Devang Patel of Elgin holds up his new iPhone 6 Plus Friday morning at the South Elgin AT&T store. Patel was the last person to get a phone. Other customers placed orders for the devices.
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Apple fans waited in line for hours Friday to get their hands on the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
Long lines formed at Apple retail stores around the suburbs and shorter crowds gathered at wireless carrier stores like Verizon and AT&T.
The South Elgin At&T store opened their doors early today to accommodate customers. The in-stock phones sold out shortly after 8:30 a.m. Other customers had to order the phone to be picked up at a later date.
"This is my second year of getting the phone on its first day of release and, fortunately, I'm the last person at this AT&T to get this phone" Devang Patel of Elgin said. "I really like this phone, the screen size is a really big plus."
Pre-orders for the new iPhone models already topped 4 million in the first 24 hours, setting a record, according to Apple.
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People wait outside the Apple Store at the Deer Park Mall Friday waiting to get the new iPhone 6.
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Amy McCracken of Des Plaines sits in a lawn chair outside the Apple retail store at Deer Park Mall Friday morning waiting to get the new iphone 6. "I'm not into delayed gratification" McCracken said.
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People wait for their chance to pick up a new iPhone 6 outside the AT&T store in South Elgin Friday morning. The store opened early at 8 a.m.
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Nathaniel Fritz, of Bradley, Ill., shows off his new Apple iPhone 6 Plus which he drove 90 minutes and waited in line 14 hours for.
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Naperville Apple retail store employees usher customers into the store to purchase or pick up the new iPhone 6 Friday.
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