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Brian Ceballo (L) emerges from the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue as the first to purchase the new iPhone 5 to the cheers of Apple store employees September 20, 2013 in New York. Ceballo and a friend waited for fifteen days in line outside the store to be the first to buy the phone. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDASTAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images
Brian Ceballo (L) emerges from the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue as the first to purchase the new iPhone 5 to the cheers of Apple store employees September 20, 2013 in New York. Ceballo and a friend waited for fifteen days in line outside the store to be the first to buy the phone. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDASTAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images
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Photo: Brian Ceballo, left, emerges from the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue as the first to buy the new iPhone 5 to the cheers of store employees Sept. 20, 2013 in New York. Ceballo and a friend waited for 15 days in line outside the store to be the first to buy the phone. But what if the last person in line got to buy an iPhone first? (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)