Comments on: What Did You Endure for an iPhone? http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/ TheAppleBlog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:32:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Christoph Hammann http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-120594 Christoph Hammann Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:58:03 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-120594 Nothing much to endure when I got my 3G. The T-Mobile shop called back the day I asked them to reserve me one out of their next delivery, and that was during the shortage after the first glut. Then ensued what some people would have had to endure but I enjoyed: a 20 k bike ride each way to fetch it from the shop. My time back was one of the best this year, I couldn't wait to try it out! Nothing much to endure when I got my 3G. The T-Mobile shop called back the day I asked them to reserve me one out of their next delivery, and that was during the shortage after the first glut.
Then ensued what some people would have had to endure but I enjoyed: a 20 k bike ride each way to fetch it from the shop. My time back was one of the best this year, I couldn’t wait to try it out!

]]> By: Jonathan Naundrup http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108652 Jonathan Naundrup Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:13:41 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108652 Well, i read a story about a guy who had his thumbs operated thinner, so that it would be easier typing on the iPhone.. Well, i read a story about a guy who had his thumbs operated thinner, so that it would be easier typing on the iPhone..

]]> By: Brandon Eley http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108366 Brandon Eley Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:30:37 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108366 Honza - It doesn't offend me, I just think it's a waste of one's time to criticize and say people are stupid for liking the products that they like. It's just an effort in futility. I don't like Windows PC's but I don't troll around their forums blasting them for being "stupid," and I don't like some Apple products, but I don't go around in those posts here on TAB and call those people "stupid" either. Honza - It doesn’t offend me, I just think it’s a waste of one’s time to criticize and say people are stupid for liking the products that they like. It’s just an effort in futility.

I don’t like Windows PC’s but I don’t troll around their forums blasting them for being “stupid,” and I don’t like some Apple products, but I don’t go around in those posts here on TAB and call those people “stupid” either.

]]> By: Honza http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108365 Honza Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:24:50 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108365 "If you don’t like the phone don’t buy one. If you don’t like news about it, don’t read the articles. It’s really that simple." = Stock answer for the easily offended. It's really that simple. “If you don’t like the phone don’t buy one. If you don’t like news about it, don’t read the articles. It’s really that simple.”

= Stock answer for the easily offended. It’s really that simple.

]]> By: Brandon Eley http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108357 Brandon Eley Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:09:21 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108357 If you were speaking directly to the gentleman who got the snip, you should have addressed him in your post. As it stood, you insulted everyone who has posted a comment, and the author. If you don't like the phone don't buy one. If you don't like news about it, don't read the articles. It's really that simple. If you were speaking directly to the gentleman who got the snip, you should have addressed him in your post. As it stood, you insulted everyone who has posted a comment, and the author.

If you don’t like the phone don’t buy one. If you don’t like news about it, don’t read the articles. It’s really that simple.

]]> By: Raven http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108356 Raven Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:03:37 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108356 Brandon- I apologize; I guess I missed this site turning into "The iPhone Blog." I love reading (and writing) about Apple tech as much, if not more, than anyone else, but I think that the iPhone mania has gone too far. I would be speaking just as critically of anyone who got a vasectomy to get a Macbook. Brandon-
I apologize; I guess I missed this site turning into “The iPhone Blog.” I love reading (and writing) about Apple tech as much, if not more, than anyone else, but I think that the iPhone mania has gone too far. I would be speaking just as critically of anyone who got a vasectomy to get a Macbook.

]]> By: Brandon Eley http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108355 Brandon Eley Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:49:33 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108355 Raven - what's sadder, the fact that we love a product for it's simplicity, design and features or the fact that you feel compelled to come to a site about it and criticize us and it for being "stupid." Do you not have a life? Raven - what’s sadder, the fact that we love a product for it’s simplicity, design and features or the fact that you feel compelled to come to a site about it and criticize us and it for being “stupid.”

Do you not have a life?

