The iPhone 5S Hasn't Been Officially Announced, Already Has Line

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The iPhone 5S Hasn't Been Officially Announced, Already Has Line

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 9, 2013 @05:24AM from the but-I-want-it-now dept.

Daniel_Stuckey writes "The iPhone 5S line has already begun, despite Apple not even having made its announcement yet. From the looks of the invite to the unveiling in San Francisco on Sept. 10 (and another event the following day in Beijing, where iPhones are all the rage), the company will not only be announcing a next generation iPhone, the 5S, but also the lower-priced 5C model, in a variety of cheaper-looking colors."

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reality show rejects by jaymz666 · 2013-09-09 05:26 · Score: 5, Insightful

At this point, the only reason to line up for an iDevice is to get on TV. This is not different to survivor or Big Brother.
1. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:33 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  This is not different to survivor or Big Brother.
  Sure it is. All you can win on line at Apple is an iPhone. And by "win" I mean pay the same amount as anybody else.
2. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:35 · Score: 0
  
  I think is stupider to do something stupid to spend money than to do something stupid to make money!
  CAPTCHA: 'despise'... Slashcode's getting smart
3. Re:reality show rejects by GoodNewsJimDotCom · 2013-09-09 05:37 · Score: 1
  
  Maybe they just like to ride the line ride.
  
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4. Re:reality show rejects by i.r.id10t · 2013-09-09 05:38 · Score: 1
  
  At least with survivor and big brother there is a small chance that you can win some $
  And, depending on how adventureous you are, they are a "free" vacation at the least...
  
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5. Re:reality show rejects by ackthpt · 2013-09-09 05:38 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  At this point, the only reason to line up for an iDevice is to get on TV. This is not different to survivor or Big Brother.
  In my line of work we take a dim view of being on the bleeding edge of technology. These people are not simply embracing it, but doing so for their own personal reasons i.e. Be first on the block to have one (which is a damn silly thing to do with a considerable investment, which most iPhones are.)
  I was burned on a new car model years ago so I sit back and wait to see how things turn out before committing my own hard won dollars (and even then, as I'm a pre-paid customer, I buy the handset outright.)
  
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6. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:48 · Score: 0
  
  At this point, the only reason to line up for an iDevice is to get on TV.
  Sure there is: Darwin. Get all the morons in one place and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
7. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:51 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You can win an iPhone online? Sounds like a scam.
8. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:52 · Score: 0
  
  Nuking anything from orbit is not an option. There are no nuclear weapons in Earth orbit... moron.
9. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:52 · Score: 0
  
  At this point, the only reason to line up for an iDevice is to get on TV. This is not different to survivor or Big Brother.
  Do not ever underestimate the lucrative market of idiots. You see how well this has worked for Survivor and Big Brother.
10. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:53 · Score: 0
  
  I think is stupider to do something stupid to spend money than to do something stupid to make money!
  CAPTCHA: 'despise'... Slashcode's getting smart
  Had to re-read this three times to understand it. Apparently I had no idea I needed to be stupider to get it the first time.
11. Re:reality show rejects by afidel · 2013-09-09 05:56 · Score: 1
  
  On cars you never buy the first year of a redesign or new model unless you're a glutton for punishment or you're doing an expensive lease that includes free loaner coverage for maintenance and recalls. It doesn't really depend on the manufacturer either since almost all of them outsource a large percentage of their subassemblies to outside manufacturers.
  
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12. Re:reality show rejects by tipo159 · 2013-09-09 05:57 · Score: 4, Interesting
  
  Well, your one bad experience buying a new model car years ago should certainly keep us all away from buying new items at launch ...
  I have had a lot of first model year cars and I have found them to be no more likely to have issues than subsequent model years. Actually, of the cars that I collect, I usually prefer first model year cars because they usually have quirky or interesting features that are dropped because they were judged not popular enough or cost-reduced out.
  I have a first generation iPad and iPod touch from the initial launches of both products. Other than Apple abandoning iOS support for the products (and recently the battery on the iPod touch), I have had no issues with them.
  But, if the rumors hold true, the products that Apple will launch tomorrow are going to evolutions (or devolutions) of products that have been out for years, not truly new products, so I don't understand how your point applies.
13. Re:reality show rejects by 93+Escort+Wagon · 2013-09-09 05:59 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Those QuBids ads I keep getting in my spam folder tell me I can get an iPad or iPhone for only $8! It's so crazy it has to be true!
  
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14. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:00 · Score: 0
  
  Thats what they want you to belive. What do you think is actually inside the Hubble "Telescope", lenses? Oh you poor thing...
15. Re:reality show rejects by cayenne8 · 2013-09-09 06:00 · Score: 1
  
  In my line of work we take a dim view of being on the bleeding edge of technology. These people are not simply embracing it, but doing so for their own personal reasons i.e. Be first on the block to have one (which is a damn silly thing to do with a considerable investment, which most iPhones are.)
  Well, you see this behavior for other things too.
  I mean, I've never understood people siting and waiting in line to see a movie (Harry Potter, SW, LOTR, Hobbit, etc). I mean, frankly, I would rather wait to see it later without all the fscking crowd and hassle, that is...if I even bother to see it in a movie theater at all.
  I generally wait till out on BluRay and watch it on my large plasma tv, with a great soundsystem and fully stocked bar nearby.
  
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16. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:07 · Score: -1
  
  Curiously, that's what the S stands for iPhone 4S(cam), iPhone 5S(cam); Or Sucker,
  "You've just bought an iPhone 5, now, only months later, buy an iPhone 5S...ucker"
17. Re:reality show rejects by ackthpt · 2013-09-09 06:08 · Score: 1
  
  In my line of work we take a dim view of being on the bleeding edge of technology. These people are not simply embracing it, but doing so for their own personal reasons i.e. Be first on the block to have one (which is a damn silly thing to do with a considerable investment, which most iPhones are.)
  Well, you see this behavior for other things too.
  I mean, I've never understood people siting and waiting in line to see a movie (Harry Potter, SW, LOTR, Hobbit, etc). I mean, frankly, I would rather wait to see it later without all the fscking crowd and hassle, that is...if I even bother to see it in a movie theater at all.
  I generally wait till out on BluRay and watch it on my large plasma tv, with a great soundsystem and fully stocked bar nearby.
  Well film is a considerably different matter, and other than impatience and a high degree of tolerance to standing in line (to get ticket), standing in line (to get popcorn) and standing in line (to be seated) followed by trying to get a seat which doesn't suck or isn't close to some noisy or obnoxious clod there seems little argument for being there on opening night. Unless it's a real stinker it will play for at least a week and there's going to be times without the great density of hoi polloi which offer a better experience.
  Although, like with the fanboi sort of experience, there are people who love to be part of the herd. After opening night or the first day of sale you can rush home and share your experience on YouToob or fazebook with your initial impressions, unboxing, and so on. That has some value to people.
  
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18. Re:reality show rejects by swillden · 2013-09-09 06:14 · Score: 1
  
  While these guys (or whoever is paying them) is silly, I hardly think you can characterize a minor update to the sixth-generation of a widely used device as "bleeding edge".
  
