How Apple's Long Product Delay Is Shaking Up Businesses

When the original iPhone was released in 2007, Greg Packer waited on the street for more than 100 hours to ensure that he would be the first in line to get it at Apple's flagship store in New York. Since then, Packer has been at or near the front of the line for at least one Apple launch each year, and he has typically received sponsorship deals from gadget resale sites for doing so. This year, however, there have been no Apple frenzies for Packer to join, and no sponsors calling for him to wait...