Here's what the lines around the world looked like the day Apple's first iPad went on sale

Business Insider

Apr 3, 2015, 21:15 IST

REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

Five years ago today, Apple's original iPad went on sale in the US.

Hundreds - maybe thousands - of people lined up at Apple stores across the country to buy the first-generation iPad, which retailed for between $500 and $700.

The longest lines were, naturally, in New York City, where people line up for anything (burgers in a park, movie tickets, every iPhone), but people tweeted pictures from all over the country.

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(An earlier version of this story was written by Dan Frommer.)

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