First iPhone 3G unboxings appear

The swine! At least they can't yet activate their mole's little gift. For the rest of us, there is Friday.

Update: BGR is down. CrunchGear's got most of the gallery mirrored. Gizmodo, however, spotted a Portuguese site that got one even earlier.

iPhone 3G unboxing, bitches!

[#1 posted by georgelazenby , July 8, 2008 6:18 PM]

he doesn't even try to use that little screwdriver they provide to unscrew those fucking screws.

[#2 posted by scissorfighter , July 8, 2008 6:20 PM]

Huh. I don't know what it was about this posting that was the "straw that broke the camel's back," but I'd have to say it's a sad commentary on society when we get all amped up about taking a cell phone out of a box. One that will, in 3 years, be lying in a corner gathering dust. Who cares? It's a freakin' phone! They've been around for over a hundred years! Wouldn't you rather be sitting outside in the sun, unboxing an ice cream sandwich in peace and quiet?

[#3 posted by seemsArtless , July 8, 2008 6:22 PM]

Um, guess what, especially here in Canada I think the shine is off the 'new' iPhone 3G. A few improvements, sure, but still no video, low-res 2MP camera, and no stereo Bluetooth out? Come on, having the Apple logo on it just isn't enough - its just not a huge deal any more, time to move on to newer and better gadgets, please.

[#4 posted by Rob "Useless Vitriol" Beschizza , July 8, 2008 6:41 PM]

And you Canadians are getting reamed by the carrier, too. 150 minutes and 400MB of data? They saw you coming.

[#5 posted by stratosfyr , July 8, 2008 7:11 PM]

Yeah, I think I'll march up to my Rogers store on Friday... and buy a Nokia.

[#6 posted by gobo , July 8, 2008 8:21 PM]

@Scissorfighter: on virtually every post about iPhones on BoingBoing, Engadget, Gizmodo, etc., there's always someone who likes to comment about the "sad state of society" that people are this excited about "just a phone".

If you think an iPhone is "just another phone", frankly, you're speaking out of ignorance.

Let folks be excited.

[#7 posted by historyman68 , July 9, 2008 12:26 AM]

#2 - whatever the sentiment, I love the phrase "unboxing an ice cream sandwich".

[#8 posted by gonzilla , July 9, 2008 1:02 AM]

I can't stop thinking that the "3G" on the box looks like mammies on a bald head or a sack on a bald head or Peter Griffin's chin.