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As the launch of the iPhone X approaches, customers who are hoping to get one of the new devices on November 3 are lining up at Apple Stores around the world. Lines at many major stores started forming earlier this week, and some people have already been waiting for days to purchase an iPhone X.

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Apple Store on West 14th Street in Manhattan with a line on Wednesday night via Instagram user checo7xdp

Apple has said that Apple retail stores will have the iPhone X available for walk-in customers, but the company has encouraged people to line up early as the device is in short supply. If pre-orders are any indication, available supply at stores could go quickly.

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Apple Store in Sydney, Australia via Instagram user hanskristensen1980


While we still have just under 24 hours to go before launch in the United States, customers in Australia will be getting their devices not too long from now, followed by those in Asia and Europe, so lines are longer in those countries.

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Apple's Orchard Road store in Singapore via Yahoo Singapore

As it gets later in the day, lines, especially in the United States, will continue to grow. Once the first stores open in Australia, we'll get hint at how much stock might be available, but it's looking like supplies are going to be tight.

If you're planning to wait in line to get an iPhone X, make sure to check out our guide for some tips on what to bring and how to choose a store.

Article Link: Lines Swell at Apple Stores Around the World as Customers Prepare for iPhone X Launch
 
if you think that Manhatten queue is 'swelling' then I feel sorry for your wife :p

btw that Covent Garden pic is mad. I was literally there a couple of hours ago and there was nobody queuing, and the barriers were all stacked up. Maybe people were loitering in the area and started queuing as soon as the barriers went up?
 
Good luck in London and Singapore... wow.

Wonder how long lines will get here in the States.
 
I pre-ordered mine online, and will be picking it up tomorrow evening, but I do miss launch day lines. I remember the original iPhone launch at AT&T. Got there early and wasn't far behind the first person in line. The guy in front of me was some rich dude saying he was going to buy all of the phones in the store and pulled out a big thing of cash showing it off to people. Then he was told there would be a limit of how many they could buy hahaha.:D

Lots of good stories talking to the people in the lines waiting to get the phone.
 
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if you think that Manhatten queue is 'swelling' then I feel sorry for your wife :p

btw that Covent Garden pic is mad. I was literally there a couple of hours ago and there was nobody queuing, and the barriers were all stacked up. Maybe people were loitering in the area and started queuing as soon as the barriers went up?


Its on old pic from iphone 6 launch. Very misleading
 
I hope they got M&M's and snickers, and ben & Gerri's
they need to keep on high sugar level there o_O
 
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