RBM wrote:
> "Carl" <crothman@NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote in message
> news:4877c17c$0$7356$607ed4bc@cv.net...
>> RBM wrote:
>>> "SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:xdOdk.5897$vn7.213@flpi147.ffdc.sbc.com...
>>>> RBM wrote:
>>>>> Today, Apple released the new iphone, and being in NY I heard
>>>>> interviews with some of those "fans" that had been waiting on line
>>>>> for days. I think I understand now, why Apple doesn't have a
>>>>> larger slice of the cell phone business. I think the best word to
>>>>> describe their "fans" is lunatics. These folks even make Oxford
>>>>> sound normal (lol). I'm sure many people simply don't want to be
>>>>> associated with the kind of nut cases that are iphone fans,
>>>>> regardless of how good the product may be
>>>>
>>>> I know several normal people with iPhones. The lunatics are who you
>>>> see on TV, but they aren't a large percentage of the users.
>>>
>>> I'm sure you are correct, but it sure seems like the lunatics are
>>> the most vocal, which is typical. It's like they want to be the
>>> face of Apple products, which can't be an asset to sales
>>>
>> No offense, but why are you sure he's correct? Are you patronizing
>> him? How does he know that the lunatics aren't the large percentage
>> of the users? Does he know all the users? Or do the several people
>> he knows reflect all the users?
>>
>> I'm just busting chops. Ignore me. I have nothing else to do right
>> this minute. :-)
>>
>
> Point well taken. But if you heard the mutants that they interviewed
> in NY... God help us if they are the majority
>
I get your drift. Many years ago, I had to be the first one to own the
latest copy of WIndows, so appeared at a CompUSA store at 12 midnight. But
there was no line in order to do this.

I think you have to be nuts to stand on line all night to get a device that
can be in your hands one day (or even one week) later with no line. You'd
think, as well, that the fanatics would have learned by having been burnt by
Apple after the first iPhone introduction.

There's no comprehending the human condition.