The iPhone 6 went on sale today in the USA in the middle of a frenzied enthusiasm that carried phone enthusiasts to spend a sleepless night in front of Apple stores across the country to acquire the coveted device.
“I arrived here yesterday at 9.00 pm and had about 200 people in front of me,” he told Efe Drake Magus, minutes after buying an iPhone 6 plus, the most expensive and large, 5.5 inches, of the two models is now put up for sale.
Magus appointment at the Apple store in Palo Alto (California), where the current Apple counselor he lives, Tim Cook and where also resided and died mythical 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 block, minutes before the Apple store opened, where more than a dozen employees received today amid applause and expressions of joy to each of the customers through the door.
“This no one get over it, “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 from Palo Alto, is convinced that the iPhone 6 Plus is “unbeatable”.
“It has the best screen on the market, a camera that works much better than the previous model, payment system and a portfolio of applications for health I hope to help me in my goal to lose weight. Is unbeatable, “said the computer, which acquired most powerful iPhone 6 with 128 GB.
” With this I can go to the moon, “he joked.
Outside the store , Apple employees handed out free burritos and Mexican water between night owls and haggard customers.
No missed, either, who chairs office or bring beach for the night.
“I brought the chair. I love it, “Cook said one of the many Apple fans who spent the night outdoors, Karen Teja as a student living in the city of San Francisco and who traveled Thursday to Palo Alto thinking the wait would be less .
“We came here because we thought there would be less people and it has been worse,” said Teja Efe.
The enthusiasm was felt today in Palo Alto repeated at Apple stores in other American cities like San Francisco and New York.
Apple said Monday that pre-orders had exceeded a record 4 million in the first 24 hours after opening the term September 12.
The investment bank Barclays predicted today 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 made by the company to date, and received the blessing of leading technology experts, as veteran journalist Walter Mossberg.
“I’ve been testing the iPhone 6 4.7 inches for a week and I think it is an extraordinary phone. In my opinion is the best phone on the market when you combine hardware, new operating system and Apple’s entire ecosystem that gives you access to “Mossberg said this week at the Recode website.
Apple introduced new phones last Tuesday at its headquarters in Cupertino (California) at an event which 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 week.
The price of the iPhone 6 in the United States ranges between 199 and 499 U.S. dollars (155 to 389 euros).
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