You blame it on the proxy, but posting the above comment timed-out for me, but posted anyway. I think OTB is broken again.

Could be. Hard to say. I know when I got home things went OK.

darn proxy

You blame it on the proxy, but posting the above comment timed-out for me, but posted anyway. I think OTB is broken again.

comparatively nobody looks twice at the thing on the tube anymore.

On the tube, no. But those of us lucky (?) enough to live in the sunshine state can watch it live.

What am I missing? And why would someone not reporting on the phenomenon camp out overnight to pay full price for a phone that will almost certainly be much cheaper three months from now?

James; Seems clear to me the reason this stuff doesn't get covered so much is it's become par for the course where Apple products are concerned. they're getting tired of dancing to Apple's hype. Every product the release of late goes the same way. Consider the release of the various IPODS. We saw story after story about those and the opening day sales.... so often and so similar in nature that it's like the space shuttle. The only time you hear about that is when it blows up. (A sad comparison, but there it is... comparatively nobody looks twice at the thing on the tube anymore.)

And your second question is answered by the first answer; Hype. It's the Prius of phones. Or maybe the cabbage patch kid of phones.

What am I missing? And why would someone not reporting on the phenomenon camp out overnight to pay full price for a phone that will almost certainly be much cheaper three months from now?

James; Seems clear to me the reason this stuff doesn't get covered so much is it's become par for the course where Apple products are concerned. they're getting tired of dancing to Apple's hype. Every product the release of late goes the same way. Consider the release of the various IPODS. We saw story after story about those and the opening day sales.... so often and so similar in nature that it's like the space shuttle. The only time you hear about that is when it blows up. (A sad comparison, but there it is... comparatively nobody looks twice at the thing on the tube anymore.)

And your second question is answered by the first answer; Hype. It's the Prius of phones. Or maybe the cabbage patch kid of phones.