PHOTOS: Crowds line up as iPhone 6 goes on sale
September 19, 2014
People crowd in front of the Apple Store in Munich, southern Germany, on September 19, 2014 to purchase a new Apple Iphone 6 mobile device. Apple said earlier this week that it had received record pre-orders for its new iPhone models, and that some customers will have to wait for the larger-screen versions of the smartphones. AFP PHOTO / DPA/ PETER KNEFFEL /AFP/Getty Images ( 533552181 )
Several hundred people wait in line outside the Boulder Apple Store to get the new iPhone 6, September 19, 2014. Apple Stores across the country are packed with customers waiting to get their hands on the new phone. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) ( IPHONE_RJ28258 )
Several hundred people wait in line outside the Boulder Apple Store to get the new iPhone 6, September 19, 2014. Apple Stores across the country are packed with customers waiting to get their hands on the new phone. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) ( IPHONEDSC_3180 )
People wait to buy the new Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices, outside an Apple store in Hong Kong Friday morning, Sept. 19, 2014. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus were released on Friday in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) ( APTOPIX Hong Kong Apple iPhone )
People queue outside an Apple shop in London, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. The new Apple iPhone 6 went on sale at the shop on Friday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) ( Britain Apple iPhone )
Jamael Ahmed jumps in the air as he leaves the store after being the first to purchase the iPhone 6 at Apple Covent Gardens launch on September 19, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images) ( 455694608 )
Two new iPhone 6 are photographed at the Apple store in the city centre of Munich, Germany, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. A large crowd had gathered in front of the Apple store ahead of the offical launch of Apple's new iPhone. (AP Photo, dpa,Peter Kneffel) ( Germany iPhone 6 )
Several hundred people stand in line waiting to enter the Apple store to buy the newly released iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in New York. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( Apple iPhone )
A customer looks at the screen size on the new iPhone 6 Plus while waiting in line to upgrade his iPhone at a Verizon Wireless store in Flowood, Miss., Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. A small line of people began an overnight wait to insure they were able to purchase the specific model they sought. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ( Apple iPhone )
Rob Beckett, center, of Portland, Mich., is met with cheers and applause as the first person to leave with a brand new iPhone 6 from the Apple Store in Woodland Mall on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 in Grand Rapids, Mich. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Emily Rose Bennett) ( Apple iPhone )
David Bryant sleeps through the early part of the morning as he waits in line Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, for the new iPhone 6 at the AT&T Store in Bowling Green, Ky. W The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today. (AP Photo/Daily News, Miranda Pederson) ( Apple iPhone )
Rob Beckett, center, of Portland, Mich., is met with cheers and applause as the first person to leave with a brand new iPhone 6 from the Apple Store at the Woodland Mall on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 in Grand Rapids, Mich. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Emily Rose Bennett) ( Apple iPhone )
Visitors to the Apple store examine the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in New York. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( Apple iPhone )
Crowds of people stand in line for the chance to receive a brand new iPhone 6 or 6 Plus from the Apple store at Woodland Mall on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 in Grand Rapids, Mich. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Emily Rose Bennett) ( Apple iPhone )
Crowds of people wait in line for the chance to receive a brand new iPhone 6 or 6 Plus from the Apple store at Woodland Mall on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 in Grand Rapids, Mich. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Emily Rose Bennett) ( Apple iPhone )
Kenn Glenn poses as his wife, Kara Williams Glenn, takes his photo with her phone Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the AT&T Store in Bowling Green, Ky. The Glenn's were the first in line starting at 3 p.m. Thursday as Kara started waiting in line for Kenn, who took over at 4 p.m. and stayed all night for the iPhone 6 Plus. (AP Photo/Daily News, Miranda Pederson) ( Apple iPhone )
Ken Miyauchi, left, vice president of Softbank, Japanese mobile phone company hugs the first customer of iPhone 6 during a ceremony to mark the first day of sales of the new Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus at a store in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) ( APTOPIX Japan Apple iPhone )
People wait to enter the Apple Store at 8am on the first day of sales of the new Apple iPhone 6 in Germany on September 19, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Hundreds of people had waited in a line that went around the block through the night in order to be among the first people to buy the new smartphone, which comes in two versions: the Apple iPhone 6 and the somewhat larger Apple iPhone 6 Plus. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) ( 455691814 )
