Maniacal Rage

Note to Self: No More Apple Launch Events

Please bear with me while I rant for a moment: For the past three years, I have gone to every Apple product launch event for iPhone (and iPad). I bought the first iPhone after standing in line for a few hours in Atlantic City, NJ. I bought the 3G iPhone after standing in line for 8 hours in NYC, and the 3GS after 3 hours. I have supported Apple, I have been part of their launch-day buzz and their marketing machine. I have done so willingly, as I am excited about the products and I love supporting the company. I wanted to purchase each device as early as was humanly possible, and the best way was to go to the Apple Store in the early morning hours of each event. However, in each case, Apple has fucked it up. Seriously, I waited 8 fucking hours for the iPhone 3G.

When the iPhone 4 pre-order system went online (*cough*), I decided that I wanted to have the phone, once again, as early as possible. UPS in my neighborhood delivers at 6PM, and sometimes not at all causing deliveries to take extra days. So I pre-ordered for pickup at the Apple Store.

Then, today, I see that Apple is shipping all iPhone 4 home-delivery orders a day early. That’s right. The lazy folks (edit: or, I guess, people with jobs or whatever), the people who can’t be bothered to go to the store and participate in the event—they’re getting their phones a day early. In fact, people have started receiving them today, two full days early.

And now I get to be a sucker and go stand in line for—based on how shitty ATT’s activation system is—what I can only assume will be at least three or four hours, so that I can have my phone days after everyone else.

This will be my last Apple launch event.

Update: It sucks that Tumblr doesn’t let you respond to your own posts, so I’ll have to reply to a few comments here. poortaste wrote, “Tough life,” and justinrampage wrote, “Poor baby,” which is weird, because I didn’t write anything about my new infant or the fact that I’m feeding it with welfare money. And my life is tough, indeed. How am I supposed to keep using this ridiculous iPhone 3GS when I know there are people out there with the iPhone 4? I might as well kill myself. My life is over. IT’S TOO TOUGH.