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19. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:15 · Score: 0
  
  If they wanted cutting edge they wouldn't be waiting on line for an iPhone. Apple at this stage is playing catch up.
20. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:17 · Score: -1
  
  Except that's not remotely the upgrade path most people follow, dicktard.
21. Re:reality show rejects by ackthpt · 2013-09-09 06:18 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  I'm familiar with the First Year Collector thing, but I doubt there are any collectors items among iPhones, which tend to sell quite a lot of the exact same model on the first day, before the hue and cry over defects or such result in an adjustment in production.
  Cars may or may not sell a lot on first issue and generally going out and buying will result in some unhappy experiences, though your experience may vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, some being much better at rolling out a truly finished product and others rushing out a model which will have a laundry list of recalls.
  My car was such a dud it wasn't made for many years and resulted in one of the greatest financial setbacks for the manufacturer. The engineers did a fine job designing it, the assembly line did a terrific job of putting it together, but the bean-counters who sourced the parts and figured ways to shave costs doomed it. If they had gone with the original engineers plans it would have been a hit and my car would have been worth a small fortune for being very early off the production line.
  It's a much better position to be in to watch how a new car rolls out and is met by the market. A successful launch of a quality car may mean you have to pay a little of a premium to get one of the early batch, but you avoid getting burned.
  Regarding antenna issues, battery heating up issues, other shortcomings of Apples rather trendsetting iPhones should by now curb some enthusiasm for the wary. Fool me once, shame on you - fool me twice, shame on me sorta fing.
  
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22. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:21 · Score: 0
  
  Except BluRay and plasma tv's did not exist when SW came out.
  I managed to get a copy of SW on laserdisc, it was mindblowing quality for the day.
23. Re:reality show rejects by sjames · 2013-09-09 06:25 · Score: 1
  
  Just wait until they declare shenanigans.
24. Re:reality show rejects by NatasRevol · 2013-09-09 06:26 · Score: 1
  
  I wouldn't qualify the iPhone, or most smart phones, as being on the bleeding edge of technology.
  Now, the USB 3 cable on the other hand....
  
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25. Re:reality show rejects by geekoid · 2013-09-09 06:27 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  How long do you have that Edsel?
  
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26. Re:reality show rejects by BasilBrush · 2013-09-09 06:28 · Score: 1
  
  Well other than the obvious reason that they want to get the new iPhone before anybody else.
27. Re:reality show rejects by the_B0fh · 2013-09-09 06:28 · Score: 1
  
  Because you already know what they're coming out with? Amazing!
28. Re:reality show rejects by ackthpt · 2013-09-09 06:29 · Score: 1
  
  Except BluRay and plasma tv's did not exist when SW came out.
  I managed to get a copy of SW on laserdisc, it was mindblowing quality for the day.
  Not only that, but George Lucas held off on DVD issue of Star Wars for a very long time. In the case of your Laserdisc you did have something with value others could buy, but not easily after Laserdiscs waned from the market.
  
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29. Re:reality show rejects by BasilBrush · 2013-09-09 06:37 · Score: 1
  
  Hardware wise we don't know how much of a change it will be yet. But software wise, it's by far the biggest change to iOS yet.
  Of course defects in the software matter less as they can be fixed later.
30. Re:reality show rejects by plover · 2013-09-09 06:39 · Score: 1
  
  First, an iPhone is unlikely to be on the bleeding edge of anything. The OS is version 7 (nothing more than a UI refinement of OS version 6, and it's already appearing on today's iPhones.) The hardware won't represent any great leaps in processor or battery technology. As a matter of fact, the only new aspect will be the slightly larger screen. It won't be anything unexpected for its new users.
  Next, a phone is hardly what many people would classify as either "considerable" or even an "investment". It's only a few hundred dollars - less in America, where cellular companies subsidize the bulk of the cost of the phone. Being the first on your block to own one isn't exactly placing most owners at financial risk. And cell phones don't even qualify as an "investment", as they never deliver value in the form of money growth over time. In the best case you can get a small fraction of their purchase price from a reseller after a year or so.
  The risks you experienced with your car purchase are substantially higher than these new customers will realize. Engineering changes to cars are a lot more complex than laying out a new circuit board for a phone.
  But I think we'd both agree the completely silly thing is squandering a fraction of your life standing in line for one.
  
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31. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:41 · Score: 0
  
  Butthurt appledrone detected
32. Re:reality show rejects by jaymz666 · 2013-09-09 06:49 · Score: 1
  
  You mean like have it shipped to your door and delivered on release day?
33. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:50 · Score: 0
  
  And the NSA dont do domestic spying on Americans
34. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:53 · Score: 0
  
  And at least survivor and big brother have copy/paste AND real multi-tasking.
35. Re:reality show rejects by easyTree · 2013-09-09 06:54 · Score: 1
  
  And neither survivor nor big brother are put together with one pixel PNGs.
  
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36. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:54 · Score: 0
  
  There are two reasons I'd bother with a 5S. One is additional storage which always is a plus. The second is a fingerprint scanner which is also nice to have as another means of authentication. It can be argued how secure/insecure it is, but an additional security mechanism cannot hurt.
37. Re:reality show rejects by Jerslan · 2013-09-09 06:57 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  Because there was absolutely no press coverage of an impending update and/or new model until just now... They've been speculating wildly about the 6/5S since the 5 came out last year. Even it's release date, which hasn't actually been announced yet, is expected to be later this month. If you bought an iPhone 5 and feel cheated because a new model came out a couple months later? You can really only blame yourself for not doing adequate market research before buying a mobile phone...
38. Re:reality show rejects by BasilBrush · 2013-09-09 06:58 · Score: 1
  
  There's no guarantee pre-orders will be received on release day. The iPhone 5 came out Sept 21st, but pre-orders were still being fulfilled in October.
  So people who missed out on getting a first day slot for their pre-order may well cancel and choose to line up for it at a store.
39. Re:reality show rejects by ackthpt · 2013-09-09 07:08 · Score: 0
  
  How long do you have that Edsel?
  The Edsel was a pretty good running car, which was just plain ugly and completely oversold to the press - while innovative in many areas it wasn't what the public wanted.
  My car, on the other hand, had great styling and the early prototypes were wowing the press with its performance and features. When production began, though the love affair ended with a lot of unhappy customers, particularly those who had expected something much better (which had initially been promised.)
  
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40. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 07:08 · Score: 0
  
  Curiously, that's what the S stands for iPhone 4S(cam), iPhone 5S(cam); Or Sucker,
  "You've just bought an iPhone 5, now, only months later, buy an iPhone 5S...ucker"
  Can't afford an iPhone 5S(cam)? No worries, now we have the iPhone 5C(unt).
41. Re:reality show rejects by SydShamino · 2013-09-09 07:08 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  Sure it is. All you can win on line at Apple is an iPhone. And by "win" I mean pay the same amount as anybody else.
  Actually, per TFA the first two people in line have been "bought out" by a third-party Apple reseller, and now sport the company's logo on their shirts, and, in exchange, will now have their phones (plural, two each) paid for by the company.
  So... yeah, they won the advertising game and now get their phones for free.
  
