At 8 o'clock, eastern time, on Sunday evening, there was still a line, of about 150 or so, outside the Apple (AAPL) flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York to buy the iPhone 6. Store staff remanded that the line was probably a one-and-a-half to two-hour wait. There was also a second line, about ten minutes, just to get into the store for any other tasks, other than buying an iPhone 6. Staff said all 16-gigabyte iPhone 6 were sold out, as were all gold models, and, of course, the 6 Plus model.

Curiously, there was also...