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Friday, September 19, 2014

Hundreds of Apple fans queue to finally get their hands on iPhone 6 handsets Friday Sep 19,2014

  • People have been camping outside Apple stores globally since the new iPhones were announced last week
  • But licensing problems in China meant the global rollout went ahead without the huge and lucrative market
  • Gold iPhones are already being advertised on the Chinese black market for as much as at £2,200 ($3,600)
  • The iPhone 6 costs £539 in the UK for 16GB version with customers paying up to £699 for one that has 128GB
  • Sam Sheikh from London was the first customer in the UK to get his new iPhone plus after queuing for 3 days
  • O2 Priority customers were given handsets on top of the O2 Arena followed by a performance from Tinie Tempah
  • In New York, queues for the Soho Apple Store stretched more than 2,100ft (0.4 miles) along Greene Street
  • In Palo Alto, California, Apple CEO Tim Cook posed for selfies with people trying to get their hands on the new phone
  • While in London, people queued for 1,050ft (0.2 miles) from Covent Garden store to the Royal Opera House


  •  Recent reports suggest the Gold iPhones are already being advertised on the Chinese black market for as much as at £2,200 ($3,600). The iPhone 6 costs up to £699 for the 128GB version in the UK. Pictured is the back of an Apple iPhone 6 Plus Gold
     
     
    Apple says it received four million pre-orders in the first day, up from the previous high of two million for the iPhone 5 two years ago.
    Both new iPhones have larger screens in what some consider Apple catching up with the 'phablet' trend pioneered by competitors.
    The iPhone 6 has a screen of 4.7 inches and the 6 Plus is 5.5 inches, reflecting a growing preference for bigger displays, despite Apple's earlier vow to stick with the traditional size.
    Prices for the iPhone 6 start from $869, compared with $649 in the US. The iPhone 6 Plus will retail from $999 in Australia and $749 abroad.

    How the handsets stack up: The iPhone 6 is 6.9mm, the iPhone 6 Plus is 7.1mm thick. This table shows how the new handsets compare with rival offerings including the HTC ONes, Samsung Galaxy Note Edge and Amazon Fire
     
     
    Apple fans queue for the new devices along Greene Street in the Soho district of New York. Queues from the store's entrance on Prince Street stretched for more than 2,100ft (0.4 miles) down Greene Street

    Apple fans queue for the new devices along Greene Street in the Soho district of New York. Queues from the store's entrance on Prince Street stretched for more than 2,100ft (0.4 miles) down Greene Street
     Hundreds of customers - mostly men - were waiting outside the Apple Store in Covent Garden for the iPhone 6 launch this morning. Security staff kept people inside huge festival style barriers that stretched the entire length of Covent Garden up to the Royal Opera House entrance - a distance of around 1,050ft (0.2 miles)

    Crowded: Hundreds of customers - mostly men - were waiting outside the Apple Store in Covent Garden for the iPhone 6 launch this morning. Security staff kept people inside huge festival style barriers that stretched the entire length of Covent Garden up to the Royal Opera House entrance - a distance of around 1,050ft (0.2 miles)
     
    People queue outside an Apple shop in London this morning. Demand is so high that people have been selling their place in queues for thousands, and Apple has been limiting customers to two phones each

    Where are the women? People queue outside an Apple shop in London this morning. Demand is so high that people have been selling their place in queues for thousands, and Apple has been limiting customers to two phones each  

    In London, hundreds of people outside Covent Garden and Regent Street packed away their tents as they jostled to get their hands on the new phones.

    Sam Sheikh, 27, based in east London, said he’d been waiting there for more than three days to bag his gold coloured iPhone plus and was the first customer in the UK to get his phone.

    Meanwhile, the monster queue outside the US tech giant’s Birmingham store, stretched back for over 100 metres with the iPhone selling out in 10 minutes.

    After days of sleeping rough outside flagship stores, eager Apple fans have finally got their hands on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Pictured are Jameel Ahmed (right) and Sam Sheikh (left), the first two customers to get their hands on the new iPhone 6 at Apple's Covent Garden branch in London this morning
    The wait is over: After days of sleeping rough outside flagship stores, eager Apple fans have finally got their hands on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Pictured are Jameel Ahmed (right) and Sam Sheikh (left), the first two customers to get their hands on the new iPhone 6 at Apple's Covent Garden branch in London this morning

    Tim Cook opens the door to an Apple store to begin sales of the new iPhone 6, roared on by excited staff

    Tim Cook opens the door to an Apple store to begin sales of the new iPhone 6, roared on by excited staff  

    Apple CEO Tim Cook takes a picture with an iPhone enthusiast hoping to get his hands on the latest technology
    Apple CEO Tim Cook takes a picture with an iPhone enthusiast hoping to get his hands on the latest technology  

    Tim Cook, Apple CEO, meets people waiting to buy the new iPhone in California - analysts have called it Apple's biggest launch ever

    Tim Cook, Apple CEO, meets people waiting to buy the new iPhone in California - analysts have called it Apple's biggest launch ever  

    Apple employees prepare the newly released iPhone 6 for sale at the Apple store in Berlin today. Handsets have been limited to two per customer

    Global success: Apple employees prepare the newly released iPhone 6 for sale at the Apple store in Berlin today. Handsets have been limited to two per customer  


    The first batch of new iPhones in the world went on sale in Australia today, but one of the first punters to get his hands on the phone managed to drop it as soon as he left the store. Jack Cooksey was the first to buy the iPhone 6 at the Perth Apple store on Friday morning but as he excitedly showed off his new purchase to a reporter outside, it spilled out and fell to the ground
    The first batch of new iPhones in the world went on sale in Australia today, but one of the first punters to get his hands on the phone managed to drop it as soon as he left the store. Jack Cooksey was the first to buy the iPhone 6 at the Perth Apple store on Friday morning but as he excitedly showed off his new purchase to a reporter outside, it spilled out and fell to the ground  

    David Rahimi holds up his iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus after he became the first customer to purchase them in Sydney. He travelled from the US to get his hands on the smartphones

    First in the world: David Rahimi holds up his iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus after he became the first customer to purchase them in Sydney. He travelled from the US to get his hands on the smartphones  


    The iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6 are compared at a Telstra Store today in Sydney, Australia. Australian buyers have the first opportunity to purchase the device because of the local time zone
    The iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6 are compared at a Telstra Store today in Sydney, Australia.  Australian buyers have the first opportunity to purchase the device because of the local time zone

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