iPhone 4 launch: Line photos from Charlotte, NC

Hey, I was in that line! I showed up at 6:15 and started around the Macy's building. I did get a phone at about 12 and they still had a huge stack behind the genius bar. We were in the maintenance hall way behind the store and several large FedEx deliveries went buy - more phones?
Activation went quick and I was done in less than 10 minutes. Employees said they were letting in 2 walk up people for every 10 with reservations. The reservation line was 2x as long as the walk up line but I think it went faster. The walk up line clapped and cheered any time someone got to go in the store - made it sound like they were having fun.
Chick-fil-et gave out nuggets, brownies and tea.

So glad I had mine delivered at home. Arrived yesterday, hassle free!

I showed up at the apple southpark in Charlotte around 5:30am today. We made it into the mall around 8 with high hopes. That however is not working as expected. The reservation line is in fact longer than the walk-in which was cut off sometime around 8am. The problem is that the store is processing 5 phones at any given time and with plan changes, questions, etc it's taking roughly 20-30 min to process 1 customer. Process 1000 phones today? I think not. Unless you are planning to spend the night the majority of the walk-ins will not get a phone today.

I was thinking about having mine shipped to that store. Glad I opted for home delivery!

At the Apple store in King of Prussia, PA, they were taking 1 non-reservation person for every 11 people with reservations. I was about 15th in line (overall - they didn't separate reservations and non-reservations until after we were in the full line) and I had to wait about an hour to get my phone.

I forgot Charlotte had an Apple Store. Haha. I can't imagine a line with 1000 people. UNREAL.

i dont know why they don't hand out tickets or something. they won't say if they have enough, but i'm sure someone can do the math. i understand they are retail people but this isn't rocket science. count the people in line, count the phones, if the number of people in line is greater than phones, tell people so they can say screw it.

Here's the line as of 8:40 in Huntington Station, NY: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jabella/4729710209/ . It was longer earlier, but now half of the people are inside. Must have been 1500+ people. Line started at 10pm last night.

Can't head out there until after work...hope they still have my reserved one...

I live right next to the Apple store in Charlotte. That place is always packed. I can't imagine what kind of a mad house it will be later today.