On Friday, Sept. 20, Apple's iPhone 11 lineup went on sale around the world, in a staggered start from Australia and other Pacific Ocean locales across Asia and Europe and finally to the US as the shopping day began in each time zone.
Justin Harris and Ross Hendrix from Oakland, California, were at the front of the line to get the new iPhone 11 Pro Max at the Apple Store at San Francisco's Union Square. They say they've been coming out the day the latest iPhone goes on sale "for forever."
Natalie Derkach, a 29-year-old from Moscow, got in line at the San Francisco Union Square store shortly after 8 a.m. By 9, she still was toward the back of the line but didn't care how long the wait was. She planned to buy the space gray iPhone 11 Pro in San Francisco because it was cheaper than in her home of Russia. It was "just chance" that she was in the US during the launch, she said.
Shaan from Portland was in town for work and is here to pick up an iPhone 11 Pro in space gray, upgrading from an iPhone XS. "It's the camera, why you upgrade," he said.
Lines of around 200 people stretched along Post Street and around the corner to Stockton Street in San Francisco where people zigzagged through corrals waiting to enter.
Thanks to the magic of time zones, Sydney is one of the first cities in the world where the iPhone launches each year. Here's Apple's flagship store on Friday just before 8 a.m. local time.
Muhannad Al Nadaf, 21, was the first in line in Sydney to get an iPhone. He's lined up for the past five years in the hopes of being the first person in the city to snag a new iPhone. He achieved that goal for the first time this year, rocking up to the store at 3 a.m., a full five hours before launch time.
Mazen Kourouche was No. 2 in line. He's been first in line for the past five years. In 2017, he even waited in line for 11 full days to get the iPhone 8.
The first fellow in line, Ryan Romero, 24, emerges with his phone -- an iPhone 11 Pro Max -- and is greeted with cheers from Apple staff and others in line.
Lots of selfies were taken with the CEO, including this one by Tejas Davda. He came in from New Jersey to "share the excitement of the new iPhone launch with the other Apple fans."
Guests were encouraged to sit down in the teaching area of the store for a quick tutorial on taking slofies, the term Apple invented for iPhone 11's new slow-motion selfie.
The line of people who had reserved an iPhone 11 in advance was way shorter than the line for people who just wanted to go in before making a decision to buy.
On to Mexico, where Arturo Delgado was the first buyer of an iPhone 11. And he went all they way, going for the iPhone 11 Pro Max with 256GB of storage.
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