Today’s big news, at least in the cell phone industry, is the release of Apple’s much anticipated second generation iPhone. To say that enthusiasm was high for the new gadget would be an understatement. Take the hundreds of folks waiting in a line outside of a store on Fifth Avenue in New York for half the night. The line literally encircled the block.
Stories of iPhone fever abound. Eager to lay hands on Apple’s new and improved phone, buyers from Tokyo to Atlanta camped out overnight to be among the first to snap up the faster and more feature-packed device. With die hard fans like that, you’d think the surviving two Beatles were selling tickets to a reunion tour.
Hey, I’m all for new technology. This phone is amazing–it does just about everything. But lining up for eight, ten, or even twelve hours to buy a cell phone? Hmm. The stampede to get an iPhone got me thinking about our priorities. Not to take anything away from the joy of owning an iPhone, but wouldn’t it be great if people were also lining up around the block to volunteer to tutor inner city students . . . maybe help a single parent with much needed household repairs . . . or lend a hand in the church nursery or Sunday school program?
That’d sure be newsworthy, don’t you think?
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