Amazing that this still happens after all these years.
At Apple’s store on Fifth Avenue in New York, police officers put up barricades as the line stretched more than 10 blocks and the crowd cheered continuously for the 15 minutes before the phones officially went on sale.
Product Loyalty? Brilliant marketing? Whatever the cause, this is something that Microsoft and Samsung can only dream of.
I agree it’s amazing that it happens. I wonder how long Samsung can milk it in their commercials before that grows tiresome to everyone.
When the 4S came out, I was able to go to the Mall of America Apple Store after work, walk right in and buy one. I thought at that point that this was it, the era of long lines was over. I guess not.
A company that consistently makes great products. Simple as that.
Samsung’s trash-talk will never grow tiresome to people who feel a tribal need to reject Apple in every way.
I looked at all available photos posted about this phenomenon, and I found I was not in any of them.
Samsung can make the ads. Apple can make the sales. For all of Samsung’s advertising dollars spent, they haven’t moved the needle when it comes to Apple.
Since Apple is now supporting larger screens, I think that Samsung might actually lose some points here.
Well, to be fair, “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” never grew tiresome to me, either. 😉
Going to sting a lot more when the Apple Watch is released. I was in an AT&T store the day of the big Gear launch. No one looked at them but me. And don’t ask anyone how well Microsoft’s SPOT watch sold.
Reports suggest a lot of the lines are due to pent-up demand in Asia. Turns out people can make a nifty profit reselling overseas where the new phones aren’t available yet.
That series had a much different tone. Deliberately, specifically less nasty. The Mac character genuinely tried to help PC without being tribal or snobbish. A lot of people chose not to notice that.
I agree that’s how I feel about them, too, but often “snobbish” or “snarky” depends on what side of the comment one is on. I expect Windows partisans felt about them as iPhone partisans feel about the Samsung ads.
Of course. I remember how defensive some of them got about what they were seeing. Partisanship in anything dies hard if you’re heavily invested in deflecting its problems.
Big lines at the Apple Store in Sydney too.