Apple Store update

June 18, 2008 in Personal,Random with 7 Comments

So I drove into the city before heading home tonight as people had started queuing for the opening of the Sydney Apple Store from 8:15am this morning. I got there about 9pm… there are about 20 people camping out for the opening of the new store!

I mean, there’s not even a new product coming out, just a store to sell stuff in. Which isn’t to say I am not heading in tomorrow at 5pm for the official opening… but camp out over night!!

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Front of store… lot’s of glass, and apparently second largest in world after London.

Now the iPhone comes out here on July 11, so Apple really has got twice the mileage out of this launch. A bunch of pres for the opening, and then what’s sure to be bunch of press for the iPhone!

Start of the queue, first five have iPhones… (apparently there are 25,000 on the Optus Network already)

More Queue.

SO I reckoned there might be a few thousand here by tomorrow 5pm… and I will be one of them!

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7 Responses to “Apple Store update”

  1. Jonathan June 18, 2008 at 9:55 am #

    You have to buy something, right? How will you exert the willpower to NOT walk out with something shiny???

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  2. Dave Wakerley June 18, 2008 at 8:03 pm #

    Hmm… may be hard! Maybe just something small then :)

    Dave

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  3. Karl Bastian June 18, 2008 at 9:51 pm #

    I have a friend who’s dad will be there. He is a retired pilot who can now fly free anywhere in the world so one of the things he does for fun, is go to every Apple store opening, and he has all the free t-shirts to prove it. He gave me one of the Chicago Michigan Ave shirts which is supposedly worth a lot, and its a cherished shirt of mine. I have a Leopard shirt I got myself, but I’ve never been to a store opening. Have fun!

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  4. rob bradbury June 18, 2008 at 11:35 pm #

    Have fun Dave, wish I was there!

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  5. matthew June 19, 2008 at 5:54 am #

    Pretty cool (from the iPod touch in store)

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  6. Duncan June 19, 2008 at 3:38 pm #

    sad, very sad!

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  7. Dave Wakerley June 21, 2008 at 12:05 am #

    Please note: I didn’t actually sleep out there over night that would be crazy…
    (even though it looks like it from the post)

    :)

    Dave

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