The very first DRY iPhone launch in history

[ozziegn]

I showed up to my local AT&T store this morning at 6:30am and there was only one person waiting in line. This is a first time in history that ive witnessed this.

How many other peeps are seeing this today?

 

[mfldmike]

Only 4 (including myself) here...Central WI

 

[maflynn]

Crowds do seem to be down as compared to other iPhone launches. My wife works across the street from the boylston apple store in Boston and she only started seeing people camping out yesterday. Prior years people were there days/weeks before the roll out.

 

[nouveau-apple]

That's how it should be. iOS 9 slows down your phone, the new phone is heavier, smaller battery... and people are waiting in line for it?

Crowds do seem to be down as compared to other iPhone launches. My wife works across the street from the boylston apple store in Boston and she only started seeing people camping out yesterday. Prior years people were there days/weeks before the roll out.

I didn't know you were in Boston. I'm there too. But I didn't go to the launch though.

 

[JXShine]

That's how it should be. iOS 9 slows down your phone, the new phone is heavier, smaller battery... and people are waiting in line for it?

Here comes the troll making useless posts.

 

[Poochi]

That's how it should be. iOS 9 slows down your phone, the new phone is heavier, smaller battery... and people are waiting in line for it?

People ran out of money to give to Apple.

 

[superfuzz]

Went past my verizon today. 3 people in line. They told me no plus models till around noon today so i'll be calling and being annoying.

 

[nouveau-apple]

I wouldn't wait in line if I knew I could get one the next couple of days. That's the thing, people are trying to avoid being sold out that's why everyone tries to line up. If you don't you'll have to wait 4 weeks.

 

[jsmith189]

I mean, there are a lot more options now. I think people queued out of """"necessity"""" before, but it's not like that anymore.

Still some cool queues though! https://vine.co/v/exblFBhntLh

 

[Plilbeye]

Crowds do seem to be down as compared to other iPhone launches. My wife works across the street from the boylston apple store in Boston and she only started seeing people camping out yesterday. Prior years people were there days/weeks before the roll out.

At the store here in Valencia CA 20 miles North of Los Angeles and there is 50 or so people in line most have been here since 10pm last night. I think do to the plentiful amount of pre-orders apple had available most people will show up at there designated time slots avoiding have to wait all night.

 

[zhenya]

Maybe it's just that the ordering process has gotten good enough that the vast majority of people realize there is no reason to wait in line? I ordered mine casually late in the day it was available from AT&T and it's out for delivery. No fuss.

 

[ljusmc]

I'm at an att store and I'm the only one here. It is super early though

 

[CEmajr]

It's definitely more calm. At my local Apple Store right now the line isn't even half as long as when I came in 2013 for the 5s.

 

[Gregintosh]

A lot of people are getting phones this year through their carriers because of all the incentives. I'll be getting mine straight from T-Mobile to take advantage of their plan. In years past I would be going to the Apple store. Also, internet pre-orders probably get a larger share every year and every internet pre-order is one less person in line.

At this point I am kind of surprised that so many people still go stand in line for it at all. iPhone 6S was available for launch day delivery for days if not weeks before ship times started to slip. The 6S plus went quicker, so that I could understand, but even that is just 3-4 weeks according to Apple's website, where as in the past people got shipping dates two months or more in advance.

 

[geoff5093]

It's not a secret why, now that you can pre-order it or make a reservation there is absolutely zero reason to wait in line.

 

[sterl320]

more and more people are either pre-ordering or making a reservation. I'm going at my reservation time. No waiting in line for me lol.

 

[mtneer]

The iPhone is also launching in China simultaneously this year. There is very little arbitrage opportunities for resellers too, who were a large part of hence first week action during the 6/6+ launch.

 

[lsbuffs]

Not a single person at the Sprint store at 5am here in the south Denver metro area. News broadcasts report about 30-40 at the Aspen Grove store nearby. I've waited there in the past and generally we have 100+ for iPhone events.

By the way, I didn't get why this is a "DRY" launch. As compared to a "WET" launch? May just be too early here for me to understand.

 

[mtneer]

By the way, I didn't get why this is a "DRY" launch. As compared to a "WET" launch? May just be too early here for me to understand.

I initially though he was referring to alcohol consumption among the people queued up!

 

[wborisenok]

I think this is just a sign of the times. Aside from having to get up to pre-order at 12, 1, 2, or 3AM, Apple has made the pre-order process pretty much seamless. I woke up at 3:07AM, placed my order in 5 minutes, and proceeded to wait 2 weeks for the phone to show up on my doorstep on launch day. Easy as pie.

 

[caligurl]

it appeared they had a lot of phones available for preorder since people the next morning could still preorder and then they had the reserve, pick up in store option... so no reason to wait in line...

i don't think apple's in any trouble with this phone!

 

[CaCHooKa Man]

Just saw the Pasadena, CA Apple store on the news and there's gotta be less than 20 people waiting in line

 

[Sir Ruben]

Orders are up on last year so things are actually better than ever it would seem.

 

[ozziegn]

Not a single person at the Sprint store at 5am here in the south Denver metro area. News broadcasts report about 30-40 at the Aspen Grove store nearby. I've waited there in the past and generally we have 100+ for iPhone events.

By the way, I didn't get why this is a "DRY" launch. As compared to a "WET" launch? May just be too early here for me to understand.

Dry as in this is the first time that I've seen my local COR AT&T store have only one customer by 7:00am. Normally there'd be like 50 people at minimum.

 

[Aibocyrus]

Yea. Agree with this thread. Last year our line at our AT&T was wrapped around the building. This year.... Three people showed up as we opened lol. And now we have no customers in the store.