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09-16-2016, 04:50 PM
100 tiny robots replaced humans in this queue for the iPhone 7
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People all over the world (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/iphone7-launch-global/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) are lining up for the iPhone 7 (and iPhone 7 Plus, if they pre-ordered (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/jet-black-iphone-7-iphone-7-plus-sold-out/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)) Friday. But it might surprise you to learn that a bunch of stand-in robots probably got one before you did.*
SEE ALSO: Thought you'd buy yourself an iPhone 7 on Friday? Too bad, UK. (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/iphone-7-sold-out-uk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
New Zealand-based Apple carrier Spark (https://www.spark.co.nz/) used robots to queue for the much coveted device, so their human counterparts didn't have to line up for days.
Clive Ormerod (http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/5/262498) of Spark said the project was born of invention and necessity, saying "tech**logy these days is so much more advanced than it used to be, so why shouldn’t our customers have their tech queue for them instead?" Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/robots-iphone7-new-zealand/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Queue (http://mashable.com/category/queue/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iphone 7 (http://mashable.com/category/iphone-7/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iphone 7 Plus (http://mashable.com/category/iphone-7-plus/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Robots (http://mashable.com/category/robots/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and New Zealand (http://mashable.com/category/new-zealand/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1474016635 (http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1474016635)
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People all over the world (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/iphone7-launch-global/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) are lining up for the iPhone 7 (and iPhone 7 Plus, if they pre-ordered (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/jet-black-iphone-7-iphone-7-plus-sold-out/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)) Friday. But it might surprise you to learn that a bunch of stand-in robots probably got one before you did.*
SEE ALSO: Thought you'd buy yourself an iPhone 7 on Friday? Too bad, UK. (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/iphone-7-sold-out-uk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
New Zealand-based Apple carrier Spark (https://www.spark.co.nz/) used robots to queue for the much coveted device, so their human counterparts didn't have to line up for days.
Clive Ormerod (http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/5/262498) of Spark said the project was born of invention and necessity, saying "tech**logy these days is so much more advanced than it used to be, so why shouldn’t our customers have their tech queue for them instead?" Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/robots-iphone7-new-zealand/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Queue (http://mashable.com/category/queue/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iphone 7 (http://mashable.com/category/iphone-7/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iphone 7 Plus (http://mashable.com/category/iphone-7-plus/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Robots (http://mashable.com/category/robots/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and New Zealand (http://mashable.com/category/new-zealand/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1474016635 (http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1474016635)
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