“Over 1,000 people, many queuing through the night, besieged a store in downtown Tokyo on Friday as the iPhone went on sale in Japan for the first time,” AFP reports.
“The iPhone 3G went on sale at 7:00 a.m. at the flagship store of Softbank Mobile in downtown Tokyo,” AFP reports. “‘I’ve been saying this year marks the first year when cellphones will become Internet machines,’ Masayoshi Son, who heads the Softbank group, told the eagerly waiting crowd just before the launch.”
“‘Today is a historic day,’ Son said, arguing it would become more convenient to access the Internet with an iPhone than with a personal computer,” AFP reports. “The first-generation iPhone was never sold in Japan.”
AFP reports, “As the countdown hit zero, white smoke shot up in front of the store and curtains were pulled to reveal huge iPhone 3G images on the store walls. Japan’s Apple fans traded sleep and comfort for the thrill of being the first to buy the iPhone, with many camping out days before the launch.”
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