Well I queued up outside the O2 Store in Chester on the high street yesterday at 6am and I was 18th in that queue. The first guy who looked in his late 50's had been queuing since midnight so fair play to him. At that store around 7am one of the staff turned up wearing the iPhone 4 t-shirt and we asked whether it was worth us hanging around, she looked at the queue and said yes at the moment it is. About 7:15, another member of staff came out with his board to announce they had 31 iPhone 4 16GB models and 12 of the 32GB models. I was after a 32GB model myself having filled the 16GB iPhone 3G I have which I am going to be sending into envirofone this week.
By the time the guy had got around to the 15th person in the queue, I heard him say it's just the 16GB models now I'm afraid so at this point, I jumped out of the queue along with the lad next to me who was also after a 32GB and made my way up to the store in the precinct which wasn't allowed to open until 9am. The shutters were down at all of the entrances and I didn't really know which one I'd be best queuing at. There were about 10 people in front of me there. I pushed ahead once the shutters went up though and managed to get a 32GB model. At the store in the precinct, they said they had 40 of the 16GB models and 13 of the 32GB's though I heard someone say that figure was 19. It was about 10:30 when I got out of the store.
Is it worth it? Well it's still early days, I've read reports of the signal dropping out. At this time, I'm not in a great place for signal so its hard to tell whether I'm having that issue with mine. The screen is so much better than on previous models and it is so much faster than the old 3G. I didn't upgrade to iOS4 with the 3G after hearing of problems with the software on that phone.
Not had chance to test out the HD video recording yet or even taken photo's, I've just been organising my iTunes Library before throwing everything onto it, entering all my contacts and downloading apps. I've found a problem with the NatWest app so far and I'm aware that Sky Sports & News Mobile TV app is not compatible with iOS4 at the moment. Hope that is sorted out soon though.
It's certainly not as comfortable to hold in your hand as previous models either so I'm considering getting a bumper at some point soon, as I've been told that can make a difference.