I finally got hold of my shiny new iPhone 3G after fears that stock limitations would ruin my July 11th, and I must say I am very pleased. The only concern I have is that the lovely black back will get very covered in fingerprints.  The sound quality of the 3G iPhone is incredibly good, and the loudspeaker volume is much improved on the previous model.  If you can get hold of one – go for it.

I say if because when I arrived this morning at 0635, a small queue of about 15 people had already formed, and given that the flagship O2 store on Princes Street, Edinburgh had but 20 16GB iPhones (my model of choice).  It seems that most people also wanted the 16GB model and interestingly, O2 had no iPhones in white.  When I arrived at the door (the queue was let in slowly to allow for activations) I discovered that 12 people had asked for the 16GB model out of the 15 people who were ahead of me.

The 20 units that the O2 store in Edinburgh had was generous compared to the number of units a Carphone Warehouse store that my friend was queuing at had.  She was actually second in the queue and failed to get one.  The store had but one model!

If you have one – I hope you’re enjoying it, otherwise good luck in finding one!

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