Professional queuers left out in the cold at Moscow iPhone launch

A man holds a sign about selling his place in line before the Apple's new iPhone XS and XS Max go on sale in front of a cell phone store in central Moscow, Russia September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

MOSCOW: Hundreds of Russians braved the cold and rain to queue for days outside a Moscow phone store ahead of the release of the new Apple iPhones on Sept 28, but when the doors opened none stepped in to buy.

Instead, they tried in vain to sell their queue places to genuine Apple enthusiasts outside the first Russian store to sell the new iPhones XS and XS Max in central Moscow.