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11.30 It appears Apple retail head Angela Ahrendts, the former head of Burberry, flew to Sydney from California for the launch at the Sydney Apple Store.
11.02 Sydney: A law student in line at the flagship Apple store was ordered to leave George Street for more than six hours after she disrupted traffic when trying to buy an iPhone from others in the queue. She says she wanted to buy an iPhone from the others as people joined their friends in front of her in the queue and she had to get back home to study for an exam on Saturday. She said her name was Anna.
10.22 Melbourne: Nikki Carlson didn't intend on getting a new iPhone, but when her daughter Brooke "forced" her to join her in the queue outside Telstra at 10pm last night, she thought she might as well sign up for one too. The pair are looking forward to "playing games on the bigger screen" and "keeping in contact with family" on their new matching iPhone 6 Pluses.
Leigh Rouw chose to queue at Telstra in hope of a better chance at being closer to the front of the line than at an Apple store.
"I imagined that being the flagship store there would be lots of stock and I heard there were more than a thousand waiting at the Apple stores"
9.58: Sydney: Police are questioning a young woman outside the Apple Store.
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9.46: Sydney: Earlier this morning, wearing blue Apple t-shirts, hundreds of Apple staff chanted "Oy oy oy!" at Sydney's George Street store before counting down to 8am sharp when they were able to open the doors and let the first customers in.
Police on the scene said queuers had been relatively well behaved, with the only disruptions coming from press blocking the footpath.
Apple had erected queue dividers on the footpath on George Street but as the first iPhone 6 buyer emerged from the store — Dave Rahimi, from California — photographers and film crew jostled for footage.
Some pedestrians were forced briefly onto the road and others cursed as they tried to push through the congested foot traffic on their way to work.
9.37: Sydney: The media love these events (ourselves included). We even spotted some international film crews at the flagship Apple Store gathering news for broadcast in China.
9.32: Sydney: Jayden Shen, 20, from Kingsford, waited for his new iPhone inside Vodafone's 399 George Street store in Sydney. Vodafone opened its store around 7am to ease congestion on the footpath outside but didn't begin selling iPhones until 8am.
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9.10: Sydney: Gavin, whose last name we didn't catch, was first in the line at the 397 George Street Optus store.
He said he wasn't initially going to line up but decided to after he saw there was no queue early this morning.
He'll be buying the iPhone 6, not the 6 Plus.
He won't be getting the Apple Watch next year but might buy the second iteration of it.
9:03: Brisbane: Minutes before the opening, the line out the front of the store on Queen Street was about 400 metres long.
Those who had reserved their spots got to stand in a different queue, which was about a tenth of the size.
The crowd appeared to be mostly made up of students, but there were also professionals and parents with young kids in tow.
As the crowd waited patiently, nearly every member was busy tapping away on an iPhone or iPad.
9.01: Melbourne: There's still people queuing outside the Telstra store in Bourke Street, and about 25 now lining up outside the Vodafone store across the road.
Most people lining up at Telstra are already Telstra customers.
Gary, who was first to buy the iPhone 6 at the Telstra store in Melbourne, said he's with Telstra because of better coverage in the rural area where he lives.
Telstra served breakfast burritos, coffee, chocolates and lollies before the store opened.
The X Factor's Dami Im performed her hit single as people were going into the store as doors opened. She presented Gary with his phone.
8.50: Chadstone: The back of the queue stretches a long way out of the shopping centre. Just now, people are still arriving to line up.
8.42: Sydney: Exhausted from a long wait, many queuers are literally sleeping on the streets.
8.37: Sydney: Inside the Apple Store the energy is heightened. Many of those at the front of the line appear more exhausted than excited.
Media crowd the displays as they record their first takes of Apple's new wares.
8.34: Chadstone: For all the excitement of doors opening, most of the Apple enthusiasts still face a long wait.
A passerby starting his day of work at Chadstone just asked one of the people in line why they were waiting. "Crazy," he said, shaking his head.
8.29: Sydney: At 7.50am, Rini Marsita, 27, and her sister Rika, both from Waterloo, were last in the line that snakes 400m from the Apple store in George Street, down York and Market streets to Clarence — a five minute walk.
Rini had already preordered the standard 4.7-inch iPhone 6 but wants to see the iPhone 6 Plus for herself.
She has to head off to work — she's a compliance manager — but her sister will wait in line, maybe for 6 hours or so.
