"A man who flew from Dubai and queued on a London street for 32 hours to be the first in line to buy the new iPhone 4 had his efforts dashed when Apple allowed internet pre-order customers ahead of him.
Alex Lee, 27, who headed a 500-strong queue outside the Regent Street store on Thursday morning, said he would write to Apple chief executive Steve Jobs.
Asked why he was not first to enter the store, Mr Lee said: "I don't have an answer because I've been queuing here for a lot longer than everybody else."
He added: "I can't do anything about it. If you don't like what you've seen, s.jobs@apple.com is a quick way of getting hold of somebody up in management."
Alex Lee, 27, who headed a 500-strong queue outside the Regent Street store on Thursday morning, said he would write to Apple chief executive Steve Jobs.
Asked why he was not first to enter the store, Mr Lee said: "I don't have an answer because I've been queuing here for a lot longer than everybody else."
He added: "I can't do anything about it. If you don't like what you've seen, s.jobs@apple.com is a quick way of getting hold of somebody up in management."
Instead, the first person to buy the new iPhone 4 was 23-year-old graduate Ben Paton, from Stoke-on-Trent, who had queued for 16 hours.
Mr Paton said he felt embarrassed and even asked Apple staff if he could wait his turn.
But with the new handset in his hands, and Apple staff whooping and cheering as he descended the shop's glass steps, he described the feeling as "absolutely incredible, amazing. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity. I'd love to do it again".
If Mr Lee had registered on Apple's Reserve and Pick Up website, he would have avoided the disappointment. But despite missing the chance to be first, the dedicated Apple fan insisted his marathon wait was worthwhile.
He said: "It's so thin, maybe five or six credit cards thick - it's amazing. Absolutely worth it, every second of it." -- AOL website.
Mr Paton said he felt embarrassed and even asked Apple staff if he could wait his turn.
But with the new handset in his hands, and Apple staff whooping and cheering as he descended the shop's glass steps, he described the feeling as "absolutely incredible, amazing. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity. I'd love to do it again".
If Mr Lee had registered on Apple's Reserve and Pick Up website, he would have avoided the disappointment. But despite missing the chance to be first, the dedicated Apple fan insisted his marathon wait was worthwhile.
He said: "It's so thin, maybe five or six credit cards thick - it's amazing. Absolutely worth it, every second of it." -- AOL website.
You would have to be a complete d*ckhead to travel all the way from Dubai just to queue up for hours on end to buy a f*cking phone. Aren't you embarrassed arseh*le?
Also I like the bit where the f*ckwit graduate says how he felt on getting his hands on an iPhone 4: "absolutely incredible, amazing. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity" GET A LIFE YOU TW*T!!!
Rant over.
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