astroturfers on MDN, but holy shit, you’ve gotta be one of the sloppiest ever.
I know you think you can just make up some crap and include a random link as “proof” to back up it, figuring that most people will be too lazy to actually click on the link and therefore just assume it backs up what you’re saying, but you’re slightly mistaken about that.
So anyway, it goes without saying the crowd in China was legit, and your tale of sneaky social engineering by Apple is a bunch of hasty make-believe revolving around one outright lie and one completely unprovable claim which itself is assuredly also a lie.
For anybody to be dumb enough to actually be fooled by you, I’m pretty sure they’d have to be illiterate. Catch 22, damn!
My theory is that as the iPad continues to increase it’s market penetration, it will influence non iPhoners to buy one. And if Verizon doesn’t make it happen this time they’re gonna miss the wave.
My theory is that as the iPad continues to increase it’s market penetration, it will influence non iPhoners to buy one. And if Verizon doesn’t make it happen this time they’re gonna miss the wave.
Bizzzaro:
Apple doesn’t do coupon or any other retail discounting.
You are a stupid shit stirrer- do you really think everyone here doesn’t know that?
Bizzzaro:
Apple doesn’t do coupon or any other retail discounting.
You are a stupid shit stirrer- do you really think everyone here doesn’t know that?
iPhones for China. It’s coals to Newcastle!
Breeze,
Stupid shit stirrer on a tech forum! Who’d’ve thunk it?
iPhones for China. It’s coals to Newcastle!
Breeze,
Stupid shit stirrer on a tech forum! Who’d’ve thunk it?
MDN-
Getting f#!kin’ tired of reading troll Bi-zarro’s shit.
All of a sudden he appeared from nowhere…
Please re-consider banning him as he contributes nothing of substance (in fact just flame bait) to this forum.
Thank you.
MDN-
Getting f#!kin’ tired of reading troll Bi-zarro’s shit.
All of a sudden he appeared from nowhere…
Please re-consider banning him as he contributes nothing of substance (in fact just flame bait) to this forum.
Thank you.