the launch of the iPhone in 2007 in downtown Chicago. Lines stretched from the Apple (AAPL) store on Michigan Avenue around the corner for another block. There were similar lines along State Street in front of the AT&T (T) store.
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The same thing happened across the country.
Fade from June 2007 to Feb. 10, 2011.
Linesalbeit much shorter onesformed in front of Verizon (VZ) stores as iPhone fans wait their turn to buy the smartphone. IPhones on Verizon also are being sold at Apple stores, WalMart (WMT), Best Buy (BBY) and online.
One difference from 2007much of the country is in the deep freeze. Its minus-one in my backyardaccording to a sensor on my heating system. And its probably a gazillion degrees lower due to wind chill.
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