Those who line up in advance to buy iPhone 6 are not "Apple fans"

Although there are still two weeks before the official launch of iPhone 6, at least four consumers have already lined up outside the Apple flagship retail store on Fifth Avenue in New York, as we reported last week.

However, the latest news shows that two of the cousins ​​in the queue are not real Apple fans. In fact, Joseph Cruz, 21, and Brian Ceball, 20, are employed by online electronics retailer BuyBackWorld.

On the evening of August 31, Cruz and Serbauer arrived outside the Apple flagship retail store on Fifth Avenue in New York, bringing tents, chairs, sleeping bags, and of course, many T-shirts with the BuyBackWorld logo.

Cruz and Serbauer are mainly helping BuyBackWorld to increase its visibility. In return, BuyBackWorld will provide them with three weeks of meals and give each of them an iPhone 6.

Although Cruz and Serbauer are also iPhone users and this year is their fifth year queuing up to buy a new iPhone, in fact, the main reason why they queue up so long in advance is not how much they love the iPhone, but due to competitive factors.

"We want to break the record set by our friends last year," Cruz and Serbauer told Newsweek. "Last year, Cruz and Serbauer lined up 15 days in advance, while their friends lined up 17 days in advance." This year, Cruz and Serbauer hope to break their friends' record by lining up 20 days in advance.

Cruz and the Sebauer brothers are not the only ones who have received sponsorship from manufacturers. According to the USA Today website, professional queueing couple Jason and Moon Ray have also arrived in New York, sponsored by the software company Video Medicine.

They are wearing T-shirts provided by sponsors and may have to wait another three weeks because the iPhone 6 may not be officially released until September 19. Moon said in an interview with Newsweek that she currently does not have an iPhone and will not keep the iPhone 6 she is about to buy for her own use.

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