After wholeheartedly embracing “that guy” status and leading the queue outside of Apple’s flagship store on George Street since Tuesday, a Sydney man with superior bladder control and nothing better to do officially became the first person in the world to buy an iPhone 5 this morning. Congratulations that guy!
Todd Foot, dutiful employee of smartphone comparison website Mobile Phone Finder, formed the queue at midday Tuesday and claimed his prize at 8am this morning, ending an almost three day stretch in which his only form of sustenance was the judgment of others and the food provided by his colleagues.
Those 68 straight hours required to become the first man in the world to buy a culturally relevant mobile phone is even more impressive for the fact that Foot doesn’t even intend to use it.
“I’m from mobilephonefinder.com.au and I’m here to get the first iPhone 5 in the world so we can compare all the specifications of the phone with its competitors like the Samsung,” he told us yesterday. “After I buy it my company will be giving it away in a competition so I won’t get to spend too much time with it.”
What the hell Todd?
