Dilger, a 33-year-old technology consultant from San Francisco, will camp outside an Apple store before the June 29 release of the iPhone, a mobile phone with a touchscreen, music and video player and Internet browser with email capability.
"I might get my friends to camp with me," he said.
Dilger is typical of the sort of person likely to line up for the iPhone, according to Kaan Yigit, study director at the Solutions Research Group, a consumer research organization based in Toronto.
The typical iPhone buyer is a young man with a college degree and a higher than average annual household income, according to the group's online survey of buyers.
The iPhone, to cost between $500 and $600, will be available online and in Apple and AT&T stores.
Though expensive, Laura Knoll, 25, said she was willing to foot the bill for the phone because "it's everything in one."
"I'm totally stoked about it. I can't wait to get it," Knoll said, standing inside an Apple store in Glendale, a city adjacent to Los Angeles.
Earlier this week, sellers offering the phone - when it became available - were getting bids as high as $830 on online auctioneer eBay, according to media reports.
By Friday, the postings had been removed and eBay spokesperson Catherine England confirmed the company was no longer allowing pre-sales of the iPhone because of the extraordinarily high demand expected.
the v1 of the iphone isnt a sensible option ... but wat the hell the ifone is amazing 