]]> By: tomk http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108346 tomk Sun, 05 Aug 2007 07:08:44 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108346 Raven The vascectemy thing is obviously overblown. Obviously the guy was going to get forced into it anyways, and just snagged a free iphone out of it. I was reading something Mr. Ive said about technology, that might explain why some people think this thing is the second coming. He said, and a paraphrase here, "When your tools are broken, you feel broken. So when one of your tools is fixed, you feel more whole." or something like that. Raven

The vascectemy thing is obviously overblown. Obviously the guy was going to get forced into it anyways, and just snagged a free iphone out of it.

I was reading something Mr. Ive said about technology, that might explain why some people think this thing is the second coming. He said, and a paraphrase here, “When your tools are broken, you feel broken. So when one of your tools is fixed, you feel more whole.” or something like that.

]]> By: Raven http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108344 Raven Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:43:42 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108344 I mean nothing derogatory towards those who want them, or who waited in line to get them, or who like them. But <i>far</i> too many people are taking it too far. A vasectomy is just too far to go for a piece of tech, however shiny. I mean, I jokingly refer to my MBP as my child, but surgery to get it - no. I mean nothing derogatory towards those who want them, or who waited in line to get them, or who like them. But far too many people are taking it too far. A vasectomy is just too far to go for a piece of tech, however shiny.
I mean, I jokingly refer to my MBP as my child, but surgery to get it - no.

]]> By: Eamon Ford http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108343 Eamon Ford Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:52:37 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108343 No offense, but posting a comment like that in a place like this is just asking for trouble. :p No offense, but posting a comment like that in a place like this is just asking for trouble. :p

]]> By: Raven http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108342 Raven Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:45:04 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108342 That is so deeply, totally <i>stupid.</i> It's a piece of techonology, people, a phone! It makes phone calls; it doesn't save the world or cure cancer. Great good lord, what a fool. That is so deeply, totally stupid. It’s a piece of techonology, people, a phone! It makes phone calls; it doesn’t save the world or cure cancer. Great good lord, what a fool.

]]> By: Josh http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108340 Josh Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:13:05 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108340 well, not so much "endure," but I did give up my Xbox 360 and my iBook for cash to buy the iPhone. That took a lot of endurance. well, not so much “endure,” but I did give up my Xbox 360 and my iBook for cash to buy the iPhone. That took a lot of endurance.

]]> By: dave http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108339 dave Sat, 04 Aug 2007 20:14:34 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108339 I waited in line for 12 hours at the Apple store in San Francisco, but it was worth it when all the employees ran around the block cheering... Plus Jonathan Ive was there! I waited in line for 12 hours at the Apple store in San Francisco, but it was worth it when all the employees ran around the block cheering… Plus Jonathan Ive was there!

]]> By: Chris G http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108338 Chris G Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:23:32 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108338 Waited in line at my local AT&T store for an hour. Was 40th in line, and was told they only had 30. Drove one hour later to the nearest Apple Store, walked out with two 8GB iPhones that night. Waited in line at my local AT&T store for an hour. Was 40th in line, and was told they only had 30. Drove one hour later to the nearest Apple Store, walked out with two 8GB iPhones that night.

]]> By: Brandon Eley http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108325 Brandon Eley Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:33:36 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108325 I don't think it's that much, but I drove 1 1/2 hours to the Apple Store, stood in line for 10 hours and when I got my iPhone it wouldn't activate. I tried for 2 hours at the mall and gave up. It finally activated late that night (about 10 PM). Still, I don't think it was that bad. I had fun hanging out and talking with everyone and if I had it to do over again, I would. I don’t think it’s that much, but I drove 1 1/2 hours to the Apple Store, stood in line for 10 hours and when I got my iPhone it wouldn’t activate. I tried for 2 hours at the mall and gave up. It finally activated late that night (about 10 PM).

Still, I don’t think it was that bad. I had fun hanging out and talking with everyone and if I had it to do over again, I would.

]]> By: Eamon Ford http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108321 Eamon Ford Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:54:21 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/08/03/what-did-you-endure-for-an-iphone/#comment-108321 I guess this isn't really something you have to <em>endure</em>, but I know somebody who stood in line for 4 hours, only to have the guy right in front of him get the last iPhone. I guess this isn’t really something you have to endure, but I know somebody who stood in line for 4 hours, only to have the guy right in front of him get the last iPhone.

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