The logic behind this marketing scheme is that whole “keeping up with the Joneses” thing. After all, if people are willing to wait in line for it, you automatically will want it, right?

Kind of loses some of its steam when you find out those are actors lined up though. In fact, it just makes Orange Poland look sort of desperate. They must have their hands on some estimated sales figures that don’t look too hot. While else would they pull such a stunt?

[via The iPhone Blog]

“It’s a phone, I mean, come on!” he yells in exasperation at the line of people. Some look uncomfortable. Others smile and laugh. Some even look like they’re seething in silent fury. But then, after some poking from the in studio anchors, Spillman rushes over to one man and asks him a rather personal question. You can tell he was expecting a meek or silly answer. But what he got instead was priceless. 

I think my inner geek rather enjoys to see people that think they are so awesome knocked down a peg. Yes, it is just a phone, but really. Isn’t it so much more than that? Why is the perception of being a first adopter of technology and “having a life” mutually exclusive? It baffles my poor brain. 

Watch the video and have a laugh. 

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luYvuRoSzTs[/youtube]

[via erockappel]