iPhone – From Devastation to Excitement

Most people sit and think “I wonder what would happen if I dropped my iPhone without a case?” The answer to this riddle is NOT good as this is what happened!

This is what happens when you drop your iPhone on the floor wihhout a case!

I don’t recommend it to anyone!!  This devastating event occurred on Thursday and we are getting ready to go to the “National Charter School Show” in Washington DC this weekend. I needed to have my iPhone in order to demo our iPhone/iPod Touch software; the cracked screen of my iPhone would not have made for a good demo.

This morning I got up at 4:45am on a mission, and went down to the mall near my house, and I was number 1 in line to get the brand new iPhone 3Gs. It just so happened it was released today.

First in line for the iPhone 3Gs

There were two lines that were forming. One line if you pre-ordered your iPhone online and the second line for those who did not have a pre-order.  When they finally opened the door to the mall, there were two guys already in line, imagine that, they snuck in a locked entrance.   That was ok, since I was still number 3 in line it did not bother me much.   There were 5 of us in the “didn’t have a pre-order” line at 7:00am (when they opened the doors) and about 100+ people waiting in line for the pre-order phones.  I was in and out of the Apple Store in 15 minutes while those poor people that already purchased the phone had to wait for up to 2 hours to get theirs.   Apple did better on this release than when the iPhone 3G was released but obviously their system is still flawed!

When I got back to my office at 7:30 this morning, I opened the box, synced the phone and immediately started playing with it. The new  iPhone 3Gs is VERY fast. Our new App Store title, Academic Fitness Daily Trainer, is going to run very well on this new device.

Have you dropped or broken your iPhone? Did you pre-order one and have to wait in a longer line than those who didn’t? Did you luck out like me? Share your thoughts!