There are fans, and then there are fanatics. Guess which category these Apple followers fall into?
Apple fans who just can't wait for the release of the iPhone 6 or the iWatch are already lining up outside of the company's flagship Apple Store in New York City.
Images on Instagram indicated that it started on Sunday, August 31 and has been ramping up since. Here is a selection of Instragrams from the line, which feature choice words or a pertinent picture on the phenomenon.
Sept 1.: "At least 1 week to go for the next iPhone to be released. There are people waiting outside #5thAV #apple store already..."
(The first photo on Instagram of the line outside the flagship Apple Store.)
Sept 2.: "Uhhh...these people are in line for the next iPhone...announcement...? Seriously."
(A black and white look at the dedicated few.)
Sept 3.: "A week before the #apple announcement on the new #iphone, the line has already commenced."
(Come rain or shine, these Apple fans will not abandon their post.)
Sept 3: "The line beginning...6⃣ "
(Those on the line bundle up for the long night.)
Sept 4.: "Here 6th person waiting in line! Can't wait to get my hands on my brand new iPhone 6! #applelover #iphone6 #applefan #5av. #applestore #bigapple"
(And here is the exact moment that we see the line grow, sent out by the fan himself.)
Sept 4.: "Begun this iPhone 6 line wait has. #apple #iphone6"
(This photographer was so shocked by the line that he became Yoda for a moment.)
Sept 4.: "I did this for the first iphone never again. #imfirst #iphone6 #isheep"
(It's clear this Instagram user regrets their past choices, but indicates that the experience changed them.)
Sept 4.: "First in line at the Apple store on Fifth Ave. She's gonna sleep on the street for about 20 days. Apple hasn't even announced yet what they are gonna launch."
(A close-up of the first half of the couple that are first in line at the Apple Store.)
Sept 4.: "Me and the homie first in line for the new iPhone out in front of the fifth avenue Apple Store ha"
(This is the close-up shot of the second half of the duo leading the pack.)
Sept 4.: "These people not playing about the new #iphone6 this one guy said he been out there since Sunday. Air bed and fold up bed is what you see."
(And we see the Apple fanatic in his natural habitat, clearly not a nocturnal species.)
Sept 5.: "The line has started at the #applestore #fifthavenue LMAO #launch #september 2014 #ipad #iphone6 maybe a #watch boots #love #nyc #line #rush #olivia #dale"
(And lastly, a video of the line, with the camera woman discussing the line phenomenon.)
The iPhone 6 will be unveiled at an Apple event on September 9. The iPhone 6 is expected to come in both a 4.7-inch model and a 5.5-inch model. Reportedly, the phones will be released on September 19.
