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Oh 5th ave... I have camped out there a few times but I preordered this time and will be getting it tomorrow. Camping out its actually really fun and you always meet some cool people.
Most Apple Stores are in malls that haven't allowed camping yet.
Mine will let us start at 3PM on Thursday.
Mine will let us start at 3PM on Thursday.
Here's the line at Apple Store Oberhausen, Germany, filmed by the first guy in line:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ9VeLUNs6M#t=25
(watch this one, the line is ridiculously long for a non-flagship-store inside a mall (which it is in Oberhausen) and 21 hours to launch here in Germany)
and here are the first guys at Apple Store Hamburg Jungfernstieg (Germany), the picture is from yesterday
http://www.abendblatt.de/ratgeber/m...Phone-6-Hamburger-campen-vor-Apple-Store.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ9VeLUNs6M#t=25
(watch this one, the line is ridiculously long for a non-flagship-store inside a mall (which it is in Oberhausen) and 21 hours to launch here in Germany)
and here are the first guys at Apple Store Hamburg Jungfernstieg (Germany), the picture is from yesterday
http://www.abendblatt.de/ratgeber/m...Phone-6-Hamburger-campen-vor-Apple-Store.html
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There are a high number of people that did what you mentioned and still aren't getting the phone delivered on Friday the 19th. They're going to wait in line for the chance of still getting the phone.
Yep. In Germany the phone was sold out very fast and the Apple servers couldn't handle it at all - meaning even if you were on time you had a good chance of not getting one as you couldn't connect to the store.
I didn't even sleep that night and had 4 devices going trying to preorder and by the time I got through it already said 3-4 weeks shipping. Believe me I would love to avoid camping out but the pre-orders were not that easy this year.
In Oberhausen, Germany, there are already about 250 people waiting at 3:20 PM local time... it's sick this year
I don't know, economy is still recovering
Plus many people with jobs get things such as time off... vacation, sick days, etc. Some may even be paid to stand in line for those that want the phone.
To each his own with provolone! It's not cup o tea either, but I get it. I can see the allure of it for some. If I was younger I would do something like this.
It's all good when the weather cooperates. If not, what a mess if the only line is outdoors without cover.
If anyone camp out more then 3 hours early, urine idiot.
Look how they look lining up 12+ hours before smh
Look how they look lining up 12+ hours before smh
I was working in NYC a couple of years ago when they launched the iPad 3 and I wandered up to see what the queues were like the night before launch (long!), but the thing I most remember is that the folks at the front all had bright yellow Otterbox blankets as Otterbox had pitched up to use the launch as a marketing tool and been handing them out to people, as it was March and quite chilly to say the least!
