iPhone 6 launch mania: Bigger phones, bigger lines

The now-annual iPhone launch spectacle seemed different this time around. At Manhattan’s marquee Apple Store on Fifth Avenue, a line that stretched several blocks degenerated into a chaotic crowd. But the chaos didn’t consist of super fans. Most in line planned to resell it.
Twelve hours before doors opened at Apple’s Fifth Ave. store, 900 people already were waiting in line for the new the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. By the morning, there were easily more than 1,500 people in line. The flagship Apple store in New York normally draws a large crowd on iPhone launch day – but not like this.
While stores around the world saw longer lines than usual, the scene at the iconic glass cube in Manhattan didn’t consist of just the biggest Apple fan boys and girls. First in line are always the publicity hogs, getting paid to sit outside for weeks to promote products during the media circus surrounding the launch of a new iPhone. In fact, the first woman in line at the Fifth Ave. store, Moon Ray, said she was going to resell her iPhone 6 and stick with her Android phone.