Of Course There Are Already Four People Camped Out In Line In NYC For The New iPhone
That’s the date everyone is expecting for what will likely be the iPhone 6 (though who knows, maybe we’ll get an iPhone 5z or something wacky), which is why these four souls have come together on the pavement of the Big Apple to sit and wait, reports Quartz.
The thing is, these two sets of twosomes — a team of cousins and a husband-and-wife set — aren’t in it just for the next shiny bit of gadgetry: Both groups have other incentives to be there, namely, that they’re there because of companies who want their names in the news along with these campers.
One company is paying for all the food the cousins will need to eat during their campout, and have supplied them with T-shirts with the company logo for marketing purposes. They’ll also get the iPhone of their choice for free, if that’s what gets announced at the upcoming Sept. 9 event.
The couple arrived at the store a day after the cousins, but paid them $2,500 to line jump so the startup the husband is consulting for can get a better chunk of the publicity surrounding his time in line, they explained.
And if you’ve got the time to spare and the means to do it, it could be sort of like vacation? I guess?
“Who wouldn’t want a free phone for just being here for a few weeks and wearing some T-shirts?” as one cousin puts it.
Who indeed. And hey, free T-shirt.
The people camping outside the Apple store want more than the iPhone 6 [Quartz]
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