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June 29, 2007

At Providence Place mall: I want my iPhone

PROVIDENCE -- Mum’s the word on how many Apple iPhones are for sale in Rhode Island, but the six people at the front of the line at the Apple store in the Providence Place mall are pretty confident there’ll be enough for them.

The talk of gadget lovers everywhere, the cell phone with the 3.5-inch display screen is being offered to consumers for the first time today.

Signs posted on mall entrances clearly state that lines were to form today at 6 a.m. at The Apple Store on Level 1 and the AT&T store on Level 3. They also noted that customers were prohibited (with that word in bold) from lining up anywhere on mall property prior to 6 a.m.

That didn't stop some from trying to get into the mall last night, but they were asked to leave -- and another was asked to leave at 4:30 a.m. today.

Inside the store, employees and a man who said he was the manager but couldn’t give his name to the media said only that the iPhones would be on sale today at 6 p.m.

The Apple store itself had perhaps six to eight shoppers inside just after 10 a.m., when the mall opens.

Outside the store, some 25 people had staked out a spot in line -- set apart from other shoppers by pedestals with line dividers -- hoping to buy the much-anticipated phone as soon as it goes on sale.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 11:13 AM | Permalink

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