People all over the world are lining up for the iPhone 7 (and iPhone 7 Plus, if they pre-ordered) Friday. But it might surprise you to learn that a bunch of stand-in robots probably got one before you did.。 SEE ALSO:Thought you'd buy yourself an iPhone 7 on Friday? Too bad, UK.。 New Zealand-based Apple carrier Spark used robots to queue for the much coveted device, so their human counterparts didn't have to line up for days.
。 Thanks for signing up!。 The 100 Alpha 1 robots were purchased by Spark for this specific purposes, and have been chilling outside the store since Sept. 9.。 View this post on Instagram。 Controlled through the customers soon-to-be-replaced phone (via an app), the robots can be commanded to do pushups, kung fu, yoga and even have a casual boogie. As an added incentive, customers also got to keep the bot at the end of it all.。 What a time to be alive.。The humans assigned to each robot had the option of watching a live stream of the queue from the comfort of their warm, dry home.。