Wozniak helped maintain order in the line of eager customers waiting outside the Apple store.
The other customers awarded the honorary first spot in line to Wozniak, who planned to buy two iPhones on Friday even though he remains an Apple employee and will get a free one from the company next month.
Wozniak said the device would redefine cellphone design and use.
"Look how great the iPod turned out," he said in a telephone interview. "So who wants to miss that revolution? That's why there's all this big hype for the iPhone."
Since the iPhone's unveiling in January, expectations that it will become yet another blockbuster for Apple have pushed its stock up more than 40 percent.
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