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20-1 Odds that Someone Will Get Trampled Trying to get an iPhone

livescience.com — In fact, BetUS.com figures the odds are 20-1 that someone will get trampled while scrambling to snag one June 29. The site has also put odds on how long the batteries will last and whether the devices will be recalled.

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  • SilkSteel, on 10/11/2007, -9/+91I remember my ex talking about getting an iPhone. Here's hoping she's that 1 in 20. 8)
  • euro22, on 12/17/2008, -0/+581-1 Chance Digg will get trampled with iPhone articles on the release day.
  • ThinkBox, on 10/11/2007, -2/+51iPhone spontaneously combusts—150/1

    someone wanna find out if they are Sony batteries? this bet could put my kids through college!
  • mthanded, on 10/11/2007, -6/+44Heres one iphone story I will digg up. Also, if you get trampled for this overpriced under featured piece of hardware you deserved it. I love apple to death but at this price this is wickedy wack. Ill stick with my macbook pro and my ipods.
  • gmprunner, on 10/11/2007, -0/+35$50 says that 1 in 15 photos uploaded to Flickr June 29th - July 20th will be tagged with "iphone".
  • Bull985, on 10/11/2007, -0/+27This reminds me of the tickle-me-elmo craze
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+221. Bet the house
    2. Lay down
    3. ???
    4. Profit
  • jmkiii, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13I don't think it means that one in twenty people who want an iphone will be trampled. I guess you are just hoping that she is able to get one. How magnanimous of you.
  • MDrake, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14I'll take the fall so I can win a BOATLOAD of money ^_^
  • krynsky, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11What are the odds that the trampling will be captured on an iPhone?
  • scbysnx, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9the odds mean that it was pay 20 for every one dollar you bet on someone not being trampled
  • roguescout, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8You were working in the cell phone industry in 1957? Did the phones have big chrome fins on them and Buddy Holly ringtones?
  • emmyann, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7So basically, no real change on release day?
  • AceTracer, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7If you've been in the cell phone industry for 50 years, then I've been a web designer just as long.
  • hoppdawg, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7BetUS.com has no bets related to apple, iphone
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Sounds really like the PS3 launch....
  • smurf22, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8Hopefully no drive-bys will happen.
  • t0ny, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5At least my mac can run third party apps.
  • Ninjab3ar, on 10/11/2007, -5/+10Yeah, but the only difference is that It's completely different.
  • t0ny, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5$50 at least one picture will be tagged taco.
  • myob87, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Except its not a Mac - its a cellphone. Its like saying "I need an ultra-small car, I know, I'll get myself a skateboard!". They may vaguely resemble each other (have 4 wheels, etc), but are entirely different.
  • aussieNickuss, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5And for weeks after.
  • Icebird, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5What?! "Consumers are reported camping out waiting for an iPhone—3/1" So as long as one consumer in this entire country waits outside for an iPhone, you instantly win that one? Sounds like free money to me.
  • Felshadow, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5@qwertydvorak
    Its not that its a bad meme, its just that you suck at it
  • TheFinaleofSeem, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Yeah, but these aren't just Mac users. There's a huge stack of yuppies waiting outside those stores, and yuppies are especially vicious when they can't get that new piece of fashionable merchandise.
  • mortigon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Even if I only use my phone MAYBE once a day?

    Does is cost more then $50?

    Then no, I'm not getting one.
  • JustinPM, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5It's a $600 dollar phone. I'd like a list of everyone standing in line, so I have an instant list of those that I can forego contact with.
  • Zanick, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5I like these odds, I'm going to take my winnings and buy an overpriced one on eBay!
  • TheSmiddy, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5"Consumers are reported camping out waiting for an iPhone—3/1"

    that is the most rediculous bet

    1) bet life savings
    2) camp out for iPhone
    3) alert local news agencies
    4) PROFIT!!

    (no mystery step, it really is that simple)
  • z33Tec, on 10/11/2007, -0/+31-1 odds everyone buying one will be a complete tool
  • mortigon, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4I don't get the whole mob trampling thing.

    Can't you live a couple weeks without the damn phone? Or a Beanie Baby, or a Tickle Me Elmo...
  • Flashman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I'll trample you for 10%!
  • locojones, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Nerd.
  • tabledesk, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Everything in the Apple store has a 14 day return policy with a 10% restocking fee if it's open and it's a serialized product (CPU's, iPods, Apple TVs).
  • addicted68098, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3You forgot trendy packaging and mac logo, and hip touch screen, its like first time
  • Katana314, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Hm. So does this mean it'll be like the PS3 launch, where people get trampled and shot trying to buy a $600 product, and a week later from lack of third-party support, they realize there's another, cheaper product that's been around forever and is much better?
  • buddhistMonkey, on 10/11/2007, -5/+7By and large, Mac users are mellow sorts, so I'd handicap a trampling at closer to 50:1. Even money on catching a contact high in line, though.
  • davethe1st, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Lesson One: Materialism is bad.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Even money some fan boy dies of heart attack while squealing like a little girl........
  • djepik, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2ya GOTTA have a mystery step just in case
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+220:1 odds are that anyone actually spending that much for a ***** phone is a complete moron, especially when a PDA phone will do just fine.
  • 4815162342, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2The odds that the iPhone spontaneously combust are the same as the screen cracking like the nano? WOW.
  • mal1964, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3get out more 80% of the hype is on digg
  • z33Tec, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Yeah, let's see how quickly people realize this is a complete waste of money as well...
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Imagine the size of a cellphone packed with vacuum tubes. Wonder how you'd have a touch-screen rotary dial?

  • meshman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Sorry Mr. Jobs, your disguise won't work.
  • vlurk, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Remember the Elmo!!!
  • zeiben, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1They forgot to mention the odds that at least one kid at every sales location passes the time in line by asking if he can "flick", "double-tap" or "pinch" people in line. Or the odds that an equal number of kids show up at area hospitals with signs of blunt trauma in their face region.
  • amish, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Just visit the google news site and see how many newspapers are reporting about it on any given day.
  • JohnnyXmas, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2My God.

    Here's an idea: Let's go to an Apple store on sale day, and let ourselves get trampled. Do you know how many iPhone's the resulting lawsuit could buy you?

    OR:
    We go trample the people who are already camping outside. that way, we save the other 19-per-capita from getting trampled, AND we can pickpocket ~$500 from each of the ones we stomp into unconsciousness.
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