Hong Kong iPhone 4 Launch Party

By Chris Chang, posted Jul 29, 2010 at 7:30 PM, 4,419 views,

Hong Kong iPhone 4 Launch Party

There are lines all over the country for the Apple iPhone 4 launch today at midnight, and we think there’s more than a thousand people waiting in line. It’s insane. The massive crowd contains celebrities, local media and press, Apple fanboys, and all kinds of people you can think of, and I need to tell you that it’s maybe the biggest and craziest iPhone 4 launch party on Earth.

Click here to watch the video.

Yeah, we decided to go to the biggest party in town, at ifc mall, organized by Smartone Vodafone.

Smartone Vodafone had sent an invitation letter to 2000 people for attending the party.

The party is a show, and since Smartone Vodafone had an overwhelming response from customers registering for the new iPhone 4, they decided to throw a special iPhone 4 Midnight Launch Party at ifc Mall before the phone becomes generally available at the morning. However, the party is not opened to the public. Up to 2,000 invitees drawn by a computer-generated random selection will be allowed to purchase and sign up for the iPhone 4, right on the spot. And, I’m not invited…

Just only for invited customers, no walk-in, boo-boo …

More customers line up outside the building, luckily tonight’s weather is not that hot.

Guess who’s the first iPhone 4 customer, old man or young girl ?

Macbooks prepare for registration. Very Apple !

Not bad, free Mcdonald and mineral water for all waiting customers.

iPhone4 advertisment last minutes roll-up !

Last minutes preparation, very unprofessional !

Customers rolling in !

No free burger, English muffin instead.

More customers coming in !

Please, get this guy an iPad.

Live music band for the waiting customers.

The waiting customers will not feel boring !

Some funny performing arts !

Nice, free hand-painting service for waiting customers.

Magician to entertain the waiting customers !

Clowns performance, very entertaining !

12am midnight, ce-le-bra-tion ! iPhone 4, let’s roll out !

The happy first customer to have her iPhone 4 ! Sorry, old man !

The young girl checking her iPhone 4, sorry, no free bumper to be given by HK carrier at the moment.

She will become the headline for tomorrow newspaper !

I am going to sleep with my iPhone 4 tonight, bye everybody !

*Check out the full gallery on our flickr.* Special thanks to Star Chang for capturing these awesome photos.

Other launch party and stores

There’s a total of three local carriers battling for the launch through the midnight. One of them had invited lots of celebrities to promote the launch, and there are even some major retail stores staying open late to snatch more customers.

Another Launch Party Full Of Local Celebrities

Retail Stores Staying Open Late To Launch iPhone 4

That’s all for the launch party pics, we will be posting a video and some BONUS stuff in a few hours, please stay tuned…

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