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42. Re:reality show rejects by Wingsy · 2013-09-09 07:08 · Score: 1
  
  A UI refinement of iOS 6? Yes, there's that, plus 1500 new APIs.
  
  And no, no great leaps in CPU or battery, but there is one thing: a fingerprint sensor that isn't your run-of-the-mill print reader. We'll know tomorrow, but from what I've read of Authentec's patents (now Apple's patents) this one should actually work quite well and be very hard to fool.
  
  (And BTW, this slightly larger screen appeared a year ago in the iPhone 5.)
  
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43. Re:reality show rejects by swillden · 2013-09-09 07:11 · Score: 1
  
  Because you already know what they're coming out with? Amazing!
  More because Apple has a history of delivering reasonably decent stuff, and, again, this is an update to an old line.
  
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44. Re:reality show rejects by Necroman · 2013-09-09 07:11 · Score: 1
  
  Just wondering, when did you have that car experience and what model was it? Lemon laws in many states protect consumers against faulty cars (it's a massive pain-in-the-ass to go through the process), and I think it dissuades auto manufacturers from completely cheeping out on cars anymore. Though, there may be issues that creep up beyond the lemon-law time window, then you're basically at the whim of the manufacturer to fix it.
  As for electronics, if you buy from a company like Apple that has a good warranty or return program, buying a new device on day-1 isn't that much of an issue. I've owned 3 models of iphones (original, 3Gs, 5), and every one of them I got a full replacement from Apple on (original I had replaced twice). All 4 times I've had my iPhone replaced, it didn't cost me anything to do it. (Note that I've had great service from other companies like Amazon with the Kindle and Philips with their electric toothbrush).
  
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45. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 07:12 · Score: 0
  
  I don't know about an Edsel but, I am quite happy with my 1955 Chevrolet Bel-air.
46. Re:reality show rejects by cayenne8 · 2013-09-09 07:17 · Score: 2
  
  Not only that, but George Lucas held off on DVD issue of Star Wars for a very long time. In the case of your Laserdisc you did have something with value others could buy, but not easily after Laserdiscs waned from the market.
  I actually have my original Star Wars Trilogy laserdisc set...is nice to pull out every once in awhile, is is letterbox format, and before Lucas started messing with the film, old explosions, Han still shoots first, no extra characters added to scenes later, and at the end, old Anakin with Yoda and Ben....not the young kid spliced in from the prequels.
  Hmm...I might have to look and dig out the old LD player and that box set for a watch.
  
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47. Re:reality show rejects by Dixie_Flatline · 2013-09-09 07:21 · Score: 1
  
  I don't think you can really think of this as the first iteration of the technology anymore. The design is unlikely to change much, even if there's a bit of an issue.
  I still have my iPhone 4, bought a few months after release. I never had the problems with the antenna that other people apparently had, and that was the supposed major, fundamental design flaw of the phone. They fixed it in the 4s, and presumably the 5. But I haven't heard of anything fundamentally wrong with the 4s or the 5, and the new stuff being introduced this year doesn't sound like it's necessarily going to be ripe for failure.
48. Re:reality show rejects by tlhIngan · 2013-09-09 07:27 · Score: 1
  
  My car was such a dud it wasn't made for many years and resulted in one of the greatest financial setbacks for the manufacturer. The engineers did a fine job designing it, the assembly line did a terrific job of putting it together, but the bean-counters who sourced the parts and figured ways to shave costs doomed it. If they had gone with the original engineers plans it would have been a hit and my car would have been worth a small fortune for being very early off the production line.
  That's also the argument used to buy the first ones off the assembly line - of anything - a TV, a monitor, a game console, etc. Because what happens is if the product is popular, the hardware is changed to shave on costs here and there. So the next revision will look exactly the same as the old one, but be made with cheaper parts so more profit can be made, or the price can be lowered.
  Now, Apple *generally* doesn't do it, though they did for the iPhone 5 (to add AWS support for T-Mobile), but manufacturers often silently change hardware internally. TVs and monitors, notable, often go for cheaper caps in their power supplies to save cost and to fail sooner.
  Game consoles generally get more public revisions as features are added and dropped (both Microsoft and Sony are guilty).
  
  Regarding antenna issues, battery heating up issues, other shortcomings of Apples rather trendsetting iPhones should by now curb some enthusiasm for the wary. Fool me once, shame on you - fool me twice, shame on me sorta fing.
  Not just Apple, but everyone else has issues as well. It's just that when you sell 20 million units the first day, shortcomings and stuff you've overlooked tend to get found and amplified. Like antennagate - I'm fairly sure it affected SOME people, but for most, it didn't. It's just the name "Apple" and anything causes mountains to be made from molehills. Hell, the iPhone 4 continued to set sales records until the iPhone 4s came out, so either everyone seemed to have forgotten about antennagate, or in the end, it really wasn't a huge deal (no, Apple didn't change anything later on. The only redesign was for the Verizon model).
  And yes, even battery flaws, because one bad battery out of a million devices is obviously a quality issue (1ppm... or 0.0001%).
  Or the law of big numbers - a 0.1% failure rate (generally exceptional for electronics) still means 1,000 units fail out of every million.
49. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 07:28 · Score: 0
  
  its only because the number one tech company makes number one products. Why else would people wait in line for it. You'll never see android devices and people waiting for them unannounced, becuase they are all crap crap crap!
50. Re:reality show rejects by plover · 2013-09-09 07:36 · Score: 1
  
  an additional security mechanism cannot hurt.
  Actually, an "additional security measure" often hurts in unexpected ways. Allowing two different ways into a system allows an attacker to choose the easier of the two. Sometimes, the interaction between the two can reveal secrets, or allow novel attacks. And if the fingerprint reader isn't perfectly secured, it might be possible to extract information from it that could be used to attack a different fingerprint system.
  
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51. Re:reality show rejects by plover · 2013-09-09 07:38 · Score: 1
  
  None of those are "bleeding edge" enhancements which the GP suggested would be a reason to avoid the new iPhone.
  
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52. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 07:39 · Score: 0
  
  Better than the Samsung Galaxy 4losers.
53. Re:reality show rejects by unique_parrot · 2013-09-09 08:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  If I had mod points, i would mod you up!
54. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 08:15 · Score: 0
  
  A UI refinement of iOS 6? Yes, there's that, plus 1500 new APIs.
  
