# What the iPhone launch / lines have become **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 25, 2014, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-iphone-launch-lines-have-become/270676 "2014-09-25T08:12:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-iphone-launch-lines-have-become/270676/1 "2014-09-25T08:12:27Z")
This is incredible. ---
**Author:** ![ls6s13](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ls6s13/32/5657_2.png) [@ls6s13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ls6s13)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-iphone-launch-lines-have-become/270676/2 "2014-09-26T00:34:19Z")
So these old asians sit in line for 3 days and then sell the phones for a profit for people who didnt want to wait in line? - - - Updated - - - I heard people could buy the phones the day after release without waiting in line…so people will pay more money and sleep out side just go have them 24hrs before anyone else…its a fucking cellphone lol ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-iphone-launch-lines-have-become/270676/3 "2014-09-26T05:13:35Z")
It’s exactly what boxxa did, only because WNY is so much smaller the lines weren’t as long and I’m sure the payout wasn’t as big. If he could sell one for $1450 and another for $1250 here imagine the kind of markup they were getting in NYC. I’m not sure what the problem is here either. People decided, under their own free will, that spending 2 shitty days on a sidewalk to make a quick buck was worth their time. Other people decided that they wanted an item bad enough that they would pay well over retail for it simply because they didn’t want to camp out 2 days or wait a few days after the launch. Is it all stupid? Definitely. That’s the glorious beauty of living in a free society though. We can sit back and go, “wow that’s dumb, but it’s their choice”. ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-iphone-launch-lines-have-become/270676/4 "2014-09-26T05:45:24Z")
My faith in humanity erodes just a little more. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-iphone-launch-lines-have-become/270676/5 "2014-09-26T06:14:10Z")
Apple must be so proud. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-iphone-launch-lines-have-become/270676/6 "2014-09-26T08:20:07Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > It’s exactly what boxxa did… Boxxa wasn’t in the “employment” of black market bosses. Most of these poor people (pun intended) were likely given the money to buy the phones, told to wait in line and paid nearly nothing to do so. There was someone collecting the phones from them as they left the store. These are not enterprising people. They’re simply iPhone mules for whoever is reselling them. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-iphone-launch-lines-have-become/270676/7 "2014-09-26T10:49:25Z")
Interesting read: > **[The iPhone 6 Lines Weren't Actually Filled With the 'Chinese Mafia'](http://time.com/3423883/iphone-6-china/)** > > A look inside the iPhone 6 underground market. Bottom line, it’s China’s fault. If they hadn’t dragged their feet clearing it for sale this black market wouldn’t have existed. ---
**Author:** ![maxwell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maxwell/32/6524_2.png) [@maxwell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maxwell)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-iphone-launch-lines-have-become/270676/8 "2014-09-26T11:09:03Z")
> [@1QIKZ](#): > > My faith in humanity erodes just a little more. I feel the opposite is true. Would I do it? No. But hey, go economy! ---
**Author:** ![Puno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Puno](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Puno)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-iphone-launch-lines-have-become/270676/9 "2014-09-26T11:19:04Z")
I don’t understand the hype with the iPhone 6 especially considering Apple is still using the same 8mp camera since the 4s. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-iphone-launch-lines-have-become/270676/10 "2014-09-26T11:28:49Z")
> [@Puno](#): > > I don’t understand the hype with the iPhone 6 especially considering Apple is still using the same 8mp camera since the 4s. I’m glad apple is one of the only companies to not play the stupid mega-pixel marketing game. They spend their time updating their image sensors instead of just slapping more mega-pixels on the sticker that does nothing but produce larger shitty pictures. I’ve got a 6.1MP dSLR at home. It must take horrible pictures compared to the 16MP camera in the S5. :roll2: ---
**Author:** ![k.man](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/k.man/32/5790_2.png) [@k.man](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/k.man)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-iphone-launch-lines-have-become/270676/11 "2014-09-26T12:23:50Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > I’m glad apple is one of the only companies to not play the stupid mega-pixel marketing game. They spend their time updating their image sensors instead of just slapping more mega-pixels on the sticker that does nothing but produce larger shitty pictures. > > I’ve got a 6.1MP dSLR at home. It must take horrible pictures compared to the 16MP camera in the S5. :roll2: ^this. I wish the companies would focus on improving the image sensor rather than boosting the MP counts. who the fuck is going to blow up a pic shot from a 16MP camera phone… ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-iphone-launch-lines-have-become/270676/12 "2014-09-26T12:31:56Z")
All this camera talks makes me want to switch back to my Lumia 1020 ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-iphone-launch-lines-have-become/270676/13 "2014-09-26T16:23:33Z")
I miss my Razr from high school ☹ ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-iphone-launch-lines-have-become/270676/14 "2014-09-26T17:04:59Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > All this camera talks makes me want to switch back to my Lumia 1020 ☹ You mean the camera they added a new phone to?