Some even traveled around the world to get one, including Martin Gizemijter, who flew 11 hours from the Netherlands to pick up an iPhone from an Apple store in Pasadena, Calif., having done the same for the iPad 2's launch earlier this year.
"I've been awake for a long time," Gizemijter told CNET. "It's not a matter of being worth it," when asked about waiting in line. "It's not an intellectual decision. It's about the experience."
Whether the iPhone 4S could draw the same crowds as Apple's last iPhone was called into question after its unveiling last week, with some calling it an "underwhelming" update from Apple. The phone, which looks identical to the iPhone 4 on the outside, sports a faster processor, new antenna design, a better camera, and a sassy new voice assistant called Siri that can listen for, and respond to voice commands. Even with those additions, some found disappointment that Apple hadn't used the longer than usual time between models to come up with more of drastic change to its iPhone formula.
Early numbers proved that skepticism wrong though. Even before we get the number of iPhone 4S' Apple's sold on its opening weekend, which some analysts are estimating could reach as many as 4 million, the phone has already pushed past the device it's replacing in terms of early sales. Earlier this week Apple announced it had sold 1 million of the phones in the first 24 hours it was up for preorder, compared to 600,000 preorders for the iPhone 4. The phone also has the added benefit of being available on more carriers than its predecessor, as well as offering a third, top of the line model that boasts 64GB of built-in storage, and a $399 price tag.
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