A robot in queue for new Apple iPhone

MUMBAI, INDIA: Who says you need to burn your legs standing in endless queues to buy your latest Apple iPhone? Well, a robot can do it for you!!

A smart Australian woman despatched a telepresence robot embedded with an iPad to queue-up for to purchase iPhone 6, the latest gadget from Apple's stable.

According to a report in IBN, Lucy Kelly, 22, was the face and voice of the unusual-looking device—an iPad attached to a remote-controlled Segway-style scooter, which she parked outside the store 27 hours before the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus went on sale.

"It's a clear demonstration of the future and what's coming," Kelly told AFP after becoming one of the first owners of one of each of the new phones.

The device waited with other Apple fans until doors opened at 8:00 AM on Friday and was one of the first inside before being taken upstairs via a lift in its case to make Kelly's purchases, according to IBN.

Kelly, whose face appeared on the iPad screen was able to speak to Apple staff and give her permission to use the credit card she had stuck to her small scooter, IBN said.

Once payment was made, the Apple staff "just put my iPhones in a bag for me and hung it on my microphone", Kelly said.

She then remotely wheeled her device out of the store and through Sydney's city centre where some of her colleagues were able to collect her phones for her.