1iPhone 5 Draws Endless Lines of Buyers on First Day of Sales
iPhone Buyers Queued Up Outside Verizon Stores Too
As shown by the line outside the Verizon store, Apple wasn’t the only place with lines of buyers waiting to buy the iPhone 5. A lot of people showed up at the Verizon store where the service seemed a lot faster than at the Apple Store.
2iPhone 5 Draws Endless Lines of Buyers on First Day of Sales
iPhone Buyers Snake Between Rows of Velvet Rope
Hordes of iPhone buyers faced Disneyworld-scale lines bounded by rows of velvet rope as they waited for hours to get a chance to buy an iPhone 5.
3iPhone 5 Draws Endless Lines of Buyers on First Day of Sales
The Lines Seem Endless
Once the lines overflowed the velvet ropes, they seemed to stretch off to infinity.
4iPhone 5 Draws Endless Lines of Buyers on First Day of Sales
The Ultimate Insult: Running Short of Power in Line
An unidentified iPhone owner suffers the ultimate tragedy–not enough battery power to last through the line.
5iPhone 5 Draws Endless Lines of Buyers on First Day of Sales
Reaching the End of the Line
Hundreds of people later, we discover the end of the line for the Apple Store as it takes a turn upstairs, seemingly on its way to join the line at Verizon.
6iPhone 5 Draws Endless Lines of Buyers on First Day of Sales
It’s Time to Get iPhone Sales Rolling
It’s 8 a.m. at the Apple Store and time to start selling. Is there a problem?
7iPhone 5 Draws Endless Lines of Buyers on First Day of Sales
Getting Ready for the Onslaught
No problem really, the Apple employees are hanging out while people outside get things ready–like buying gigantic containers of coffee to serve to the nearly comatose crowds.
8iPhone 5 Draws Endless Lines of Buyers on First Day of Sales
The Apple Store Opens for Business at Last
The AT&T and Verizon stores open on time, and iPhones are selling like hotcakes.
9iPhone 5 Draws Endless Lines of Buyers on First Day of Sales
First Verizon Buyer Earns Bragging Rights
David Rulf of Chantilly, Va., holds up his card showing his status as the first buyer in the Verizon Wireless store, which opened a few minutes before the Apple store. Rulf said that he’s a loyal eWEEK reader, so we think he deserves to be first.
10iPhone 5 Draws Endless Lines of Buyers on First Day of Sales
His and Hers iPhone 5s
David Rulf shows off the two iPhone 5 devices he bought on the first day, a white 32GB version for himself, and a black 64GB version for his wife.
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