The Apple iPad 2 went on sale in UK today and being in London this was surely on my list. I visited the Apple Store at Regent Street (London) and was surprised to see the lines for the iPad 2. The line went through 3 streets and had 000s of people waiting for the gates to open at 5PM. Apple Store Staff were handing tickets to everyone in que as per their requirements and it got chaotic towards the end. Police and heavy security by Apple were handling the crowd while an nearby cafe opened early (5AM) to serve the ones who were in line all night (its still cold in London). We managed to get our iPad as well and that too without any line or waiting, jump over to see how!
Before we tell you how we got our iPad’s, this video shows you the huge line for the iPad 2, near the Regent Street Apple Store in London. We took over 3 minutes to walk the entire 4 sections of the line. And as the gates opened at 5PM, we reached the start of the line.
Here is a video interview with an Apple Fan, who was in line for 17 hours! (Thx Imran, for also giving us the first handson with the iPad 2).
And yes, we have iPad 2’s!
We picked our iPad at the same time, 5PM from Birmingham (a 2 hour train journey from London) and the PC World store there had no line at all (video below). Our friends took the opportunity to pick up one each for themselves as well 🙂
Video: No Que At PC World In Birmingham:
Video: Big line at Apple Store, City Center (Birmingham)
