Mobile Phone Shop Queues

I was walking past a mobile phone shop today and there was a massive queue outside, possibly 300-400 people.

This was at 8:30am.

What on earth would instruct someone to queue outside a mobile phone shop?

I am guessing today is the day that the new iphone is launched.

And this is exactly the reason why I do not want an iphone, nor do I want to be part of this strange cult that thinks queuing outside a shop at 8:30 in the morning just to be one of the first people with a new telephone. And they have no idea whether it is reliable – they just want to look cool to a certain set of society.

And no I am not jealous, I have a perfectly excellent telephone all of my own. I’m not going to shout about it but it does everything I could want in a telephone and more, much more.

I wonder if this new iphone is any good for telephone calls?