It's a hulking new phone.
(Credit: Jimmy Kimmel Live/YouTube Screenshot: Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)
A seemingly close relation of Hulk Hogan believes it's heavier.
Most people think it's thinner and lighter.
One person thinks it's far nicer than his own iPhone 4S.
These were just some of the reactions as Jimmy Kimmel's team took an iPhone 5 to the streets of Los Angeles to ask people what they thought.
What could possibly have been funny about this? Well, the phone they were being shown was the iPhone 4S.
Intellectuals will look at this footage and declare that these are the dangers of ration marketing.
People are so desperate for the new, new thing that they don't even realize they're being shown and old, old thing.
See CNET's full coverage of Apple's iPhone 5 event
Yesterday's presentation of iPhone 5 left some feeling distinctly saddened that the new, new thing wasn't sufficiently different from the old, old thing.
Naturally, Apple's answer was that when people are in love, they don't really want change. They just say they do.
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