  Fucking LOL
  1500 new APIs? I think you need to learn what an API actually is, then you have scratched the surface on being able to communicate intelligently about features of which you have no understanding.
55. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 08:16 · Score: 0
  
  Car != Phone
  Besides, if there is anything significantly wrong with your iPhone, Apple will replace it. Their customer service is outstanding.
56. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 08:27 · Score: 0
  
  Not to be a prick, but to a good many people an iphone purchase does not rate as a 'considerable' outlay of money.
  I don't need a new one this round, but I have around the time of previous releases. I've actually paid another person to wait in line at the store so I could have the newer model, plus paid the cost of the phone, plus the contract I'm going to carry regardless. I considered all of that expense a better option than doing the above on my own. I also considered having the latest phone that I could be confident would last longest before software updates rendered it too slow/lacking features to be useful to be worth the price I paid.
  It certainly has nothing to do with being on the bleeding edge of technology as even on release day iphones have lagged that since the android OS and attendant hardware passed them some years ago.
57. Re:reality show rejects by jaymz666 · 2013-09-09 08:30 · Score: 1
  
  I'm not sure however many days they wait in line is worth that
  BTW, TFA was unreadable when I first came to this story... the site was slashdotted
58. Re:reality show rejects by Just+Some+Guy · 2013-09-09 08:41 · Score: 1
  
  These people are not simply embracing it, but doing so for their own personal reasons i.e. Be first on the block to have one (which is a damn silly thing to do with a considerable investment, which most iPhones are.)
  I'd probably be standing in line just for the fun of it if my phone were due for an upgrade anyway. I certainly wouldn't be afraid of buying an Apple iProduct.0, given their reputation for handling customer issues without hassle. If you buy an iPhone 5S tomorrow, it's about as safe a bet as you can get in the tech industry that Apple will take care of any problems you have with it.
  Yeah, standing in line to buy a mass-produced consumer item is silly on the face of it. But if you were going to get one anyway, and you can be part of some launch-day fun (and maybe even get one for free just for being near the front of the line), why not? A lot of people camp out to see movies at their opening even when they could see the same film more easily the next day.
  
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59. Re:reality show rejects by Solandri · 2013-09-09 08:45 · Score: 1
  
  Oh there's another really good reason to line up. You can sell your spot in line for big bucks. If you're out of work and are just going to bum around for a few days anyway, why not do it outside an Apple store so you can make a few hundred bucks off a stup^H^H^H^Henthusiastic Apple fan.
60. Re:reality show rejects by gl4ss · 2013-09-09 08:48 · Score: 1
  
  are you counting calling a library function with different argument as a different api.. or what the fuck?
  
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61. Re: reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 08:49 · Score: 0
  
  Unless your battery blows up like a balloon, in which case "it's supposed to do that."
62. Re:reality show rejects by drinkypoo · 2013-09-09 08:54 · Score: 1
  
  I have had a lot of first model year cars and I have found them to be no more likely to have issues than subsequent model years.
  And I have had a lot of first model year cars and I have found them to have issues which were fixed in just a year or two. Like the corrosive grease in the multifunction switch in my 1984 300ZX killing my batteries by keeping the headlights on even when retracted, or the fuel injector harness connectors on the 1989 240SX failing (they were redesigned) or seatbelt and fuel system recalls on my 1992 F250 7.3 which is not exactly a first model year, but it's the first year of the new interior and many wiring changes etc.
  
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63. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 09:05 · Score: 0
  
  Homeowner discloses weird trick to exploit penny auctions! Local Apple stores HATE him!
64. Re:reality show rejects by Plumpaquatsch · 2013-09-09 09:18 · Score: 1
  
  Since you are so experienced in the matter - when's the right time to buy an Android phone?
  
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65. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 09:26 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  As evident by the iCultists lining up for an iPhone 5S before it's been announced and before they know what it is.
66. Re:reality show rejects by AmiMoJo · 2013-09-09 09:31 · Score: 2
  
  "Free" as in "have to stand in line for days".
  
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67. Re:reality show rejects by xombo · 2013-09-09 10:00 · Score: 0
  
  Never.
68. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 10:04 · Score: 0
  
  lol, i bet the 5s still only has a pathetic dual core cpu and low resolution screen
69. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 10:14 · Score: 1
  
  I'm sorry, 4 people engaging in a publicity stunt are somehow representative of the tens of millions of people around the world who own an iPhone?
  For a slashdotter, you sure don't math well, friend.
70. Re:reality show rejects by vux984 · 2013-09-09 10:14 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  My car, on the other hand, had great styling and the early prototypes were wowing the press with its performance and features.
  Is there a reason you've got 2 posts on it now without actually naming the vehicle/model/year? :)
71. Re:reality show rejects by stewbacca · 2013-09-09 10:38 · Score: 1
  
  Maybe you could site a modern first generation car...something maybe in the 21st century? I think you might find that new car quality is at a high-point.
72. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 10:39 · Score: 0
  
  Thank you for your useful and insightful comment. You've added something valuable to this conversation.
  If I had mod points, I would mod you down.
73. Re:reality show rejects by stewbacca · 2013-09-09 10:42 · Score: 1
  
  ...and other than impatience and a high degree of tolerance to standing in line (to get ticket), standing in line (to get popcorn) and standing in line (to be seated) followed by trying to get a seat which doesn't suck or isn't close to some noisy or obnoxious clod there seems little argument for being there on opening night.
  
  Reasons to never visit a chain theater again. They are worse than chain restaurants. If you can, go to a local "movie and brews" type place. Alamo Draft House, for example here in Austin. No lines - you buy online, you print your ticket, you reserve your seat, they bring food to you. Bonus: they ban texting and talking and don't let people in after the movie starts. THAT'S how to run a theater. Not 3 gallon buckets of popcorn for $10, not gimmicky Movie premieres. Good food, good beer, good service, and no moronic customers allowed.
74. Re:reality show rejects by stewbacca · 2013-09-09 10:46 · Score: 1
  
  Phones "only a few hundred dollars - less in America". Yeah, good luck with that. New smart phones are $199, sure, but I pay $250 a month for three data plans and three phones and I get a hefty employee discount. When I was young, I would have NEVER prioritized a phone, at current expense, over other things. Phone plans are like a car payment, but it never ends as long as you are using a phone. It's no wonder young people don't have cable, or sometimes, cars.
75. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 11:04 · Score: 0
  
  What does that have to do with the fact that they are waiting in line for a product that hasn't been announced and that they nothing of? Top that off with them wearing "I buy and sell Apple products" hoodies and being paired off like Jehovah's Witnesses and you have exactly a group of iCultists.
76. Re:reality show rejects by therealobsideus · 2013-09-09 11:29 · Score: 0
  
  I forwarded this comment to timothy and I didn't get a dollar. What gives?!
77. Re:reality show rejects by BBTaeKwonDo · 2013-09-09 12:23 · Score: 1
  
  $250/month for three phones is crazy. Check out ting.com. You have to buy the phone up front (you can probably BYOD if you use Sprint), but the monthly charges are generally a lot less. I went from about $90 for a family plan with 2 phones (no data or text, about 1200 minutes for voice) to about $50 for the same amount of voice and light data and text. Don't use your monthly allocation of minutes? They credit your account. I'm one happy customer.
78. Re:reality show rejects by drinkypoo · 2013-09-09 12:24 · Score: 1
  
  Maybe you could site a modern first generation car...something maybe in the 21st century? I think you might find that new car quality is at a high-point.
  Maybe you could provide a citation, any citation that contradicts mine, before asking for another citation? Because anything else is a total douche move, for total douches.
  
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79. Re:reality show rejects by roc97007 · 2013-09-09 12:29 · Score: 1
  
  At this point, the only reason to line up for an iDevice is to get on TV. This is not different to survivor or Big Brother.
  High ticket price, though.
  
