Release of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus: endless queues in front of … – Le Figaro

VIDEOS – From Tokyo to Glasgow, Apple today launched its two new models of smartphones. In France, the stores opened at 8:00.

The early hour was not scalded enthusiasm. Like every year, the official release of the new Apple smartphone during a big rush to the stores of the brand. This time, it’s for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 More than jostle impatient. Officially presented at the beginning of the month, these two smartphones have the distinction of being the largest ever produced by Apple, with a screen size from 4.7 inches to 5.5 inches (11, 9 to 13.9 inches diagonal).

In France, the irreducible iPhone began queuing outside the Apple Store at 6 am. This is for example the case in Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg and Bordeaux. Hope to enter the stores to their opening hours, 8am, we had to be patient and, in some cases, an umbrella.

The stranger is not rest. In Tokyo, a tail of nearly one kilometer was formed in front of the Apple Store Ginza. AFP interviewed a Japanese man and his son who said they waited two weeks before a store smartphone in order to get their hands on the first iPhone 6 This kind of story is now a classic of launches of iPhone: Some people camped outside Apple are also sponsored by brands to take advantage of media fervor. Even in Glasgow, who just speak in the referendum on Scottish independence, we stood in line outside Apple Store.

But the first customer to have won the iPhone 6 home would be a young Australian. Interviewed by a local television station, he was quick to unpack the phone in front of the cameras … to better do die for. With an entry level price to 709 euros, it is better to be careful.

Late risers are not guaranteed to walk away with the phone of their choice. The number of pre-orders for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 More broadly above expectations. According to Apple, more than 4 million smartphones were ordered in one day. In France, operators also show a much higher than that recorded in 2013 with the release of iPhone 5s 5c and demand. The Apple Store should not therefore escape the shortages.