After waiting in line for hours, iPhone fans were relieved to finally get hold of their devices at a Manhattan AT&T store. “We’ll activate it, like, tomorrow. We’re tired right now,” said Nick Gonzalez, 19.

Gonzalez said he was going home for a nap because waiting in the fifth spot in line since morning was enough of an accomplishment for one day.

His girlfriend Christina Stevens, who is studying to be a make-up artist, also bought a phone and planned to spend a lot of time using it to watch YouTube videos.

“I think the coolest feature is the YouTube,” she said.

Both put their AT&T plastic bags containing the phones out of view in their own bags rather than walk around the city streets advertising the fact they were carrying devices worth at least half a grand.

“I’m really excited,” said Alan Pueblos, 36, a New York restaurant manager who planned to activate the phone and load his pictures and music on it that evening.

“I’m not big on waiting on lines, but I figured once in my life I’d do it for a new product I love Apple,” said a smiling Pueblos whose girlfriend waited with him and then on an impulse also decided to buy a phone.

Jewelry business operator Courtney Crangi, 34, waited in line for two-and-a-half hours with her partner Sheri and their 8-month-old baby Coco. Crangi said she has held onto a taped-together Treo phone she described as a “piece of crap” for about 1.5 years while waiting for an Apple phone.

“I’m totally embarrassed I’ve been waiting for this device, but I’ve wanted it from the day they announced it — before that,” said Crangi. ”Now I have to hide it,” said Crangi, who was worried about getting mugged if she walked around with the telltale AT&T bag in her hand.