Photos: iPhone 6 draws lines across country

Customers wait in line to buy the iPhone 6 on the first day it went on sale at the Apple Store in Santa Monica.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

A customer leaves the Apple Store in Santa Monica with bags of iPhone 6’s.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Customers arrive at the Apple Store in Santa Monica on the first day that the iPhone 6 went on sale.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Daniel Freeman shows off the new iPhone 6 Plus he picked up Sept. 19 after waiting in line for two days at the Santa Monica Apple Store.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Crowds line up outside the Santa Monica Apple Store on Sept. 19 as the iPhone 6 goes on sale.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

After 48 hours of waiting in line, Justine Ezarik walks out of the Santa Monica Apple Store with her new iPhone 6 Plus on Sept. 19.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Justine Ezarik, center, stands at the front of the line at the Santa Monica Apple Store with Cody LaScala, left, and Ed Palumbo as they wait for sales of the new iPhone to begin on Sept. 19. Ezarik said she will auction her old phone for a charity with which Cody is affiliated.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

The doors open at the Apple Store in Santa Monica as sales of the iPhone 6 begin on Sept. 19.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Employees at the Santa Monica Apple Store cheer as an iPhone6 is displayed just before the doors open to customers on Sept. 19.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Long lines of customers queue up at the Fifth Avenue Apple store to purchase the new iPhone 6 in New York, New York, USA, 19 September 2014. The new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models went on sale this morning.   (PETER FOLEY / EPA)

People wait in line outside a local Apple store to get one of the new iPhone 6 models in Dallas, Texas, USA, 19 September 2014. The new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus went on sale this morning.  (LARRY W. SMITH / EPA)

People wait in line outside a local Apple store to get one of the new iPhone 6 models in Dallas, Texas, USA, 19 September 2014. The new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus went on sale this morning.  (LARRY W. SMITH / EPA)

Crowds of people wait in line for the chance to receive a brand new iPhone 6 or 6 Plus from the Apple store at the Woodland Mall on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 in Grand Rapids, Mich. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today.  (Emily Rose Bennett / AP)

An Apple store employee pulls iPhone 6s and 6 Pluses that were pre-ordered from a stack to give to waiting customers, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in New York. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today.  (Julie Jacobson / AP)

Visitors to the Apple store descend a staircase to the showroom below to purchase the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in New York. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today.  (Julie Jacobson / AP)

Visitors to the Apple store wait to examine the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in New York. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today.  (Julie Jacobson / AP)

Kenn Glenn looks at his new iPhone 6 Plus that he waited over 17 hours in line for on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the AT&T Store in Bowling Green, Ky. The Glenn’s were the first in line starting at 3 p.m. Thursday as his wife Kara started the line for her his and who took over at 4 p.m. and stayed all night for the iPhone 6 Plus.  (Miranda Pederson / AP)

Rob Beckett, center, of Portland, Mich., is met with cheers and applause as the first person to leave with a brand new iPhone 6 from the Apple Store at the Woodland Mall on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 in Grand Rapids, Mich. The highly anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being released in stores today.  (Emily Rose Bennett / AP)

A customer looks at the screen size on the new iPhone 6 Plus while waiting in line to upgrade his iPhone at a Verizon Wireless store in Flowood, Miss., Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. A small line of people began an overnight wait to insure they were able to purchase the specific model they sought.  (Rogelio V. Solis / AP)

After being first in line for 19 days, Moon Ray, (C) from Jackson, Mississippi runs the gauntlet of Apple store workers as she enters the Fifth Avenue Apple store to purchase the new iPhone 6 in New York, New York, USA, 19 September 2014. The new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models went on sale this morning.  (PETER FOLEY / EPA)