London iPhone Queue Infographic
14 October 2011
Biggest ever UK Apple queues for the iPhone 4S, finds Protectyourbubble.com in the first ‘Exit Poll’
London iPhone queue - the infographic
Based on Regent Street store for past four Apple launches
People at the front of the queue and how long they queued
iPad, Jake Lee – 8 hours
iPhone 4, Alex Lee - 31h
iPad 2 , Jewels Lewis - 56h
iPhone 4S, Craig Fox - 160h
Length of queue by number of people
iPhone 4S – 778
iPhone 4 – 668
iPad 2 – 632
iPad - 451
History of the queue
iPad - Doors Open 7.55am Friday 28 May 2010
iPhone 4 - Doors Open 6.59am Thursday 24 June 2010
iPad 2 - Doors Open 4.51pm Friday 25 March 2011
iPhone 4S - Doors Open 7.57am Friday 14 October 2011
Why did people queue at the flagship Regent Street Apple store?
18% just to be there
11% die hard mac fans
11% can't admit why
53% missed pre-orders
Do you own a Mac, PC or Both?
iPad queue - 38% own a Mac, 25% own a PC 37% own both
iPad 2 queue - 36% own a Mac, 25% own a PC 39% own both
iPhone 4 queue - 46% own a Mac, 44% own a PC 10% own both
iPhone 4S queue - 39% own a Mac, 34% own a PC 12% own both
Thoughts about iPhone 4S
33% thought Siri was a gimmick
57% rather have an iPhone 5
was a gimmick?
56% tempted to move to Android
Percentage of people that believe they have terrible 3G reception
iPhone 4 queue - 27%
iPhone 4S queue -25%
Percentage of people that believe video calling is a gimmick
iPhone 4 queue - 39%
iPhone 4S queue -44%
Percentage of people that would wear make up for a video call
iPhone 4 queue - 24%
iPhone 4S queue -17%
Percentage of people that are in the queue buying a gift
iPhone 4 queue - 14%
iPhone 4S queue -14%
Number of women, men and men with beards standing in the queue
iPad: 8% Women, 77% Men without beards, 15% men with beards
iPad 2: Women 14%, 62% Men without beards, 24% men with beards
iPhone 4: 28% Women, 37% Men without beards, 35% men with beards
iPhone 4S: 11% Women, 60% Men without beards, 29% Men with beards
In the British Crime Survey 63% of people said their phone was not insured
In the iPhone 4 queue 73% of people said their phone was not insured
In the iPhone 4s queue 65% of people said their phone was not insured
Make up of the queue
Average age, iPhone 4 queue – 22, iPhone 4S queue – 25
Network
Sim Free - iPhone 4 queue 44%, iPhone 4S queue 28%
O2 - iPhone 4 queue 31%, iPhone 4S queue 24%
Vodafone - iPhone 4 queue 17%, iPhone 4S queue 16%
Three - iPhone 4 queue 4%,
Other - iPhone 4S queue 18%
Orange - iPhone 4 queue 3%, iPhone 4S queue 7%
T-Mobile - iPhone 4 queue 1%, iPhone 4S queue 1%
Stand Out Features
iPhone 4 Queue
Slim look 24%
Retina Display 24%
Faster Processor 19%
5 Mega Pixel Camera 15%
Battery Life 12%
Facetime 6%
iPhone 4s queue
8 Mega Pixel Camera 37%
Siri 34%
Dual Core Processor 15%
Battery Life 7%
iCloud 4%
Facetime 3%
Most Popular Models
iPhone 4 Queue
32GB Black 47%
32GB Black 53%
White 0% (Not available)
iPhone 4s queue
16GB Black 20%
32GB Black 5%
64GB Black 16%
16GB White 29%
32GB White 10%
64GB White 20%
Research carried out by Protectyourbubble.com at the Apple HQ Store, Regent Street, London, UK.