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80. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 15:18 · Score: 0
  
  They could just work for the 10 days they will be in line and buy the iphones, and have something left over.
81. Re:reality show rejects by plover · 2013-09-09 16:43 · Score: 1
  
  Regardless of the price, it doesn't make the iPhone an "investment". It's an expense, because the value of the phone has almost no chance to rise over time. If you're restricting the conversation to people who can ill afford them, that makes it a really foolish expense - but it's still not an investment.
  
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82. Re:reality show rejects by 93+Escort+Wagon · 2013-09-09 17:56 · Score: 1
  
  I forwarded this comment to timothy and I didn't get a dollar. What gives?!
  It was supposed to be a penny a year for 100 years - you didn't get the penny?
  
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83. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 23:07 · Score: 0
  
  I think he's talking about the Austin Maestro. The Econometer was dropped after the first year.
84. Re:reality show rejects by Plumpaquatsch · 2013-09-10 00:40 · Score: 1
  
  As evident by the iCultists lining up for an iPhone 5S before it's been announced and before they know what it is.
  You are aware that standing in line does not make any purchase obligatory? But you are right - nobody would stand in line just to be able to say "Well, that Galaxy S 4's back does feel like real cheap plastic. Better tweet it right now."
  
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85. Re:reality show rejects by stewbacca · 2013-09-10 02:00 · Score: 1
  
  You want a citation? Ok, common knowledge and generally accepted facts need no citation. This is especially true when the information is something readers should already know, readily accept, and easily find in general references (like the Internet or paying attention in life).
  ~APA Publication Manual (5th edition). I might have embellished the last part.
  One example of common knowledge and a readily accepted fact would be that modern cars are far more reliable than cars from the 1980s. So if you want to bring anecdotal evidence that flies squarely in the face of common knowledge, then the burden of citation is upon you.
  I hate to be a douche about it, but you kind of asked for it. And technically speaking, I asked you to "site" it. Not sure what the hell I was thinking there.
86. Re:reality show rejects by stewbacca · 2013-09-10 02:07 · Score: 1
  
  I don't know how crazy it is. It's 3 smart phones with unlimited texting and voice and 6 GB of data aggregate across the three devices (family plan). I would guess your low bill is due to not having data/limited data, which is a no go for us.
  I'll give it a look, however. I have 5 phones clear and free of contracts. Maybe I can put my kid on something like that and save a buck or two.
87. Re:reality show rejects by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-10 05:41 · Score: 0
  
  Bleeding edge? not Apple. outdated hardware by years..... fingerprint scanner? Motorola Atrix......years... YEARS!!!!!!
88. Re:reality show rejects by therealobsideus · 2013-09-10 07:42 · Score: 1
  
  I've been swindled! Curse you all!
89. Re:reality show rejects by SydShamino · 2013-09-18 14:14 · Score: 1
  
  Well, yeah, I'm already assuming that they consider their time worthless since they were in line not knowing their phones would be paid for. =P
  Maybe sitting on a street in New York is their idea of an ideal vacation, similar to other people sitting on a beach somewhere somehow not bored to death.
  
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So? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:27 · Score: -1, Flamebait

I masterbate to my s4 thrice a day, ery day.
1. Re:So? by geminidomino · 2013-09-09 05:40 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  thrice a day, ery day
  You should probably back away from the computer when you do. Your keys are starting to stick.
2. Re:So? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:41 · Score: 0
  
  If you don't hurry, you may not be the first in the line for s5.
3. Re:So? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:55 · Score: 0
  
  But ... that's where they keep the porn.
4. Re:So? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:57 · Score: 0
  
  Very funny comment!
  Would have been funnier, though, had you sent:
  
  Yu shuld prbably back away frm the cmputer when you d. Yur keys are starting t stick.
First War for Israel by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:28 · Score: -1

...and a first strike against Syria for America's best ally. Celebrate 9/11 by supporting Al-Qaeda!
Cheaper looking... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:31 · Score: 1

That's been my opinion when looking at the leaked colors, up to and including champagne (which is supposedly an addition to the flagship, rather than the 5C). They look cheap, and the champagne/gold looks like dirty white instead of what I assume was supposed to be evoking jewelry.
Jobs would never stand for this.
1. Re: Cheaper looking... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:46 · Score: 0
  
  "Jobs would never stand for this"
  Nope. Would never happen
  http://archive.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=55782&cat_id=571
2. Re:Cheaper looking... by hjf · 2013-09-09 05:48 · Score: -1, Flamebait
  
  Jobs came up with the colorful iMac.
  Learn your history, fucktard fanboi.
3. Re:Cheaper looking... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:57 · Score: 0
  
  You mean the colors that were ripped straight off an old line of clothes irons?
4. Re:Cheaper looking... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:03 · Score: 1
  
  It's not so much that the colors are cheaper-looking, it's more in the image. For instance, the lineup of "cheaper looking" colors for the 5C are:
  Sewage Runoff Brown
  Poor Person Pink
  Perpetual Water Damage Tan
  Urine Stain Yellow
  Infected Purple
  Dull, Rusty Blue That Low-Income People Can Afford To Paint Their Cars And Which Trendy Rich People Laugh At
  Unimaginative Beige, Like How Poor People Like You Are Unimaginative
  Stupid Dumb Robot That Competes With Us And Cuts Into Our Absurd Profit Margins Green
  What, You're Not Cool Enough To Carry A Rich Person Phone Like All The Cool Kids Do Teal
  Fine, Be That Way And Ruin Steve's Beautiful Dream Of A Star Trek Future Of Cool Design And Pretty Technology, All Because You Stupid Poor People Can't Afford It Black
  Why Do You Hate Steve? Steve Was Your Friend And Only Wanted The Best For The World White
5. Re:Cheaper looking... by NatasRevol · 2013-09-09 06:30 · Score: 1
  
  Those sounded a lot closer to the actual Note3 colors.
  
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6. Re:Cheaper looking... by BitZtream · 2013-09-09 06:46 · Score: 0
  
  Yea, the colorful Mac ... which sold like crazy compared to other Macs and clones ...
  Learn your history, ignorant fucktard.
  
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7. Re:Cheaper looking... by BasilBrush · 2013-09-09 07:10 · Score: 1
  
  The colourful iMac DID sell like crazy compared to other Macs and clones.
8. Re:Cheaper looking... by johnsie · 2013-09-09 07:30 · Score: 0
  
  Yes, but only retards bought them fucktards
9. Re:Cheaper looking... by BasilBrush · 2013-09-09 07:31 · Score: 0
  
  You're sounding really intelligent.
Apple stagnation by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:32 · Score: -1

Not innovative enough for a new model number huh?
1. Re:Apple stagnation by the+computer+guy+nex · 2013-09-09 05:39 · Score: 2
  
  Not innovative enough for a new model number huh?
  Not sure why Innovation is tied to model numbers? But anyways the Apple 'S' releases have traditionally focused more on software (Siri, bio metrics) than major hardware redesigns. Not sure why Apple would want to do major 4S->5 redesigns every year.
2. Re:Apple stagnation by gmuslera · 2013-09-09 05:51 · Score: 1
  
  That the 5C seem to be for 5-Cheaper, then 5S could for 5-special (or stupid, or shiny, or whatever), not have to be for software.
3. Re:Apple stagnation by i.r.id10t · 2013-09-09 05:54 · Score: 1
  
  The the 4s also has more horsepower than the 4 so it can run Siri, etc.
  
