The iPhone 4 Line Was Crazier Than Vietnam, Says Photographer Who Covered the War
film_girl · x · 2026-09-19
Tech journalists share memories from the 2007-2010 iPhone launch lines. One recalls a veteran photographer saying "I covered Vietnam and this is crazier" as the queue snaked around the block. filmgirl adds that her line buddy in 2010 — a man in his 60s — had waited less for Beatles tickets, inspiring her headline: "the iPhone 4 Line: Bigger than Elvis."
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