New Zealander Jonny Gladwell was the first person in the world to get the coveted new Apple iPhone 3G. The university student spent two and a half nights camped outside the Vodafone store in Auckland to claim his moment in the spotlight. His friends bet him he wouldn’t last.
The iPhone was on sale in three shops throughout New Zealand at 12:01am on Friday 11 July. Expect the iPhone frenzy to continue as the rest of the world heads into Friday.
Now that it’s out, the wait begins for someone to pull the iPhone apart and reveal its intricacies.
Perhaps Luke Soules, an Apple repairman who waited for 27 hours in the queue in Auckland, will be that man.
“We’re actually going to take it apart and show the world how it works on the inside.”
He certainly has the edge time-wise.
