Thousands queue for Apple's iPhone 6
UPDATE: Apple’s new iPhone 6 went on sale on Friday morning, leading to long queues outside stores across Germany. Berlin's Apple Store sold out of the iPhone 6 Plus in an hour.
The customers enduring the longest wait were Helge Bruhn and Phil Gesierich who pitched a tent outside Berlin’s Apple Store on Kurfürstendamm on Sunday morning.
“We wanted to be the first,” Phil told The Local on Tuesday. “I’ve just been listening to music, drinking beer and looking on my iPad.”
By Thursday night they had been joined by a few hundred other Apple enthusiasts who wanted to be the first to get their hands on the new iPhone.
But Helge, 46, was the first customer in Berlin to buy the iPhone 6.
Eine Woche anstehen. #iphone6 #Apple pic.twitter.com/Bzdxx58pGs
— Ralf Günther (@Bildknipser) September 19, 2014
So many people gathered outside the Berlin store on Thursday afternoon that barriers were put up, moving the Apple fans away from the front of the shop and closer to the street.
Hundreds also queued outside stores in Dresden, Munich and Hamburg.
GQ Germany had a photo of the first person to emerge from the Munich Apple store:
Nr.1, München. #Apple #iphone #AppleStore #Munich #seitMittwoch pic.twitter.com/mMO1wEhW5a
— GQ Germany (@GQ_Germany) September 19, 2014
In its live blog of the launch, the Abendzeitung newspaper reported that "he must feel like a Hollywood star. With huge applause from Apple employees he's holding up the two smartphones like trophies to the cameras."
One Dresden resident had her hopes of acquiring the new gadget dashed when she arrived at the Apple store:
Der moderne Iphone-Käufer trägt Klappstuhl.. Ich geh arbeiten..#dresden #AppleStore #iPhone6 pic.twitter.com/xA6yezUxYJ
— Anne (@seeannemone) September 19, 2014
"The modern iPhone buyer comes with a folding chair," she wrote dispiritedly.
There were similar scenes in Frankfurt as hundreds gathered in front of the shop.
This is the queue outside the Frankfurt Apple Store. Opens in an hour. No iPhone 6 Plus available. pic.twitter.com/tPvnGbjRPl
— Gerald D (@gerald_d) September 19, 2014
SEE ALSO: Apple fan queues for six days for iPhone
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The customers enduring the longest wait were Helge Bruhn and Phil Gesierich who pitched a tent outside Berlin’s Apple Store on Kurfürstendamm on Sunday morning.
“We wanted to be the first,” Phil told The Local on Tuesday. “I’ve just been listening to music, drinking beer and looking on my iPad.”
By Thursday night they had been joined by a few hundred other Apple enthusiasts who wanted to be the first to get their hands on the new iPhone.
But Helge, 46, was the first customer in Berlin to buy the iPhone 6.
Eine Woche anstehen. #iphone6 #Apple pic.twitter.com/Bzdxx58pGs
— Ralf Günther (@Bildknipser) September 19, 2014 So many people gathered outside the Berlin store on Thursday afternoon that barriers were put up, moving the Apple fans away from the front of the shop and closer to the street.
Hundreds also queued outside stores in Dresden, Munich and Hamburg.
GQ Germany had a photo of the first person to emerge from the Munich Apple store:
Nr.1, München. #Apple #iphone #AppleStore #Munich #seitMittwoch pic.twitter.com/mMO1wEhW5a
— GQ Germany (@GQ_Germany) September 19, 2014 In its live blog of the launch, the Abendzeitung newspaper reported that "he must feel like a Hollywood star. With huge applause from Apple employees he's holding up the two smartphones like trophies to the cameras."
One Dresden resident had her hopes of acquiring the new gadget dashed when she arrived at the Apple store:
Der moderne Iphone-Käufer trägt Klappstuhl.. Ich geh arbeiten..#dresden #AppleStore #iPhone6 pic.twitter.com/xA6yezUxYJ
— Anne (@seeannemone) September 19, 2014 "The modern iPhone buyer comes with a folding chair," she wrote dispiritedly.
There were similar scenes in Frankfurt as hundreds gathered in front of the shop.
This is the queue outside the Frankfurt Apple Store. Opens in an hour. No iPhone 6 Plus available. pic.twitter.com/tPvnGbjRPl
— Gerald D (@gerald_d) September 19, 2014 SEE ALSO: Apple fan queues for six days for iPhone
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