San Francisco may be behind New York City when it comes to the iPhone launch queue, but the crowd has begun to assemble. At the very front of the line of downtown San Francisco's Apple Store is Jerry Taylor, who told us he has never stood in line for a gadget before. Taylor lives a couple blocks away and set up his blanket, chair and sidewalk desk this morning at 10 am. He said his friends were bringing him food later tonight and that he hopes to buy two iPhones tomorrow when they are released.
Second in line is David Young, an engineer at Slide, who said a bunch of his coworkers are joining him later (he's the guy in the Aviator glasses and black shirt). Third in line is Dale Larson, who is the director of mobile and internet marketing at Donordigital (he's wearing a blue colored shirt and black pants). Larson seems to be the manager of the line operation and is keeping a list of everyone's place. Fourth in line is a group of clowns from Peepshowminigolf.com that's been entertaining crowds with a small mini golf set up. Unlike 5th Avenue's Greg Parker, they all have their shirts on, but they promise they are going to "party San Francisco style" tonight.
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1i love all the photos. i also love the guy with the list of where people arein the line.
2i love all the photos. i also love the guy with the list of where people arein the line.
3haha it'll be cool to go there just to see them waiting for it tomorrow. I noticed there are no lines yet on AT&T stores..maybe people are forgetting that they are also selling the phone, not just the Apple stores.
4Let's see. Are they only making a limited number of these things? Will there not be any phones left next week? Should I be worried that these are some kind of rare collectible never to be seen again? Or is this just another desperate ploy by a few individuals who really, really wish they were cool and think that mass consumerism is the way to get there?
5Hi there. Nice story! See you tomorrow.
6not to sound mean or horrid, but i saw a news story on this and they scanned the crowd and the first thing i thought was "some of these people look like they can't even afford the damn thing", and i bet ppl are gonna be selling these things for double the price on ebay
7There's one lone guy standing in line in my town. Just one. It kinda makes you wonder, "What's the point?" when there's no one else there with you to beat down the door on Friday morning.
8wow, people are realy crazy about iphone!!!
9let's get in line!!!
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