[iphoneshmeyephone]

I remember back to last year leading up to the release of Apple's iPhone. Something like 10000 news articles were published in the time leading up to its premier. The excitement was unbelievable. Lines were formed almost a week ahead of time (at least in nyc) and news teams were constantly televising it.

Now that the rumors for the 2nd iPhone have become nearly factual, what do you expect the energy surrounding this product to be like? Will it be as publicized? Will people care as much?

With so many new countries just as recently as this week getting the phone do you think there will be a simultaneous international release? What effect would this have on the excitement?

I feel as though the excitement for the first iPhone came partially from the US exclusivity. Other countries wanted it so badly and went to/still go to extreme means to getting them. With an international release will that energy be lost/or increased?

I obviously have mixed feelings about it. I will be getting one and most likely waiting in line on day one as I did in 2007.