Actually, no, the S is for Speed.
We had a personal shopping appointment at the Eaton Centre Apple store today for 8:30. We were there of course early and didn’t get into the store until 10. As our friend RJ said… It was not an issue waiting since since he doesn’t Boxing Day shop… today was his Boxing Day.
I want to say that the Apple Store staff are stellar. Friendly, polite and apologetic for the wait times. And the wait times weren’t even caused by them! Of course, like last year, Fido and Rogers systems were overloaded, down, and the queue to call in was long. But despite this, there was always a smile on their faces, the store was properly staffed, and everyone who we talked to from the Apple Corp representative down to the line organizers were great. They even had various pastries and coffee for those of us in line that was served by the staff.
Once we got into the store and our Genius rep made it through to Fido it went smoothly. I have to note too, that even he was extremely polite and sociable to the Fido rep on the phone, who wasn’t that knowledgeable and who had to have everything explained to him.
So now I have iPhone in hand and I’m moving all my video and music over. I’m quite excited for the 32GB of memory because now I can retire my first generation Touch.
I should note too, that I may was interviewed via iPhone by CityTV before entering the store and on leaving so I may appear on the news as one of the first people to get my hands on a 3GS (although I wasn’t).
It was also a great surprise that Rogers and Fido offered additional discounts for previous owners, so I didn’t have to pay full retail. This was announced last night and we hadn’t heard until we got into the line. So that was a nice bonus!
First impressions… way faster and snappier… I’ll work it in this weekend while I’m at my friends cottage! Take a look at first video here! Probably the first of many…
Now to sell my old iPhone…