My new iPhone is amazing. I love it. Sure, it is not perfect and I’ve already thought of things I wish it did, but it’s basically light years ahead of any other cell phone. The visual interface is stunning, and the difference between the screen looks and other “smart phones” is comparable to the difference between the first color cell phones and their monochrome predecessors.

My wait in line to get it was not that bad, about an hour before it officially went on sale, and then another once the store opened.

It will be interesting to see how it is perceived in the weeks to come, whether every blogger and tech pundit will consider that it lived up to its hype. I’m not even going to try and speculate about any of that. All I will say is that my own experience with it has been incredible so far, and I don’t regret the ~2 hours of my life spent waiting to get it!