The Apple store on Walnut Street in Shadyside had fourteen in line yesterday morning.
Eager would-be iPhone owners started lining up a whopping 24 hours in advance last night outside of the Apple Store in Shadyside.
By 9 a.m. this morning the line was 14 strong, as baggy-eyed techies slouched in folding chairs along Walnut Street.
"Whether it was worth it depends on how many people show up," said Kristin Graham, 22, who drove up from Washington, D.C., because she thought Pittsburgh lines might be shorter. "It'll be pretty worthless being here all night if I could have shown up at 7 p.m. and gotten one."
After six months of unprecedented hype, thousands of people today will get their hands on the iPhone, the new cell phone that Apple Inc. is banking on to become its third core business next to its moneymaking iPod players and Macintosh computers.
The girl the Trib interviewed (and who waited for hours in line) wasn't even from Pittsburgh. I wasn't expecting a riot, but I am surprised by the underwhelming turnout.
We knew there would be plenty of rubberneckers on Walnut Street last night, so we strolled into the Apple store to gawk like anyone else. Pictures below.
