As part of a tech-savvy generation, students are excited for Apple’s long-awaited iPhone 5, which will be released Friday after months of speculation.

Last year’s release of the iPhone 4 and the iPad brought thousands lining up at Apple stores across the country.

You may have wanted it even before Apple Inc. finished engineering it. Is it because popular tech culture automatically seduces us into loving anything Apple produces? Or is Apple really that good at meeting the people’s needs and wants?