Hundreds queue at Orchard Road Apple Store for new iPhone Duo, first buyer arrives a day early
The day before Apple released its new foldable iPhone Duo, Adnan Mehta had already staked out his spot as the first walk-in customer at Singapore's Orchard Road flagship store.The 36-year-old, who is from Mumbai, began queueing outside the store at 5.30am on Thursday (Oct 22) to secure the tag distributed to walk-in buyers, he told AsiaOne.On launch day, Friday morning, the iPhone 16 user returned to Orchard Road and subsequently purchased two units in Star White — one for himself and one for his wife. "At the time the iPhone 17 was launched, there was news about the fold feature coming up. So I was looking forward to getting [my hands on the fold phone]," he said, adding that he is excited about the screen functions.