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4. Re:Apple stagnation by afidel · 2013-09-09 05:59 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  5C is 5 China, it's their bid to gain major penetration into the worlds largest cellphone market.
  
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5. Re:Apple stagnation by mrsquid0 · 2013-09-09 06:00 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  The letters refer to the demographic they are being sold to.
  S - suckers
  C - chumps
  
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6. Re:Apple stagnation by _xeno_ · 2013-09-09 06:44 · Score: 1
  
  Not sure why Innovation is tied to model numbers?
  Well, why else would Firefox start increasing the version number every three months other than to increase innovation? Clearly bumping the version number is very important, otherwise we'd still be using Firefox 5 now instead of Firefox 23!
  Of course, the "S" versions of phones generally mean "minor spec improvements, no new features" with Apple, so since we already know what iOS 7 is bringing, this means the new iPhone will have nothing interesting.
  
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7. Re:Apple stagnation by ArcadeMan · 2013-09-09 06:46 · Score: 2
  
  I'm going to wait for the iPhone 5PBH.
  In fact, forget the P and the B!
  
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8. Re:Apple stagnation by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:47 · Score: 0
  
  I for one pity the Apple fans at this time. They HAVE to buy this new iPhone, for several reasons:
  - if they don't upgrade soon enough (ie low sales figures) the company will get into a bad news spiral and the stock will collapse
  - the users who skipped last year's upgrade will miss out on new accessories because they have an old connector
  - the phones usually don't survive over 3 years
  so please, for your beloved company. Go buy the new iphone!
9. Re:Apple stagnation by BitZtream · 2013-09-09 06:47 · Score: 1
  
  ... It uploads the audio to apple servers, who speech-to-text it. That doesn't exactly require extra local CPU power.
  
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10. Re:Apple stagnation by spire3661 · 2013-09-09 07:10 · Score: 1
  
  The reason iphone 4 didnt get Siri is because of the mics, not CPUs. My ipad 2 is basically a large Iphone 4S and it doesnt get Siri either because of the mic issue.
  
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11. Re:Apple stagnation by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 07:36 · Score: 0
  
  Quite the reverse –the S models focus on the internal hardware. Apple follows a tick/tock design pattern here, where the 3G/4/5 models each incremented the external design, and features (but not the internal hardware particularly). Meanwhile the 3GS and 4S (and rumoured 5S) each improves the performance of CPU, GPU and RAM – the S stands for "speed", not "software".
12. Re:Apple stagnation by Dixie_Flatline · 2013-09-09 07:43 · Score: 1
  
  So the other response correctly points out that the 4 didn't get Siri because the mics and the special on-board noise reduction chip weren't in it.
  If you'd like to test out what kind of difference this makes, load up Google's voice search, and see how often it gets the search right compared to the 4s. I've basically never gotten a single correct search out of Google when trying to use the voice feature, but I've had friends with newer devices tell me that it all worked just fine.
13. Re:Apple stagnation by puto · 2013-09-09 08:39 · Score: 4, Interesting
  
  Little revisionist history? Which is not unexpected from an Iphone fan. Siri was an app that originally worked on all iphones, then Apple bought them, integrated it into the phone, and then killed the original app and its back end so it would stop functioning, so you had to get a 4s for it. Funny, how their were no mic issues before, when it was a third party app.
  
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14. Re:Apple stagnation by _xeno_ · 2013-09-09 09:16 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  Funny, how their were no mic issues before, when it was a third party app.
  Not to mention that some jail-breakers were able to figure out exactly how Siri was disabled on the iPhone 4 and re-enable it and - surprise surprise, Siri works just fine on the 3GS and 4.
  
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15. Re:Apple stagnation by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 11:02 · Score: 0
  
  Oversimplified explanation? Leaving out critical details? Which is not unexpected from an apple hater.
  Supposedly there is some sort of acceleration baked in to one of the chips that does language/voice/audio processing. (iPad2 and up, 4s and up) Siri does work without it, but the performance is crap. It does not work "fine" on the 3gs. It's jerky and slow and not really usable. That was supposedly one of the factors that led apple to leave it out of older models. That, and they decided to use it as a marketable feature to sell newer devices.
  The Siri binaries work without the hardware accell because they originally intended and tested Siri to work on older devices, then changed their mind later. (And yes, it's a port of an app they bought from another party too) It's also been suggested that they intended to add features to Siri that would require the accell, and that means later versions of Siri would not work on older hardware at all. Siri's sort of a meh feature anyway, and did not turn out to be a must-have game changer anyway, so all of this argument is moot. Not every feature turns out to be a winner.
16. Re:Apple stagnation by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 15:42 · Score: 0
  
  I love Bender
17. Re:Apple stagnation by mrsquid0 · 2013-09-10 00:47 · Score: 1
  
  Wow! I expected to modded into oblivion over my post. Good to see that people have a sense of humour.
  
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So in other words, the first few idiots of the by the_humeister · 2013-09-09 05:35 · Score: 1

shopping season are finally here!
How about a 'duh' tag by onyxruby · 2013-09-09 05:36 · Score: 4, Insightful

Apple will release a new version of their phone, and another one about a year after that and will keep doing so for as long as there is money to be made doing so. This is no different from any other manufacturer releasing new versions of their products - it's what they do. Why people ever act surprised when there's a new shiny version of 'X' has got to be one of life's great mysteries.
Next years surprise, Ford releases the 2015 model of the Focus! Shocking! Who could ever see that coming? What do you mean the entire industry does this every single year?
1. Re:How about a 'duh' tag by firex726 · 2013-09-09 06:11 · Score: 1
  
  On the plus side, at least you can sort of estimate when the new model will be out and if it's worth it to buy or wait.
  Other manufacturers will keep touting their current model up till the day the new one is released, sof if you bought the now outdated one, OH WELL.
2. Re:How about a 'duh' tag by roc97007 · 2013-09-09 12:33 · Score: 1
  
  Apple will release a new version of their phone, and another one about a year after that and will keep doing so for as long as there is money to be made doing so. This is no different from any other manufacturer releasing new versions of their products - it's what they do. Why people ever act surprised when there's a new shiny version of 'X' has got to be one of life's great mysteries.
  Next years surprise, Ford releases the 2015 model of the Focus! Shocking! Who could ever see that coming? What do you mean the entire industry does this every single year?
  I think the difference is, previous Focus owners don't camp on the sidewalk all night waiting for the Ford dealership to open so they can pay retail for the next model.
  
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3. Re:How about a 'duh' tag by mjwx · 2013-09-09 17:07 · Score: 1
  
  Next years surprise, Ford releases the 2015 model of the Focus! Shocking! Who could ever see that coming?
  This is Jeremy Clarkson's surprised face.
  
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Hmmmm .... by gstoddart · 2013-09-09 05:38 · Score: 4, Interesting

but also the lower-priced 5C model, in a variety of cheaper-looking colors
WTF does that even mean?
Purple used to be reserved for Royalty I think, but I'm not sure I follow what 'cheaper-looking colors' is supposed to even mean.
Do we have some sort of chart which shows which color looks more expensive than another? Because I've never heard of this.

