Brooklyn iPhone buyers avoid lines, buy local
While thousands of iPhone 5 devotees across the world lined up Friday morning outside of Apple stores for hours – or in some cases days – many buyers in Brooklyn snagged the sleek, new Apple device in local mobile phone stores or online.
The AT&T store on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights sold out of its entire stock by 10 a.m., an employee said, while the Verizon store just down the street sold out by 11 a.m. – though they still had a few left for existing customers who qualified for an upgrade.
Radio Shack employees handed out flyers on Montague Street Friday morning letting buyers know that they had plenty in stock. And the Radio Shack on Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn was still going strong at 1 p.m. An employee said that phones were still available Friday afternoon for customers who had contracts with Verizon.