Congratulations to Sydney's first iPhone 11 owner. Standing ovation well-deserved.

pgj2015 · 21-09-2019 11:02am

is this it? is this what my Granddad died for? the freedom to do this? Jesus

Wayne Jarvis · 21-09-2019 11:05am

Strumms wrote: »

And to actually get a bus, train or taxi or drive your own car to a shop, to wait and Q and then cheer this perfect stranger as if they had just invented a cure for cancer or made some other indelible mark or contribution to society but no, they instead are being lauded with adulation because...they entered into a business transaction to buy a smart phone... and thousands of people are cheering him on because he managed to walk into a shop, buy a mass produced product, first....ugggghhhhh people,

Can we get a few of us to go in and wait beside the pick n mix in M&S in town tomorrow, the first person who goes over and fill a bag full of sweets we start cheering them furiously, take a load of photos etc... we’d most likely be escorted off the premises, taken away in a van, sat in front of a state psychologist, have our driving license confiscated and possibly our freedom too.... ITS A FÛCKING PHONE ! TWATS !

I have a book recommendation for you Strumms

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whisky_galore · 21-09-2019 11:28am

Guys buy phones, who cares?

Wanderer78 · 21-09-2019 11:29am

whisky_galore wrote: »

Guys buy phones, who cares?

millions by the looks of it

Strumms · 21-09-2019 11:38am

Guy Person wrote: »

I have a book recommendation for you Strumms

That wouldn’t help any, it would need to be a BIG book of calm

whisky_galore · 21-09-2019 11:39am

Wanderer78 wrote: »

millions by the looks of it

Millions of sad bastards.

kneemos · 21-09-2019 11:43am

pgj2015 wrote: »

is this it? is this what my Granddad died for? the freedom to do this? Jesus

I'm sure he's generating about five megawatts.

Dr. Bre · 21-09-2019 11:44am

Probably first text on it will be about climate change !

ChikiChiki · 21-09-2019 11:48am

Steve Jobs has actually built a cult following comprised of people with similar beliefs and value systems. That's not all Apple phone owners btw just the radical Apple fanboys. It really is a bizarre phenomena.

No offence but you might want to seek some help if you get overly excited over the release of a new phone.

titan18 · 21-09-2019 11:50am

Wibbs wrote:

Yup BH, 100% with you there. Would that it were only Apple. We're absolutely drowning in companies pushing this nonsense and wider society plugging into it more and more. Ask the average Google Android phone owner, especially the ones calling Apple ****(and they are), how many phones have they bought since their version of the smartphone was launched(in direct response to the first iPhone)? If anything that market moves far faster than the Apple phone ecosystem so more "new" phones with more new "features" are produced, more rapidly, by more companies. All of which would sell their own mothers to get the kind of blindly loyal customer base Apple has fostered.

I've had two since 2014. One bought mid 2014 and one bought late 2017. Phone i had before that was from 2008 (a Nokia)

ChikiChiki · 21-09-2019 11:52am

whisky_galore wrote: »

Guys buy phones, who cares?

We should all care that people priorities seem to be askew. The fawning over material possessions is not good for society.

kneemos · 21-09-2019 11:53am

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Steve Jobs has actually built a cult following comprised of people with similar beliefs and value systems. That's not all Apple phone owners btw just the radical Apple fanboys. It really is a bizarre phenomena.

No offence but you might want to seek some help if you get overly excited over the release of a new phone.

Tesla has a similar following for some reason. The guy is some sort of soothsayer or something.
Hasn't invented anything,just used existing or old technology in a new application.

Atlantic Dawn · 21-09-2019 11:57am

My dream is to someday be that person and when I got outside in front of all the media take a lump hammer out of my pocket and smash the phone to pieces, you would never have to buy a pint again.

[Deleted User] · 21-09-2019 12:06pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

My dream is to someday be that person and when I got outside in front of all the media take a lump hammer out of my pocket and smash the phone to pieces, you would never have to buy a pint again.

Well filthy android users would agree but I certainly wouldn’t buy him a pint.

thecornflake · 21-09-2019 12:14pm

Aadhya Wonderful Radio wrote: »

you honestly have to be vacant in the head to stand and cheer cause some retard spent a thousand quid on a phone.

I would imagine most of the people in the crowd and most of the people who queue for the opening etc are actually hired by Apple to create the impression of a bigger following.

At least that's the hope I cling to which is better than the low intelligence picture they present here.

20Wheel · 21-09-2019 12:49pm

thecornflake wrote: »

I would imagine most of the people in the crowd and most of the people who queue for the opening etc are actually hired by Apple to create the impression of a bigger following.

At least that's the hope I cling to which is better than the low intelligence picture they present here.

i wanted to believe the same thing about krispy kreme in the blanchardstown center.

turns out many people are just complete bandwagon jumping idiots.

Still waters · 21-09-2019 8:51pm

Fcukin ****

touts · 21-09-2019 9:14pm

Apple stopped being an innovative technology company years ago. They really haven't done anything technological significant since the death of Steve Jobs.

BUT they have transformed into a fashion company. People now buy the latest iPhone11 because it's fashionable. They aren't spending €1500 because of the high level of Technology. They are buying it because of the badge. It's akin to a person spending an extra 20k on an Audi which is basically the same as a Skoda in the showroom next door just with a different shell. Apple buyers buy apple devices because they believe spending an extra €800 on a badge makes a statement about who they are. What that statement is can vary depending on the opinion of the viewer.

NIMAN · 21-09-2019 9:18pm

..and the same ones who are pushing this global rebellion stuff, moaning at governments about them killing the planet while they change their perfectly good mobile every year.

Muppets.

nkl12xtw5goz70 · 21-09-2019 9:46pm

Spinal Tap explain why you just have to go to 11.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOO5S4vxi0o

[Deleted User] · 21-09-2019 9:56pm

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Probably first text on it will be about climate change !

Is Apple a particularly bad offender on climate change or something?

I did Google it, but all I found were a couple of articles by edgelord, skeptic types and a statement by Greenpeace stating that, in its opinion, Apple had been the most environmentally friendly tech company for some years running.

Having strong views on climate change doesn't mean you must now run away with the badgers. Reasonable protestors want systematic reforms that one individual, acting alone, cannot precipitate.

It's a bit silly, so late in the day, to still be thinking in terms of turning off the bathroom light to save the planet. It has been memorably likened by some people to having as much an impact as shouting for your favourite soccer team from your sofa, gesticulating wildly, issuing commands: it might make you feel better but won't make a whit of difference. What people are asking for instead is that the rules of the game should change fundamentally.

bodhrandude · 21-09-2019 10:46pm

dan1895 wrote: »

Stupid c*nts

Congratulations to Sydney's first iPhone 11 owner. Standing ovation well-deserved.

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