WATCH: Metro Vancouver residents join people around the world in going gaga for the new iPhone. Why do people camp out for the latest model? Aaron McArthur reports.
A crowd of 1,200 lined up to get the latest iPhone in Burnaby overnight, but excitement quickly turned into chaos when police officers arrived to help with crowd control.
The line-up stretching for meters outside Metropolist at Metrotown became hectic when some people tried to cut in and started pushing.
The RCMP told Global News they had to step in and the situation was resolved peacefully.
“I want to buy an iPhone 6,” one woman in the line-up told Global News.
When asked what the new iPhone has that the previous version did not have, she replied, “I have no idea, I get to find out.” Another woman says she is lining up to buy the new iPhone for her family in China.
Many told Global News they have been lining up since Wednesday and camping out at the mall overnight.
Once the Apple store doors opened this morning, customers flooded in to the applause and high fives from staff, who were giving out free donuts to the people still waiting in line.
Other retail locations around Metro Vancouver saw no shortage of line-ups this morning as well.
Apple rolled out the new iPhones earlier this month.
READ MORE: 5 things you need to know about Apple’s new products
The company later revealed that it had received more than four million first-day pre-orders. But demand for the new devices has exceeded the company’s initial supply, which means some people may not receive their phones until October.
According to Apple’s website, both the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus will take three to four weeks to ship to Canadian customers.
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