{"id":7421,"date":"2014-09-08T06:30:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T10:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=6635"},"modified":"2019-04-12T10:55:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T10:55:45","slug":"iphone-6-queue-builds-manhattan-across-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/iphone-6-queue-builds-manhattan-across-world\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 6 Queue Builds Up In Manhattan &#038; Across The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/apple-store.bmp\" alt=\"apple store\" width=\"566\" height=\"424\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6636 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20566%20424%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"apple store\" width=\"566\" height=\"424\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/apple-store.bmp\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">Tomorrow marks another historic date for <a title=\"iPhone 6 Rumor Mill Round-Up: What You Need To Know\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/iphone-6-rumor-mill-round-need-know\/\">Apple as they are all geared up to announce their new iPhone<\/a>, iWatch and some other less featured devices. The main talking point will undoubtedly be iPhone 6 \u2013 and the queue at the Fifth Avenue store is already in full swing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">Each year seems to get crazier with people <strong>setting up tents 3 weeks prior to the launch<\/strong> of an iPhone, and in recent years companies have decided to jump on this as a great platform to advertise their brand, a product or an app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">As the <strong>Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan<\/strong> is a flagship store, reports suggest that the first person in the queue set up home outside the store as <strong>early as 31st August<\/strong>. You can see photos below of people wrapped up in sleeping blankets, including two people by the name of <strong>Ceballo and Joseph Cruz<\/strong> who are representing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/brands\/buybackworld\/\">BuyBackWorld<\/a> who we have featured here on SellCell.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/applequeue_3026958c.jpg\" alt=\"apple queue\" width=\"563\" height=\"351\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6637 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20563%20351%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"apple queue\" width=\"563\" height=\"351\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/applequeue_3026958c.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">They actually sold their spots at the front of the queue to this couple:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/101968165-applestore.530x298.jpg\" alt=\"apple store queue\" width=\"567\" height=\"319\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6638 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20567%20319%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"apple store queue\" width=\"567\" height=\"319\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/101968165-applestore.530x298.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">&#8230;for a <strong>staggering $2,500<\/strong>. The name of the couple are <strong>Moon Ray and Jason Ray<\/strong> and they are promoting an app from VideoMedicine that allows patients to Skype with doctors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/iphone6campers.jpg\" alt=\"iphone 6 campers\" width=\"567\" height=\"425\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6639 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20567%20425%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"iphone 6 campers\" width=\"567\" height=\"425\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/iphone6campers.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">The iPhone itself is said be available to purchase anytime after the 19th September but this needs to be confirmed tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><strong>The queues have sparked mix reactions on Twitter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Its too sad to see people queuing for iPhone 6, weeks before launch; did they also queue for 3,4 &amp; 5 models? <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/zSEkiPpmUV\">http:\/\/t.co\/zSEkiPpmUV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mind Science (@mndsci) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mndsci\/status\/508309918907367424\">September 6, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Apple could rerelease the iPhone 4 and call it iPhone 6 and people will still queue up for hours to buy it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 kojo. (@eMCiiflames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eMCiiflames\/status\/507512981928677376\">September 4, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><strong>Could you wait in queue for a new iPhone?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow marks another historic date for Apple as they are all geared up to announce their new iPhone, iWatch and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1821],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>iPhone 6 Queue Builds Up In Manhattan &amp; Across The World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Each year seems to get crazier prior to the launch of an iPhone, and in recent years companies have decided to jump on this as a great platform to advertise.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/iphone-6-queue-builds-manhattan-across-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"iPhone 6 Queue Builds Up In Manhattan &amp; 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