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Steve Wozniak is first in line for iPhone 4S
- Zakuzaa 15y agoThis guy is really cool, he has proved it time and again.
- TallTalesOrTrue 15y agoSomebody teach him how to preorder.
- joshuamerrill 15y agoApparently pre-ordering was not the issue, as he has already pre-ordered two new iPhones. I think he was just enjoying chatting with fans. I went by early this afternoon and met him. I got a photo with him, and so did several other people. He could not have been more gracious.
- alastair 15y agoDid Steve and Woz get on in later years?
- jemeshsu 15y agoAnyone remember if there is any queue for the first iPhone?
- joshuamerrill 15y agoYes, I stood in line for nearly 10 hours in Los Angeles on June 29th, 2007, to get a first generation iPhone.
- dolbz 15y agoI remember it well. I was on holiday in the US and couldn't believe people were queuing for a phone! Apple fanboys! Turns out two years later I'm totally one of those fanboys
- Tichy 15y ago"People brought iPhones, iPods and iPads for Wozniak to sign with a marker. "Now your phone is not going to be worth as much when you sell it," Wozniak said to one woman before signing her iPhone 4" Dear Woz, I am sure an iPhone with your signature is worth a lot more than a bare iPhone.
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- eogas 15y agoI'd think that was mostly an issue of company policy than punishing the guy for showing it specifically to Woz. In other words, if they found out that he'd shown it to his cab driver, or the guy who made his coffee the next morning, he'd probably be in just as much trouble. By the way, that cultofmac link gets stuck in a redirect loop. Woz contributed a piece about it to gizmodo though: http://gizmodo.com/5523673/steve-wozniak-on-apple-security-employee-termination-and-gray-powell?skyline=true&s=i http://gizmodo.com/5523673/steve-wozniak-on-apple-security-e... EDIT: Also, from the article: >Wozniak acknowledged that he could have easily made one phone call to Apple and gotten the phone he's waiting in line for, but he didn't.
- ugh 15y agoHe could have pre-ordered. He obviously does it because he likes to do it – nothing wrong with that.
- teja1990 15y agoHe did it may be as a tribute to his dear friend, Steve Jobs.
- basugasubaku 15y agoHe always gets in line for the iPhone. He did it for the 3GS as well: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=725868 http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=725868
- 9999 15y agoI want to start a company that's so damned awesome, that even after I've been retired for decades, I'll line up and wait overnight to buy their latest product.
- hopeless 15y agoWhat a legend and a decent guy too! How many other "celebrities" would keep in touch with a student they met in a queue a year ago? Legend.