The scenes may not be as massive or boisterous as in the early days, but even after nine years of iPhones, you can count on some hardcore Apple fans to line up in advance of the first day of sales.

Today is that day, and Apple Stores in Asia and Australia have already opened with the new iPhone 7 (though not the iPhone 7 Plus) and Apple Watch 2. With the new gadgets available in more new countries than usual this first weekend, it should be a big weekend for Apple.

And for real Apple fans, it’s basically Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and the (insert your biggest national holiday here) all rolled into one.

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Apple customers wait in the rain outside the company’s Australia’s flagship store in the minutes leading up to the first sale of the iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 in Sydney.
Apple staff are silhouetted through the glass front of Australia’s flagship store in the minutes leading up to the first sale of the iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 in Sydney, September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Steven Saphore
Apple employees cheer as the first customers to purchase new iPhone 7 walk in the door at Australia’s flagship Apple store in Sydney, September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Reed
People sit in queue for the release of Apple’s new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus in front of the Apple Store in Tokyo’s Omotesando shopping district, Japan September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
An Apple customer who camped overnight with a roll-up mattress waits outside Australia’s flagship store in the minutes leading up to the first sale of the iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 in Sydney, September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Steven Saphore
A man takes a picture of new iPhone 7 with another iPhone as the iPhone 7 goes on sale for the first time at Australia’s flagship Apple store in Sydney, September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Reed
Ayano Tominaga poses with her Apple’s new iPhone 7 after purchasing it at the Apple Store at Tokyo’s Omotesando shopping district, Japan, September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato
People wait in line outside an Apple store to purchase Apple’s new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus at Tokyo’s Omotesando shopping district, Japan, September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Momoko Toyotake tries to use Apple’s new iPhone 7 (R) and 7 Plus after they went on sale at the Apple Store at Tokyo’s Omotesando shopping district, Japan, September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato

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