Radio City Music Hall
Video: Walking the endless Samsung Galaxy S4 line
March 15, 2013: 3:32 PM ETAfter the first few hundred people, I lost count.
FORTUNE -- Before the Samsung lauch event at New York City's Radio City Music Hall Thursday evening it took me nearly three minutes to walk past the queue of people that ran up Sixth Avenue and halfway across 51st Street. I never got around to filming the crowd gathered at the VIP and media entrances on 50th Street.
Does this mean that Samsung can no longer run TV ads making fun of the people who line up for Apple (AAPL) products?
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Live from Radio City Music Hall: Samsung's Galaxy S4
The drumroll for Samsung's new phone is bigger than anything Apple ever produced
FORTUNE -- The line outside Radio City Music Hall was long -- longer than any Apple (AAPL) iPhone or iPad launch I've covered. (YouTube video: Walking the line.)
The press presence was ridiculous -- there were three media doors, one for video, two for print, and it still took more than an hour to get in. The rumor in MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 14, 2013 7:14 PM ET
