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iPhone 6s Queues Start Early, and This Year's Star Is a Robot

iPhone 6s Queues Start Early, and This Year's Star Is a Robot

By Manish Singh | Updated: 24 September 2015 17:54 IST

There are only a handful of things in the world that can appeal to millions of people. Apple's iPhone is certainly one of them. Last year, someone in Japan queued up to buy a new iPhone seven months ahead of its release. This year, while we haven't heard any tale bestowing similar enthusiasm, but we've got a robot doing the standing job as its rightful owner takes care of her work and chores.

Apple unveiled the iPhone 6s and the 6s Plus at a media event on September 9. The new iPhone models come with a handful of new features including 3D display, more powerful processor, and significant camera improvements. Both the new iPhone models go on sale in some regions including the United States, and United Kingdom from Friday. More than 10 million pre-orders were placed during the launch weekend, but there are many who prefer to stand in queue outside the store to be among the first ones to get the new iPhone on launch day.

Many eager buyers have been standing in queue for more than a week now. Many have camped outside one of San Francisco's Apple Store, whereas some are sleeping on the streets in front of the same store.

But some are too lazy, or busy to do that. Which certainly is the case with Lucy Kelly, a Sydney-resident who has outsourced all the leg work to a robot, which is named after her. It comes with an iPad that allows Kelly to talk to anyone who is around the robot, as reported by Mashable. This is by far the smartest trick anyone has pulled in an iPhone queue.

Lucy isn't one of its kind. In fact, there are five more robots just like it, made by media agency Atomic 212. Rest of the robots, however, are busy completing other assignments.

As you may have realised the queue for new iPhone models have become the playground for promotion and marketing. Several app developers stand in line to promote their apps, and similarly, accessory makers do the same to sell their products.

Apple iPhone 6s

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS
Variants

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Great design
Fantastic performance
3D Touch enables new UI paradigms
Retina Flash on the front is great

Bad
Touch ID is too fast!
16GB storage in base variant
Expensive
Battery life could be better

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Display 4.70-inch

Processor Apple A9

Front Camera 5-megapixel

Rear Camera 12-megapixel

RAM 2GB

Storage 16GB

Battery Capacity 1715mAh

OS iOS 9

Resolution 750x1334 pixels

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Apple iPhone 6s Plus

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS
Variants

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Fantastic performance
3D Touch enables new UI paradigms
Great camera including brilliant front flash
Good battery life

Bad
Ungainly
Touch ID is too fast!
16GB storage in base variant
Expensive
More big-screen software features would be welcome

Read detailed Apple iPhone 6s Plus review

Display 5.50-inch

Processor Apple A9

Front Camera 5-megapixel

Rear Camera 12-megapixel

RAM 2GB

Storage 16GB

Battery Capacity 2750mAh

OS iOS 9

Resolution 1080x1920 pixels

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