Meanwhile, some Apple fans have discovered how to get an iPhone 5 within 24 hours.
Apple fans were in a frenzy as the iPad went on sale in the U.S. today.
Apple fans, likewise, aren't going to be convinced by Microsoft's latest ads to switch either.
Despite this brevity, there are still some nuggets Apple fans can glean from Tuesday's news.
Would Apple fans make the days-long wait outside Apple stores for the latest iPhone an annual event?
When it comes out with a new iPhone, for example, die-hard Apple fans race to buy new ones.
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For months, Apple fans were all atingle, waiting for the new iPhone and the new smaller iPad.
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Jobs is an aesthete who can enthrall Apple fans with lectures about how liberal arts and technology intersect.
Some Apple fans even got hands-on time with the iPhone, the iPod Touch and the new MacBook Air.
Barber says that Apple fans also said they felt like they were a part of a special community.
Apple fans are doggedly loyal, and Apple will continue to make huge profits, even with a smaller market share.
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But these Apple fans weren't in line to buy the company's latest gadget.
This move leaves many Apple fans like myself asking what the company is trying to hide by exiting the program.
Since that first day, August 24, Wall Street and legions of Apple fans have had their gazes fixed on Cook.
Looking specifically at the iPad, the report suggests that, contrary to general perception, owners are not necessarily hardcore Apple fans.
And, yes, finally (and Apple fans know how loaded that word is), the screen is larger, at 4 inches diagonally.
It just might be the day Apple fans (and those who enjoy getting actual service on their iPhones) have been waiting for.
But Apple fans shouldn't despair--they'll still likely get something new in January.
Of course there were the die-hard Apple fans and iPhone users, but many who bought the iPad did so for practical reasons.
How only rabid Apple fans will buy the iPad and Apple would only sell about 3 million iPads for the entire year.
Of course, the biggest thing bugging Apple fans--at least those who own the company's stock--might be the performance of its shares this year.
Android diehards counter that many Apple fans will blindly buy up anything the company produces and that the closed iOS system stifles creativity.
But it should be a sign to diehard Apple fans that a smaller and cheaper iPad may not arrive as quickly as they expect.
My little visual here is not to imply that myself or others have a problem, but that there are plenty of serious Apple fans around.
Basically state of the art Android has caught up with iOS and even surpassed it in the eyes of many except the diehard Apple fans.
But there was a huge disappointment in store for Apple fans.
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"mophie's passion is creating intelligent products that help Apple fans interact with their device in new ways, " says Ross Howe, Vice President of Business Development at mophie.
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Conflict-minded Apple fans argue that Android phones are less slick and uglier, and that they junk up the system with low-quality apps generated in its open developer community.
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