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1. Re:Hmmmm .... by Sponge+Bath · 2013-09-09 05:41 · Score: 2
  
  WTF does that even mean?
  It means the submitter is a biased click whore.
2. Re:Hmmmm .... by sl4shd0rk · 2013-09-09 06:43 · Score: 2
  
  WTF does that even mean?
  You have to translate while looking down your nose. It basically means if you don't have the 5S they won't let you in the tree house.
  
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3. Re:Hmmmm .... by WeatherServo9 · 2013-09-09 06:46 · Score: 1
  
  Colors have a lot to do with how people perceive things, so it doesn't sound too far fetched to say that some colors could be perceived as "cheap". I doubt there's really a chart per se, but here's one example showing some perceptions of some colors: http://daddu.net/the-power-of-colors. The overall design of something can certainly add a lot to perception as well, and even if a color is perceived as "cheap" the exact shade used, it's context, or quantity used can greatly override that. And just because purple used to be reserved for royalty doesn't mean that is still so; usage and perceptions can change over time.
4. Re:Hmmmm .... by Radish03 · 2013-09-09 06:49 · Score: 2
  
  I think Apple's iphone color chart looks something like this (albeit with rounded corners and a faux-beveled overlay)
  Expensive:
  Clear, Metal, Black, White, Gold
  Reserved for dirt poor plebs:
  Every other color
5. Re:Hmmmm .... by BitZtream · 2013-09-09 06:50 · Score: 1
  
  Purple used to be reserved for Royalty
  Yes, and peacock feathers used to be valuable.
  Times change, as do tastes. Shiny or brushed metal is now days considered to be more valuable than cheap colored plastic.
  I don't know which one is ACTUALLY more expensive, but thats irrelevant, what matters is trendiness and perception.
  
  Because I've never heard of this.
  Stop being an obtuse douche and life will get a lot easier.
  
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6. Re:Hmmmm .... by Monoman · 2013-09-09 07:11 · Score: 1
  
  They probably do. Just because you don't think a color looks cheaper doesn't mean others agree with you. Apple devices are like fashion items so I'm pretty sure they are very very selective about color, shape, texture, etc.
  
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7. Re:Hmmmm .... by gstoddart · 2013-09-09 07:23 · Score: 1
  
  Stop being an obtuse douche and life will get a lot easier.
  Do you get told to go fuck yourself often? Because you're the one acting like a douche at the moment.
  
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8. Re:Hmmmm .... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 08:20 · Score: 0
  
  You can probably start with that beachball cursor-wait icon that appears onscreen
9. Re:Hmmmm .... by roc97007 · 2013-09-09 12:35 · Score: 1
  
  I think Apple's iphone color chart looks something like this (albeit with rounded corners and a faux-beveled overlay)
  Expensive:
  Clear, Metal, Black, White, Gold
  Reserved for dirt poor plebs:
  Every other color
  I wonder if there will be knock-offs discovered to be 5C phones spray-painted white.
  
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10. Re:Hmmmm .... by mirix · 2013-09-09 17:29 · Score: 1
  
  Royal purple was very expensive, as you had to poke / squish thousands of snails to get enough purple snail snot to dye a coat.
  We have better living through coal tar^W^Wchemistry now, though.
  
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11. Re:Hmmmm .... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-11 03:17 · Score: 0
  
  Brown
Breaking news! by Lucas123 · 2013-09-09 05:40 · Score: 1

They're going to offer more colors and... wait for it, put the earphone jack on the side.
1. Re:Breaking news! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:02 · Score: 0
  
  More colors this late in the game is pathetic, there should have been at least 3 physical sizes of the iPhone already up to 5inch. The current management is a calamity and the sinking stock price agrees. On the other end you have such a gamut and a wide variety of Android phones and even on the PC front, this new amazing Android PC from HP is a prime example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcU_ZVZY7nA . The young people with Android phones will buy this Android PCs, stagnating Apple and MS are on the way out..
2. Re:Breaking news! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:03 · Score: 0
  
  Yes, but, will the earphone jack have rounded corners?
Publicity Stunt, Please ignore. by clinko · 2013-09-09 05:43 · Score: 5, Insightful

This is a publicity stunt by a company that sells macs or something. I'm not looking up what they do.
Summary:
1) 4 guys get printed shirts with company logos and lines up crazy early.
2) Vice / Gizmodo / engadget / Slashdot talks about them, with pictures of them in their shirts. Make sure you're still there for the NBC crew shows up!
3) Profit!
1. Re:Publicity Stunt, Please ignore. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:03 · Score: 0
  
  Jokes on them, no one clicks the link to see the picture from Slashdot!
2. Re:Publicity Stunt, Please ignore. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:10 · Score: 0
  
  This is a publicity stunt by a company that sells macs or something. I'm not looking up what they do.
  Summary:
  1) 4 guys get printed shirts with company logos and lines up crazy early.
  2) Vice / Gizmodo / engadget / Slashdot talks about them, with pictures of them in their shirts. Make sure you're still there for the NBC crew shows up!
  3) Profit!
  When people claim their divine toaster burned an image of Jesus into their toast with the end result of "Profit!", it tends to shine a light on what people would define as a business these days.
  The fact that people keep doing it because far too often fucking stupid ideas end up being profitable tends to shine a light on what we define as intelligence these days too.
Please tell me it is even taller/longer by h4rr4r · 2013-09-09 05:47 · Score: 4, Interesting

Please tell me this thing is even taller, I want the iPhone to end up looking like one of those satellite tv remotes.
1. Re:Please tell me it is even taller/longer by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:54 · Score: 0
  
  Nah, next time they'll put the black bars on the sizes rather than on the top and bottom. Gotta catch up with Android without needing to actually write a decent UI library.
2. Re:Please tell me it is even taller/longer by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:25 · Score: 0
  
  Doubtful.
  Yer mum said it was a good size already.
Survey says... by djupedal · 2013-09-09 05:53 · Score: 4, Insightful

It's a safe bet everyone is just looking for clicks and eyeballs, /. included.
1. Re:Survey says... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:05 · Score: 0
  
  Slashdot does that? WTF??!! I thought this was a commercial, while we wait for another fucking NSA story. Am I wrong??
I think you mean queue by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:54 · Score: 1

The headline makes sense if you replace the word 'line' (which has many meanings) with the word "queue' (a group of people lined up waiting to buy something, or get into an event)
In the English language anyway.
1. Re:I think you mean queue by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:33 · Score: 0
  
  The headline makes sense if you replace the word 'line' (which has many meanings) with the word "queue' (a group of people lined up waiting to buy something, or get into an event)
  In the English language anyway.
  Oh, the irony.
2. Re:I think you mean queue by tompaulco · 2013-09-09 07:56 · Score: 1
  
  The headline makes sense if you replace the word 'line' (which has many meanings) with the word "queue' (a group of people lined up waiting to buy something, or get into an event)
  But, in New Jersey, nobody knows what the word queue means (even though the reporter used it in the article), but everybody knows what standing in line means. Nobody in the United States has every stood in a queue.
  
