Student in tears after being kicked out of iPhone 6 queue

A young woman was in tears after police kicked her out of the queue to Apple's flagship Sydney store before she was able to buy the new iPhone 6.

Anna, a 24-year-old international student from China, was ordered by police about 10am to leave the George Street area for six hours or risk being arrested, after they asked her multiple times to stay put in the queue.

Two models of the new smartphone, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, went on sale at 8am AEST at Apple stores across the country, as well as other retailers such as Telstra, Optus and Vodafone.

The upset student was questioned by police.
The upset student was questioned by police. Photo: Hannah Francis
The student, who wouldn't give her last name, said she had lined up for more than 24 hours but the number of people in front of her had grown from about 80 to 180 overnight as people joined their friends.

She became worried that she wouldn't get to the front of the queue in time to buy two 4.7-inch iPhone 6 handsets as planned, because she had to leave to study for a law exam.

Other people in the queue then offered to sell her handsets at inflated prices which she could not afford – more than twice the price in one case, she said.

Anna left her spot in the queue more than once to see if anyone could sell her a phone at a more reasonable price.

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neddy said:

She can pre-order the phone from http://store.apple.com/au.

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Pre-order now and get free shipping.Or visit an Apple Retail Store from 8:00 am on 19 September.​

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Jah_rastafar_I said:

but the number of people in front of her had grown from about 80 to 180 overnight as people joined their friends.






Is this allowed in singapore where if you queue you can get your friends to join your queue?

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ZorrorroZ said:

Was in Perth buying a coffee this morning when across the road there was this looooooong queue of people... outside the apple store along Hay Street.

99% of them were Ah Tiong!!

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frenchbriefs said:

This has nothing to do with tiongs....more like iPhone fucktards.

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laksaboy said:

Tiongs are more 牛逼 than the rest of the human population.

Yang Yin is living proof.

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eatshitndie said:

apple stores just opened 15 minutes ago on the west coast, and the 1st customer just walked with his new iphone out the palo alto store (where tim cook showed up to shake hands with those waiting in line). this guy here on the mattress has woken up after nights of waiting....

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frenchbriefs said:

did he bring along his poop and pee bucket and a urine filtration system for recycling his own urine during this ultimate test of survival and perseverance?

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Narong Wongwan said:

Angmos bully poor chink girl.
Ugly racism at work.
Right up jah's alley

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