iPhone 6: Excited First Owner Sends His New Device Crashing To The Ground

Jack Cooksey gathers his iPhone 6 after it tumbled from his grip minutes after he emerged from the Apple store. 

In an embarrassing moment he would probably won't forget so soon, the first proud owner of the iPhone 6 in Perth in Australia sent his new purchase crashing to the floor, the moment it was out of the box. Captured live in a morning television interview, the iPhone devotee, Jack Cooksey, was so keen to show off the new smart phone that its packaging got the better of him. “I dropped it in a panic to get it open,” Mr Cooksey told the Perth Sunday Times.
“Luckily it’s covered in plastic, so it’s fine.” He could be seen hastily checking the device’s screen to make sure it had remained intact as he scrabbled to retrieve it. Mr Cooksey said he was looking forward to getting the phone home after reserving it online.

Ken Miyauchi, left, vice president of Softbank, Japanese mobile phone company hugs the first customer of iPhone 6 during a ceremony to mark the first day of sales of the new Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus at a store in Tokyo 

He walked straight past the line of some 200 customers camping outside the Apple store in Perth’s central business district to pick it up. "I just can’t wait to open it again - and not drop it,” he said.

First customer Max, 20, jumps in joy with new mobile phones in his hands during the launch of the Apple iPhone 6 sale at a store in Oberhausen Germany.

Australia was one of the first countries in the world to put the eagerly anticipated iPhone on sale. Long queues could be seen outside Apple shops across the UK yesterday as the phone hit the shelves, with early reports suggesting that the 6 Plus's bigger screen is proving popular with fans.

Singaporean law student Bjorn Tan (L) takes a self photograph with his mother Wendy Heng (R) with his newly purchased iPhone 6 during its launch by Singtel, Singapore telecommunication company 

Credit: Independent UK