Sales assistants prepare new Apple iPhone 6 phones and other Apple products at the Apple Store on the first day of sales of the new phone in Germany on September 19, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Hundreds of people had waited in a line that went around the block through the night in order to be among the first people to buy the new smartphone, which comes in two versions: the Apple iPhone 6 and the somewhat larger Apple iPhone 6 Plus. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) ( 455691978 )
An Apple iPhone 6 stands on display at the Apple Store on the first day of sales of the new phone in Germany on September 19, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Hundreds of people had waited in a line that went around the block through the night in order to be among the first people to buy the new smartphone, which comes in two versions: the Apple iPhone 6 and the somewhat larger Apple iPhone 6 Plus. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) ( 455693082 )
(L-R) Charlotte Riley and Tom Hardy gets set up with the new iPhone 6 at The Apple Store, Regent Street on September 19, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images) ( 455710862 )
Apple store employees wait for doors to open to customers for the first day of sale of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in New York. Several hundred people lined up outside the store in Manhattan to buy the highly anticipated phones. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( Apple iPhone )
People wait in line to buy the new iPhone 6 at the Eaton Centre in Toronto, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. It is estimated more than a thousand people were in line for the release of the new iPhone 6. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Hannah Yoon) ( Canada Apple iPhone )
Crowds of people wait in line for the chance to receive a brand new iPhone 6 or 6 Plus from the Apple store at the Woodland Mall on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 in Grand Rapids, Mich. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Emily Rose Bennett) ( Apple iPhone )
An Apple store employee pulls iPhone 6s and 6 Pluses that were pre-ordered from a stack to give to waiting customers, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in New York. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( Apple iPhone )
Visitors to the Apple store descend a staircase to the showroom below to purchase the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in New York. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( APTOPIX Apple iPhone )
People queue outside an Apple shop in London, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. The new Apple iPhone 6 went on sale at the shop on Friday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) ( APTOPIX Britain Apple iPhone )
Customers high-five an Apple employee as they go to buy the new iPhone 6 at the Eaton Centre in Toronto, Ont. on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Hannah Yoon) ( Canada Apple iPhone )
Zach Schwartz, 19, of Grand Rapids reads a book while he waits in line for the chance to receive a brand new iPhone 6 from the Apple store at the Woodland Mall on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 in Grand Rapids, Mich. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Emily Rose Bennett) ( Apple iPhone )
An Apple store employee arranges a stack of pre-ordered iPhone 6 Pluses, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in New York. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( Apple iPhone )
Kenn Glenn looks at his new iPhone 6 Plus that he waited over 17 hours in line for on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the AT&T Store in Bowling Green, Ky. The Glenn's were the first in line starting at 3 p.m. Thursday as his wife Kara started the line for her his and who took over at 4 p.m. and stayed all night for the iPhone 6 Plus. (AP Photo/Daily News, Miranda Pederson) ( Apple iPhone )
An Apple store employee checks out a customer who bought two iPhone 6s, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in New York. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( Apple iPhone )
Crowds of people wait in line for the chance to receive a brand new iPhone 6 or 6 Plus from the Apple store at the Woodland Mall on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 in Grand Rapids, Mich. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Emily Rose Bennett) ( Apple iPhone )
Andreas Gibson celebrates as he exits the Apple store after being the first to purchase an iPhone 6 Plus, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in New York. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( iPhone 6 )
Several hundred people wait in line outside the Boulder Apple Store to get the new iPhone 6, September 19, 2014. Apple Stores across the country are packed with customers waiting to get their hands on the new phone. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) ( IPHONE_RJ28281 )
People wait in front of the Apple Store in Paris to buy the latest iPhone, the iPhone 6, on September 19, 2014 in Paris. Apple says more than four million pre-orders were received in the 24 hours after the sale was announced. Other markets launching on September 19 are Singapore, Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Some 20 more countries will get the new iPhone from September 26. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images ( 533552652 )
People check items at the Apple Store in Paris on the day of the launch of the latest iPhone, the iPhone 6, on September 19, 2014. Apple says more than four million pre-orders were received in the 24 hours after the sale was announced. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images ( 533553029 )
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