So, the first guy in line for the new iPhone arrived at 11 p.m. on Thursday—or at least that’s what he told the AT&T salesman at 2410 Mission St. when their doors opened two hours earlier than usual.
The first person in line was joined at 1 a.m. by another guy driving by who saw the short line. They must have been lonely, but it was a heck of a lot better than waiting in line at the Apple stores, where hundreds of people waited to get their iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
“They said they were driving by, checking out the different lines,” one clerk said.
At 4 a.m. the line at AT&T on Mission was a solid 10 or 15 people, according to the stories that those at the front of the line told the clerks who arrived at 7:30 a.m. When the doors opened at 8 a.m., 40 people were in line.
By 11 a.m. this morning, the store was nearly sold out. Nearly. There were some phones left.
Fidel, a salesman, said they had fewer 6 Plus phones, but that those were definitely more in demand. Another clerk, Joe, said that getting a phone today was a coup. Their last experience with the 5S was that customers who failed to snag one on the first day had to wait a month for a new phone.
And what did the customer who lined up at 11 p.m. get? “A 128, 6 Plus on the $200 bundle package,” said Joe. “He was happy.”
Too bad MiQueue never made it to market, would’ve helped hundreds of people! http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-bars-iphone-6-6-plus-wait-time-tool-from-app-store/
The bigger question for these people was what were their observations of life on Mission St. from 4am-7am? Did they ever feel in danger or threatened?