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3. Re:I think you mean queue by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 17:47 · Score: 0
  
  Yes. I was confused. I thought it meant that the new iPhone has a stripe. Or POTS.
Flower Power and Dalmatian iMacs ... by perpenso · 2013-09-09 05:55 · Score: 1

Jobs would never stand for this.
Oh yes he would, he actually did something similar. Flower Power and Dalmatian iMacs.
* yawn * by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 05:55 · Score: 0

n/c
Whenever somebody criticizes your lifestyle... by istartedi · 2013-09-09 06:05 · Score: 1

Whenever somebody criticizes your lifestyle, just point out that vast sums of money are being spent, traded, and speculated based on the color of a consumer product. Building a life-sized T-rex in your backyard? Hitch-hiking to Guatemala? Chucking it all to become a surf-bum and live in a driftwood shack by the beach? Not the least bit absurd by comparison.

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Ohhh thanks for the reminder! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:06 · Score: 0

Those old black'n'decker irons that completely bombed out, and then the run of iMacs colored like them.
Probably got a discount on the plastics when they ended up with a glut of them over the cancelled line.
I just wonder by dicobalt · 2013-09-09 06:10 · Score: 0

how much 5C will cannibalize 5S sales? Get it? C S? *badump bump*
1. Re:I just wonder by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:41 · Score: 0
  
  I don't get it.
scalpers too by ruir · 2013-09-09 06:17 · Score: 1

I wonder how many of them are hired, or resell them at a net profit in ebay as a novelty.
iPhone line? by PPH · 2013-09-09 06:17 · Score: 1

Are you certain?

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HaHa! Only the Poor Will Buy a C phone by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:20 · Score: 0

It's like saying, hey world, I'm poor! I want to be like everybody else. See I have an Iphone just like you. And then the kid gets hit by a runaway bus full of other C buyers. You killed Kenny!
can't wait! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:24 · Score: 0

i think we've all had enough of the low quality korean bullshit flooding the market
5C will be [C]hina only by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:29 · Score: 0

mark my words.
There will only be the 5S and the 5 in the US.
They will all come in different colors though, which is not what C stands for. The 5C will have the integrated Chinese radio bands and have the custom firmware that lets the Chinese government spy on you. ( as opposed to the preloaded NSA monitoring in the US ;) )
1. Re:5C will be [C]hina only by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 06:58 · Score: 0
  
  Hey Thatcher and Regan et al. were all ways telling us opening the market up to privatization and competition meant market forces would rive the price down for the consumer. Why can I not have a 5C I want my right to chose who spies on me!
2. Re:5C will be [C]hina only by Grizzley9 · 2013-09-09 07:34 · Score: 1
  
  5C will replace the "free" 4S model at the big providers. This gives them a lower cost option while at the same time speeding up the adoption of the new screen size and lightning port. Plus it will be a lower cost option for emerging markets where Apple is getting killed by cheap Android sets. So in a way the "C" stands for Color, China, Cheap.
3. Re:5C will be [C]hina only by jrumney · 2013-09-09 13:06 · Score: 1
  
  The 5C will have the integrated Chinese radio bands and have the custom firmware that lets the Chinese government spy on you. ( as opposed to the preloaded NSA monitoring in the US ;) )
  Who are you kidding. The 5S and 5C are both "Designed in California" and "Made in China". Both models will come with both sets of spyware as standard.
Which is dumber? by stevez67 · 2013-09-09 06:38 · Score: 0

People who line up way in advance to get a new tech device to satisfy a personal desire relatively cheaply ($200-$700 is a lot cheaper than a new car), or the people who waste their time online ranting about and insulting people who do? I wonder how many of the "haters" in this thread are first in line to pre-order a new game or bang their head on their keyboard when the new (insert favorite open source program here) becomes available.
1. Re:Which is dumber? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 08:37 · Score: 0
  
  People who line up way in advance to get a new tech device to satisfy a personal desire relatively cheaply ($200-$700 is a lot cheaper than a new car), or the people who waste their time online ranting about and insulting people who do? I wonder how many of the "haters" in this thread are first in line to pre-order a new game or bang their head on their keyboard when the new (insert favorite open source program here) becomes available.
  Are you actually equaling queuing outside a store for days and nights with the few seconds it takes someone to type a snarky online comment about the same people? Yeah.. that is about the same level of craziness, not..
Business model by Carnivore24 · 2013-09-09 06:43 · Score: 1

Great to see them coming out with more devices. Hopefully they will start migrating back to their pre-Jobs era and we can have a ton of devices to choose from.
But also the lower-priced 5C model by jeffmflanagan · 2013-09-09 07:02 · Score: 2

"in a variety of cheaper-looking colors."

So now even the people writing /. summaries fall into the trap of thinking their preferences apply to everyone.

There must be something wrong with me to keep me coming to a site that's been this far gone for this long, just because it used to make me better informed years ago before it crashed and burned.
Golden iPhone... by bhlowe · 2013-09-09 07:41 · Score: 1

I hear there will be a gold iPhone... Kind of like Willy Wonka's Golden Tickets?? I want one!!
No, just colored it black by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 07:58 · Score: 0

...so it would look bigger in your hand.
Typical /. behavior now. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 09:02 · Score: 0

/. used to be a place to read actual articles. Now, it's just infested with a bunch of whiny fandroids and iHaters.
You hypocrites would love if ANY Android phone had this kind of popularity and brand loyalty. You'd love people lining up for days on end for the excitement. But hey, because it's Apple, it's just hate for the sole reason of hating and result to childish name-calling and insults because that's all you can come up with. Sad behavior.
1. Re:Typical /. behavior now. by roc97007 · 2013-09-09 12:41 · Score: 1
  
  /. used to be a place to read actual articles. Now, it's just infested with a bunch of whiny fandroids and iHaters.
  You hypocrites would love if ANY Android phone had this kind of popularity and brand loyalty. You'd love people lining up for days on end for the excitement. But hey, because it's Apple, it's just hate for the sole reason of hating and result to childish name-calling and insults because that's all you can come up with. Sad behavior.
  Let me guess -- you're posting this from your 5 while camped outside waiting for the store to open.
  I can't speak for the rest of the "fandroids", but to me, waiting outside in the rain (which I've seen with my own eyes for the 4s release -- and skipped getting coffee in that strip mall when the 5 came out) to buy a consumer device at retail makes absolutely no sense to me, and I would be a little alarmed if it happened with a phone I was considering. Perhaps enough to reconsider the wisdom of my choice.
  
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And if you win... by Powercntrl · 2013-09-09 12:43 · Score: 1

The ghost of Steve Jobs gives you and four other people a tour of Foxconn? I wonder if they have a scary tunnel.

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Apple haters... Pls get a life. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 15:00 · Score: 0

Instead of looking for Apple related posts and posting negative comments...
Big Party by CHIT2ME · 2013-09-10 12:03 · Score: 1

Gosh, they're throwing a big party at Apple for the release of a new phone which still will not bring them up to the technological level of the Samsung Galaxy IV. How cute!!!

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