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Young woman in tears after police kick her out of iPhone 6 queue
Thousands of Apple Inc fans are lining up to buy the latest iPhone 6 after being launched on Friday across Asia.
However, at the Apple’s flagship store here, a young woman was in tears after police kicked her out of the queue before she was able to buy the new iPhone.
Anna, 24, an international student from China, was ordered by police about 10am to leave the George Street area for six hours or risk being detained, after they asked her many times not to leave the queue, reported the Sydney Morning Herald.
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 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, she said.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Anna left her spot in the queue more than once to see if anyone could sell her a phone at a more reasonable price.
Police then intervened to try to maintain a clear passageway outside the store, she said, which was overcrowded with customers and press.
Witnesses overhead police ask the young woman if she really wanted to get arrested “over a phone”.
Anna said she was warned two or three times before being ordered to leave the area.
She said police did the right thing but was upset that Apple hadn’t done more to prevent people pushing in front of others.
“I just feel so excited by the iPhone but the shop did nothing [to stop people pushing in],” she told the Sydney Morning Herald.
She said Apple could have allocated number cards to ensure people could not jump in front of those who had been waiting longer.
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