When Apple released its candybar smartphone iPhone on June 29 2007, it has drawn huge crowds wanting to be the first to purchase the sleek phone filled tons of exciting apps in it. On June 8, the folks at Apple announced a new version of iPhone, iPhone 3G S which is dubbed as the “the fastest iPhone ever”. Launched today at an AT&T Inc store near New York’s Grand Central Terminal and also many parts of the world, only a handful of people had lined up before 6 a.m. as compared to previous years which has attracted huge crowds where numbers can easily exceed a thousand. The latest iPhone has new features such as a 3.0 megapixels camera with video, a built-in compass and faster speeds.
Unveiled at last week WWDC (World Wide Developers’ Conference), the new iPhone has sparked off many discussions made by Apple fans on Twitter and Facebook who are eager to try out the smartphone. Surprisingly, only 50 people stayed overnight to greet the iPhone 3G S which comes in both 16 ($199) and 32 GB ($299).
European phone service provider O2 has reported brisk sales in London, United Kingdom, despite fears that its controversial upgrade policy could deter some customers from buying the iPhone 3GS before their existing iPhone contract expires. “We’ve sold more iPhones in the first two hours than we would sell handsets of any make in an average day,” said the O2 spokesman. The company reported that black iPhones were outselling the white models by around three to one, and there have been no reports of stock shortages.
Even though there was a smaller crowd this year, but staff at AT&T said that the number will pick up as the day goes because of the wonderful benefits and features the new iPhone offers. “I converted from a PC to a Mac about two years ago and I prefer the operating system, and I think this will be a good compatibility to what I’ve got on my computer,” said a woman named Diane who planned to buy an iPhone for herself and her preteen daughter. She declined to give her last name. “I think it’s going to make my life a little more efficient and easier, and have everything syncing more seamlessly.”
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