Rika says they planned to get up at 5am but it was too cold and she was too sleepy.
Rini wants to see the phone today as she is travelling in a month and plans to claim the 10 per cent tax back at the airport.
8.17: Chadstone: The Optus store has a queue of more than 100, and a spokesman said they have a big supply of the iPhone 6, but only a small number of the iPhone 6 Plus. The Virgin and Telsta store are also doing brisk trade this morning.
8.16: Sydney: The first person to buy the iPhone 6 from Apple's George Street store was Dave Rahimi, from California.
8.10: Sydney: Matt Parnis, 24, is avoiding the lengthy queue outside the Apple store and lining up outside Myer instead.
It's only about 30 deep and he's hoping to get his hands on the iPhone 6 before he heads to work.
He saw Myer advertising the phones and he's confident he'll get one if they are selling them outright.
8.06: Sydney: Apple customers began to enter the Apple Store in Sydney at about 8.01am. There's the usual applause and chanting, as well as some sort of Apple tribal dance, some call it the Mexican wave. Two police officers are helping control the crowd. There is also security hired by Apple to keep people in order.
8.03: Chadstone: Fist and second in line get a hug from Apple staff.
8.01: Sydney: Several hundred people are waiting outside the Apple Store in Sydney to buy one of the new iPhones. The line is the longest we've ever seen it, stretching all the way back to the corner of Clarance and Market streets.
Telstra just did its countdown and let its customers in. Apple Store staff are doing some chant and another countdown.
7.53: Chadstone: Our estimate is there are more than 1000 people here in line.
7.51: Telstra store Melbourne: John from Frankston has been in line for 8 hours and hasn't slept since Wednesday night. He's waiting to upgrade to the new phone from his iPhone 4.
Tom woodland from South Yarra has been waiting since 4 am, he has an android phone and wants to make the switch back to Apple now that they've made the screen size bigger.
7:48: Telstra store Melbourne: First in line is Garry Holmes from Harcourt, who's been sitting "comfortably" on a bean bag since 5.30pm yesterday, so he can get his hands on an iPhone 6 before his wife gets her pre-ordered one in the mail.
About 100 apple fans have been kept fed with breakfast burritos and coffee, entertained with a DJ while X-Factor winner Dami Im will perform when the doors open.
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7:43: Chadstone: Apple staff have their hands full dealing with people trying to cut the queue. There's a couple who have tried to push in twice, both times being called out by the sleep deprived people who have waited overnight.
7.35: Chadstone: The Apple store itself is a hive of excitement as staff gear up for the onslaught.
7.32: Chadstone: Several of the people in queue said at least one fight broke out last night. That has not been confirmed yet.
7.28: Chadstone: University student Anna Zhou, 21, started lining up with a group of friends at 2pm on Thursday. She has always liked iPhones, particularly for the range of apps, but mostly decided to line up because her friends were going. They stayed up all night chatting and playing cards.
"It was Thursday night, there's nothing to do," she said.
7.15: Chadstone: David Brown, 21, a student from Albert Park is first in line. He started queuing at 9.45pm on Wednesday night with family members and they have been taking turns to buy food and bring it back to their spot. Last night he slept in his deck chair. It is the third time David has lined up for an iPhone, but his first time as number one.
"They're simple, elegant, easy to use. They're better than Android," he said.
7.01: Chadstone: Apple staff seem to be having some problems with people trying to push in the line. It's going to be tricky sorting that out.
6.58: Chadstone: There's lots more very tired looking people camping out inside.
6.53: There are more than 100 people lining up at Chadstone Shopping Centre in Victoria, and it's currently 9 degrees outside.
6.45: blog starts
At 8am today the sales embargo lifts on Apple's pair of brand new iPhones: the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and larger "phablet" iPhone 6 Plus.
While the usual line of optimists and preorder-holders has formed outside Apple's flagship store in Sydney, major telcos have also encouraged hopefuls to line up at their own stores, even resorting to live music and free coffee to tempt would-be early adopters.
Those queueing at Telstra flagship stores - George Street, Sydney; Bourke Street, Melbourne; Queen Street, Brisbane; and Rundle Mall, Adelaide - are promised prizes, coffee, a DJ and comfy beanbags, and a few seconds of fame on LED screens "connecting" them with fans at other major stores. Vodafone, meanwhile, will be serving free coffee at its top five capital city stores, all located near the Telstra stores.
Keep an eye on this article for more as it develops.