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 05:51 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You can win an iPhone online? Sounds like a scam.
3. 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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4. 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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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!
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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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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