14 DAY TRIAL // Believe it or not, two months after Apple lifted the cloth off the iPhone 5s, people are still lined up at the flagship store on Fifth Avenue (Manhattan, NYC) to buy the thing.
It’s not only because demand has been off the charts, but also because there’s a big shortage of supply. The most affected customers are those who seek to buy the Gold model.
According to PC Mag, Apple store employees are handing out tickets for line sitters, and they’re “shifting all of the 5s purchasers out of the store so they don't mob it for other people trying to find Apple products.”
The shipping time for the iPhone 5s in America is currently 1-2 weeks, and that’s an improvement over the estimated shipping times from last month.
I’ll never be a supporter of sitting in line for days in a row to buy a phone (defenders will go “it’s not just a phone, moron!”) but I have to say Apple is doing a terrific job with its iPhone business.
If this is happening now, imagine the “curved” lines for the iPhone 6 launch. Get it? Curved? (Wink, wink).