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 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 splash modular case for apple iphone 7 and 8 - black 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 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 splash modular case for apple iphone 7 and 8 - black 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..
When told by CNET on Thursday that there would be no Plus model available for purchase, Lorenzo clung to his hopes -- and his spot -- until this morning when Apple Store manager after manager confirmed there would be no larger iPhone 7 available. That's when he admitted defeat and left the line. "It's a total bummer," Lorenzo, a 46-year-old from Queens, said. "I'm disappointed because I waited so long for the iPhone 7 Plus. They sold out completely and I was second in line at the flagship store."Last year, his perseverance in holding out for the 6S in rose gold worked out, despite reports those models were sold out.
