LONDON -- We arrived at the Friday morning iPhone 7 launch in London to a dismal scene of maybe 10 people huddled under umbrellas outside the Convent Garden Apple store.
In previous years,Cinema Movies | Cinema Movies free | Cinema Movies latest 2022 diehard Apple fans have stood in line for hours and even days to get their hands on the latest gadget.
SEE ALSO: iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus: the reviewThis year, they couldn't even be bothered to queue.
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Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable In London, last year's launch of the iPhone 6S saw a similarly depleted turnout and around the world the lines have grown noticeably shorter.
There are several theories for the decline of the line.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable In many places around the globe, the iPhone 7 Plus and Jet Black iPhone 7 will not be available to walk-in customers on the day of launch because they have completely sold out. Limited numbers are available for purchase on the day in some locations, but not in the UK, where both the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are totally wiped off the shelves except for preorders.
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Thunderstorms moved across southeast England on Thursday night and into Friday morning, with lots of lightning and heavy rain. It probably wouldn't have been safe to camp outside the store -- even if fans wanted to.
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During the pre-order period, Apple customers could reserve their phone and pick which time slot they wanted to collect the phone, like they did last year. But with no phones available for walk-ins, just about everyone was just picking up their reservations at their assigned times. The people with the earlier times waited until the last minute to show up (probably sensible, considering the weather).
Except, that is, for Stefan here, who had a later time slot but showed up at 6 a.m. just in case he could get it sooner.
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All in all, we wonder if the reservation system has killed the queue in the UK.
The queue is dead. Long live the queue.
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