User level: Level 1 (4 points)launch day 2026 line up how early should u be lining up to be first in line and secure the I phone that u want if you didn’t pre order
Posted on Sep 16, 2026 2:05 AM
User level: Level 9 (64,078 points)Sep 16, 2026 4:02 AM in response to tahlia77
If you want to be first in line, you might have to overnight outside the store, depending on location. I’d pick your store and talk to a member of the management team and find out about what provisions they have made for the event. If a mall location, you may be permitted to spend the night outside the mall.
User level: Level 10 (233,174 points)Sep 16, 2026 3:39 AM in response to tahlia77
tahlia77 wrote:
launch day 2026 line up how early should u be lining up to be first in line and secure the I phone that u want if you didn’t pre order
No one can answer this question with any degree of certainty. If it was me, I'd be in line before the sun comes up. And that still doesn't guarantee the model, color and storage level you want will be available on launch day.
User level: Level 10 (82,568 points)Sep 16, 2026 2:36 AM in response to tahlia77
Impossible to say. It would depend where you are located in the world, what city, and even which store and which model phone you want.
Stores in major cities are going to be more busy than those in the suburbs. When launch day has come in the past, I've seen on the news people lining up the day before in major cities like New York, yet I walked in on launch day morning at a store in the suburbs and was in and out with my new phone in less than 15 minutes.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256357949