As online sales for the iPhone 5s begin to go live in Australia, Asia, and now the UK, lines outside of Apple stores around the world are starting to grow in anticipation the September 20th, 8AM retail launch of the iPhone 5s and 5c. Shipping times for the 5c have been slipping since preorders went live last week, but Apple seems to be in even shorter supply of the iPhone 5s as shipping times are starting at 7-10 days in most countries where online orders have already kicked off.
If you’re expecting to queue up to get your hands on an iPhone 5s like the many customers pictured below, you might want to get in line soon. We learned earlier today that retailers, including Apple stores, are getting little to no Gold and white iPhone 5s units, and will mainly have just the new Space Grey model available in store. However, as we’ve seen following launches in other countries today, the 5s in all colors seems to be in shorty supply even for online orders.
The September 20 iPhone 5s and 5c retail launch will take place in the US, Australia, China, Canada, Germany, France, Singapore, UK, and Japan.
@varunkrish People in line at Apple store , Apple reps saying not more than 10 pieces of gold iPhone per store. That is pretty bad.
— SD (@sonaldeshmukh) September 19, 2013
Head below for a look at the long lines starting to form outside Apple Stores around the globe:
Munich, Germany:
http://instagram.com/p/ecnUsGvGGR/
Fifth Avenue Store, New York:
People queuing for the iPhone 5s at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store in Manhattan
A post shared by Ned (@ned_mzh) on Sep 19, 2013 at 2:31pm PDT
Shinsaibashi, Japan
(via gigazine):
Adelaide, Australia:
Line moving slowly
A post shared by Alex Eckermann (@alexeckermann) on Sep 19, 2013 at 3:57pm PDT
Sydney Apple Store:
https://twitter.com/SchumacherFM/status/380825762762211329/
Opera, Paris:
http://instagram.com/p/edMDGutT4z/
Palo Alto, California:
https://twitter.com/timburks/status/380797890014097408/
Eaton Center, Toronto, Canada:
https://twitter.com/Aloraifan/status/380805662021652480/
Hong Kong:
Line is quite long already. 😂
A post shared by Dalekins Azcueta (@dalekins) on Sep 19, 2013 at 3:43pm PDT
