At the grand opening of the Boston Apple store on Boylston St, there was only a five iPhone per person limit. Joking with an Apple employee that they must have raided the other local Apple and AT&T stores to stock enough, he replied, “Well, I don’t know anything about that!” He did say that they only had the 16GB iPhone available.

Turnout for the new store was massive, with lines spanning blocks. I arrived around 5:30pm and was able to get into the store a little after 7pm. When I left, the lines were still as long as when I first arrived. People were excited to see the biggest Apple store yet, although most excited were the store employees who cheered and high fived as people entered. They were also giving out iPod socks and T-shirts that looked like the green monster style promo Apple had up before the opening.

Every time I’ve been to the Apple store at the CambridgeSide mall, it’s always been packed to the point where browsing the store hasn’t always been fun. The new spacious store in such a convenient downtown location will be a boon to both Apple fans and the Apple curious alike. I managed to snap a few pictures during the opening. My apologies for the poor quality, I stopped by on my commute home from work and only had my cellphone on me.

Subjects: Apple.