The launch of the latest iPhone has failed to attract big crowds in Scotland's largest city - for the first time.
The usual line that curves around the block in Glasgow's Buchanan Street did not materialise.
But two keen Glaswegian teenagers waited nearly 12 hours - only for no sizeable crowd to form behind them.
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With only a single sleeping bag, a yoga mat, and a tent between them, the pair looked tired and cold after a long night with no sleep.
The line at Glasgow's Apple store for the iPhone 8 launch in 2017 (Credit: SWNS)
Only one of the pair, Mark McLean, 17, queued to buy the phone.
His friend William Brown, also 17, was there for moral support.
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Mark saved up his earnings from a summer job for the new iPhone.
He said: "We were the very first and only people here 'til, like, 6am.
"We came here at 8.30pm because we thought the crowds would be so much bigger."
The queue at Glasgow's Apple store for the iPhone 5C and 5S launch in 2013
The hotly-anticipated iPhone X was also announced at the Apple event in California two weeks ago, but won't be released until early November.
William said: "We had read it was all round the block for the iPhone 6S.
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"We think [the iPhone X launch] will be a bigger queue than iPhone 8.
"They should've waited until Christmas or something to launch it."
On the right hand side of the door was a reserved ticketing queue with pre-booked time slots, and on the other side was the normal unreserved queue.
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