How long are the lines for the iPhone 4S outside of Apple’s iconic 5th Avenue Store? Not that long, actually… well, comparatively. They stretch around the block to FAO Schwartz, but they are nothing compared to the iPad 2’s launch lines: 75% shorter, in fact, TUAW estimates. Then again, the iPad 2 couldn’t be pre-ordered in nearly the abundance of the iPhone 4S: most of the people in line this morning are either there because they want to be, or there because they put off ordering one online for too long.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
14 responses to “Here’s How Long The iPhone 4S Line Was At The 5th Avenue Apple Store [Video]”
You don’t see this type of excitement for ANY android phone. Long live Apple!
Thank’s God, no!
Anyone else notice the guy at the :29 mark saying “So we all got dreads ’cause we’re black?”
The crazy torrential downpour the city had overnight probably didn’t help. XD
Maybe this is why Bloomberg delayed attacki-, uh, clearing out #OWS. He figured it would be a lot easier to wait until half the protesters left to upgrade their iPhones? That they didn’t shows just how real this movement is!
And you never will… Nor for any other phone type.
Even when Samsung gives them away for $2 in Australia…
Apple does a good job of keeping things orderly, not like the hot toy launches of the past. Anyone remember the Cabbage Patch dolls? People were actually trampled to death. It’s good to see that Apple prepares for their launches properly.