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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Believe the most anticipated iPhone 4 of 2011 was Verizon’s? Bzzt.

Based on 1 totally unscientific data point — the number of individuals who got up early to camp out in front of Apple’s flagship store on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue — the mythic white iPhone won hands-down.

Forty-five early risers had been on line at the Apple ( AAPL , Fortune 500 ) store to snap up the long-awaited white iPhone four on Thursday. The store is open 24 hours, but the white iPhone didn’t go on sale until 8 a.m.

The Verizon ( VZ , Fortune 500 ) iPhone, which went on sale in February, got off to a much quieter start off . Just eight folks were in line right just before that device went on sale, although the freezing cold might have been a factor.

One of the initial buyers on Thursday waited in both lines.

“I had the Verizon 16 GB black iPhone four, but I came back to go white,” said Brandon Nuccio, a New York resident. “I don’t technically need it. It is more of an aesthetic thing for me.”

Nuccio said he paid the full $599 list cost for the phone, since it was too late to return and exchange his previous iPhone four. He is attempting to sell his black iPhone to make up for some of the cost.

Alan Diaz was a little luckier.

“I got a black iPhone four a couple days ago, but I wanted to see the white 1, so I traded the black one in,” said Diaz, who had been waiting in line given that four a.m. “I wanted to be special.”

Numerous other white iPhone consumers also already had the black iPhone 4, such as John Dwyer. Dwyer said he was surprised that the white iPhone finally came out, so he got in line at 6:30 a.m. to fetch 1.

But why didn’t he wait for the iPhone 5, which is rumored to be coming out in the late summer or early fall ?

“Wait, what do you know that I don’t?” Dwyer responded. “The iPhone 5 is coming soon? They got me then, due to the fact I’ll have to get that too.”

Elizabeth Wolf, who “woke up like a little kid on Christmas” Thursday morning, said she considered waiting for the iPhone 5, but decided to go with the iPhone four instead to replace her aging iPhone 3GS.

“I wasn’t certain if the new one would be coming in white,” Wolf said.

Although most buyers were eager to try out their new toys, unboxing them before they stepped out onto the sidewalk, a couple of kept the white iPhones secure in their packaging.

“It’s actually for my mom,” said shopper Ian Irlanda.

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