Apple fans begin queueing for the new iPhone 7 FIVE DAYS ahead of its release - with professional sitters charging £2,500 a week to save a spot .


Queues of people with tents and chairs already appearing outside stores
Keen customers have been spotted in Berlin and New York days early
Some people are tying to make money by offering a spot saving service
The iPhone 7 is not being released until Friday but the famous queues have already started outside some of the stores worldwide.

In Germany and America people are already setting up camps outside the stores on Kurfuerstendamm Boulevard in Berlin, and its flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York despite there still being five days until its release.


Fans are waiting five days ahead of the new iPhones release and some are even offering to charge between hundreds and thousands for their spot
Concerns were raised over whether this enthusiasm would continue
It is a familiar site every time Apple releases a new product but it seems this may be a record for the earliest people have started to queue.

According to Harvard Zhang on Twitter, an intern at Bloomberg News, the first man in the queue has been waiting since August 25 - long before the iPhone 7 was even unveiled and some people are even asking for fees to keep spots in the queue.

Would you pay over $3,000 or around £2,500 for a person to hold your spot in the queue?


Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the new iPhone 7 during an Apple special event earlier this month
New gloss black and black colours

Faster A10 processor

iPhone 7 plus now has a wide angle and a telephoto lens

New Retina HD display is 25% brighter

Now water and dustproof

Home button has force feedback

Stereo speakers at top and bottom with double the volume of previous version

New wireless AirPod headphones available as an extra

No headphone socket - but adapter and lightning EarPods will be in every box

Boosted battery life Apple claims could add 2 hours


If queuing wasn’t your thing you might like the idea of a mobile network in New Zealand who is giving the first 100 customers a robot to stand in line for them – let’s just hope the robots don’t get kidnapped!


Since 2007 the media have reported on people of all ages waiting in anticipation for a new iPhone with pizzas being ordered to be delivered to queues and friends waiting with their survival packs.

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If queuing wasn’t your thing you might like the idea of a mobile network in New Zealand who is giving the first 100 customers a robot to stand in line for them
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With five more days to go it is expected more tens and chairs will appear in lines worldwide
There was doubt over whether long lines of people would appear this year following reports sales had peaked and the hype for Apple’s products were fading – but clearly this just isn’t the case.

IS WIRELESS CHARGING COMING TO IPHONE 8?

Apple could be adding wireless charging technology to its next-generation iPhone 8, according to a new patent application.

The news follows the launch of Apple's iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus last week.

The patent application, filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, shows images of a round charging device with a concave top, similar to the plastic wireless charger used by the Apple Watch.

Such a device would enable iPhone users to place their handset on top of the charger, which would be plugged into the mains, rather than attaching the iPhone directly using Apple's Lightning charger.

This would mark the first time that Apple has included wireless charging on an iPhone.