Please tell me you're kidding, Gator. Camping out 4 nights just to pay $500 on the newest trendy phone? For all that effort and brand loyalty, they should be paying YOU.
I pray for Apple users. No matter how great they are as people otherwise, when it comes to their computers they hit me with rank snobbery every single time. Makes no sense to me. I use PCs exclusively just because they were bequeathed to me by others, but I get ragged on all the time by other designers because I don't use a Mac. It's just a computer, people! It's just a brand! It shouldn't define you as a person (or as an artist)!
As for your kit, Gator, bring some kind of defensive object with you. A long line of people each with $500 burning a hole in their pockets would be tempting mugging target, indeed. Remember the shameful events that occured when the PS3 and XBox came out?