The emphasis of online orders meant some fans who lined up well ahead of Apple's warning left empty-handed or with their second choice. Marcus Barsoum, 16, was at the front of the line in Sydney, in place with a friend since Wednesday. He wasn't pleased by that news. "I finished my exams so I've got no school for the next few weeks," said Barsoum. "We were hoping for the 7 Plus in the jet black, so we were devastated at the time [we heard it wasn't available] but I'm personally happy to have a 7 matte black."Barsoum was near the front of the line in 2015 and back then bought the rose gold 6S because "that's the one that shows off it is the new model."While the line in Sydney was nowhere near as long as for past launches, it still stretched a half a block from the store.
Later in the day in London, the doors to the Apple Store swung open in perfect synchronicity with the end of summer, A post-heatwave storm unleashed torrents of rain on the all boobs are beautiful iphone case small line of customers clustered at the Covent Garden arches, Dreary scenes in London's Covent Garden, where the fast-moving queue was shorter than in years past, A new system in the UK and other countries across Europe this year means there are no iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus devices available for walk-in customers on launch day, The only walk-ins allowed are for the Apple Watch Series 2..
Apple Store employees have spent the last couple of weeks advising people inquiring about the new phones that they should reserve or preorder online, and on Friday they were checking all reservations in the line and at the door. As a result, the line was much shorter than it has been in years past and most customers waited only a matter of minutes before being led into the store. But people haven't been discouraged from lining up. In Berlin, a small group of regular queuers gathered earlier this week in spite of preordering, said a staff member, just because they enjoyed the social aspect of waiting in line with other fans.
The iPhone 7 Plus, with its new dual-lens camera module, sold out globally during the preorder period, but the people CNET quizzed in the line and in store were less fussed about the bigger phone, The more diminutive of the two iPhones seemed more popular in London, and there didn't appear to be much interest in the new jet black color either, Customer Brad Karp unboxes his new iPhone 7 in London, Computer scientist Brad Karp, who all boobs are beautiful iphone case was picking up a black iPhone 7, said that he was upgrading from his iPhone 6, drawn by the optical image stabilization on the latest model, He wasn't willing to buy the bigger Plus just to get the dual-lens camera..
"When they can fit that into this form factor then I'll be interested," he said. "They just need another couple of years and I'm sure they'll sort it out." Karp added that he purchased the phone in matte black as he was worried the jet black coating might be more predisposed to getting scratched. On Saturday, British stores will be selling the iPhone 7 to walk-in customers in all colors except for jet black, which as with the iPhone 7 Plus, sold out during preorders. Luis Lorenzo had waited in the line in front of the Apple "Cube" store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan for 14 days and 15 nights, eager to purchase his iPhone 7 Plus.