The iPhone 6 went on sale Friday in the United States in the middle of a frenzied enthusiasm that carried phone enthusiasts to spend a sleepless night against Apple stores across the country to acquire the coveted device.
“I came here -for this Thursday-yesterday at 9.00 pm and had about 200 people in front of me, “said Drake Magus, minutes after he bought a iPhone 6 plus , the most expensive and largest, 5.5 inches, the two models were made Friday sale.
Magus appointment at the Apple store in Palo Alto (California), where the current Apple counselor he lives, Tim Cook, and where also resided the late legendary founder of the tech giant, Steve Jobs.
“I want to be part of this excitement,” Cook said customers crammed into a queue that circled the apple, minutes before he opened the Apple store, where more than a dozen employees received Friday amid applause and expressions of joy to each of the customers through the door. “That no one can overcome,” Magus said shortly after one of those euphoric receptions.
Magus, a computer that works in Google and residing in the town of San Jose, about 30 miles Palo Alto, is convinced that the iPhone 6 Plus is “unbeatable” .
“has the best screen in the market, a Camera that works much better than the previous model, payment system and a portfolio of applications for the health that I hope will help me in my goal to lose weight. It is unbeatable, “said computer, which acquired most powerful iPhone 6 with 128 GB. “With this I can you go to the moon,” he joked.
Outside the store, Apple employees handed out Mexican burritos and water free between night owls and haggard customers. No missed, either, who office chairs or beach bring overnight.
“I brought the chair. I love” Cook said one of the many Apple fans who spent the night weather, as Karen Teja a student living in the city of San Francisco and who traveled to Palo Alto Thursday thinking that the wait would be less. “We came here because think there would be less people and it has been worse ,” said Teja.
Barclays forecast sales iPhones could exceed 11 million units this weekend enthusiasm that this Friday we breathed in Palo Alto was repeated at Apple stores in other American cities like San Francisco and New York.
Apple said Monday that pre-orders had exceeded the record 4 million in the first 24 hours after opening the deadline on September 12.
The investment bank Barclays predicted Friday that sales of iPhones could exceed 11 million units this weekend.
The new phones from Apple, of 4.7 and 5.5 inches is the largest manufactured by the company to date, and received the blessing of leading technology experts, as veteran journalist Walter Mossberg.
“I’ve been testing the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 for a week and I think it is an extraordinary phone. In my opinion it is the best phone on the market when you combine hardware, new operating system and whole Apple ecosystem that gives you access, “said Mossberg this week’s Recode website.
Apple introduced the new phone last Tuesday at its headquarters in Cupertino (California) during an event that also launched its smart watch, Apple Watch, and a system of mobile payments.
The event in Cupertino opened which Cook described as a “new chapter” in the history of Apple and reassured those who doubted the ability of the successor to Jobs to innovate.
“Innovation is in top form at Apple. We can proclaim from the rooftops, “Cook said in an interview last week with The Wall Street Journal . Prices of iPhone 6 in the United States ranges between 199 and $ 499 (155-389 euros).
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