We just got to witness history, folks: Alfredo Rodriguez waited an hour in the miserable New York rain for the privilege of snapping up his Sprint store’s very first retail Pre at this evening’s invite-only Premier customers event. The man paid in cold hard cash, and after a tedious 40 minute purchase process that involved a bit of activation, some nice tutorials, a quick address book sideload from his old Touch Diamond and whole lot of peripheral upsell, Alfredo was one of the world’s first satisfied Pre customers. The last time we saw him Alfredo was still playing with his new phone, and gives the device two thumbs up. He’s particularly digging the keyboard — what Touch Diamond user wouldn’t? — and the flip-up mirror. Word on the street was that there were about 80 units available at the store, but while we couldn’t squeeze an official number out of Sprint, they did confirm that they’ll have units available for the launch tomorrow as well. Be sure to let us know how your own local launch treats you!
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