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Japanese Man Already Lined Up To Buy iPhone 6
zacharye writes "Last year ahead of Apple's iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c launch, lines began forming outside Apple stores weeks in advance. At the time, we thought it was pretty crazy that anyone would line up that far in advance to buy a cell phone — but now we know what crazy really looks like. A Japanese man named 'Yoppy' says he has already lined up to buy Apple's unannounced iPhone 6, which isn't expected to launch for another seven months."
Talk about being first...
I've never bought an Apple product (and never will), but for pretty much anything else I might want that has a future release date I can pre-order it and get it on day of release. Do Apple not do this?
He isn't physically waiting in line. Japan ques up by using a place holder mat with a persons name on it. When the day comes they just go to the mat and take tier spot. You can Google this to verify
You are aware that you can 'Google and verify' anything you like, whether true or not :)
Although you are correct, I like the thought of this guy waiting outside for the rest of winter and spring for his iPhone only to see Apple pull the plug on the project.
"Is the Chief Priest an Offlian? Do dragons explode in the wood?"
At the time, we thought it was pretty crazy that anyone would line up that far in advance to buy a cell phone — but now we know what crazy really looks like.
He's not crazy. It's just some cracked performance art. His Twitter account features pictures of him, amongst other things, tied up in rope bondage aboard a train, wearing an alarmingly tight superhero costume, running in underwear on snowy streets, and a penis crafted of chocolate. He's clearly a prankster and humorist.
It is going to be a long line for him. We don't even know if there will be an iPhone 6. I have on good record that doomsday is 14/14/14.
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When I logged into /. just now, this story was at the top of the page.
I had to look twice at the masthead to make sure I wasn't on the Onion page.
Good work, usually humorless /.ers!
It's snowing in Tokyo right now so I'm curious if he's camped out. I'd like a picture of "sad iPhone in snow"
A minor level performer is attempting to get his name out there with the lamest publicity stunt ever.
So Slashdot posted it to the front page.
Yay Slashdot...
One more reason to develop for iOS and not for Android.
Google should hire people to do the same for Android.
If Pandora's box is destined to be opened, *I* want to be the one to open it.
I think he's just homeless and faking it.
{in perfect Japanese, of course} "Move along."..
"Hey, I'm just... waiting... yeah, for the next IPhone, that's it!"
"Oh, Okay..."
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Tim Cooke is not as slick as Jobs was but his shill marketing is just as effective.
You really need to cool that "it's a shill" reflex down a bit. This is Japan. Nobody does crazy obsessive (both good and bad) better than Japan. Apple would have nothing to accomplish by hiring this idiot. They've already got people who are silly enough to line up and camp out for their products.
14 months in a year?
A mentally disturbed person does something stupid and it matters?
(no I dont mean it as a comment on Apple users, but judging from the link, it seems he's not all there).
Step 1: Announce you are queuing up for an iPhone 6, offering no more evidence than a few photos of yourself dressed up in some pathetic attention grabbing costume. Step 2: Watch as the story is used as filler for lazy news outlets who can't be bothered to find real news to report on.
well doh since the release days are well known in advance and if you want to do a publicity stunt you do it for iphone queue'ing.
nothing to do with the fucking phone even, just the fact that reporters love to report on things they already reported. its shit easy. nobody cares though.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
are fare for slashdot?
Or he's just someone who thought "hey, if I do something crazy I'll make the news. Hmm... shoot someone or act as if I line up already for an Apple product that hasn't even been announced yet... chances for headlines are about the same..."
Or he simply lost a bet and now has to sit there for a day and make a fool out of himself.
I could think of a few reasons why someone would queue up for some Apple product vaporware and none of them has anything to do with the Apple product per se but rather with its reputation that simply showing interest in it will make some people go into knee-jerk mode and act as if it's worth a story.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Iphone is no longer being introduced and announced by the famous spokesman. The changes in the device are minor, incremental and predictable. People are still using their iPhone 4 and some even earlier -- they are just about done with the hype and hysteria.
Does iPhone even matter any longer?
You got your numbers mixed up.
Doomsday will be on 02/14/2014 , i.e. today
Germans do the same thing with their towels on board of cruise ships.
When I first saw this headline in my Facebook feed, I assumed the source was The Onion. Wow.
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Rake in the advertising cash as losers with no lives comment on said story.
Sad... very sad.
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systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
Yes, he is. He's a "performance artist."
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
The article shows him physically waiting in line. While dressed up as an iPhone...
No kidding!!! What do you say at this point?
What month do you think comes after Smarch?
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Some time ago, there was a satirical story about a homeless guy* falling asleep in the Apple store entry and a line forming behind him to buy whatever it was that he was waiting for. Now there are stories about homeless people actually waiting in Apple store lines.
*Indistinguishable from hipsters.
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Everybody needs a hobby.
might as well go for some urban camping.
He wasn't seriously lining up for the iPhone 6. He was doing a piece of performance art that he could post on Twitter to get some attention. Looks like he got it.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
My wife once told me not to get her anything for Valentine's day... so I didn't (I'm an engineer). Don't ever do that.
Does one person a line make? I think not.
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My daughter has been using iPhones for years, she's 27. I see people of all ages with the silly things. I say silly, because it's stupid to carry around a six or seven hundred dollar fragile object everywhere you go when one for a hundred will do all the same things.
I call Apple's phone the iBling. It's a status symbol, and I detest status symbols. Kids...
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Slashdot has devolved to news about moronic fan boys sitting around in a non-line waiting for a product that doesn't exist. Maybe you guys could start a separate stupiddot.org and put this kind of useless info there.
He said. It sure beats the heck out of farming.