“Customers in nine countries have begun gathering for the kickoff to sales of Apple Inc.’s latest iPhone 5 amid signs of heavy demand for the high-profile handset,” Ian Sherr reports for The Wall Street Journal.
“Crowds started forming earlier this week outside an Apple retail store in New York as eager customers waited to be among the first to get the new smartphone,” Sherr reports. “The device goes on sale Friday at 8 a.m. local time in each country, with Australia first in a sequence that moves to Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Germany and the U.K., finishing in the U.S. and Canada.”
Sherr reports, “Apple said initial sales of the iPhone 5, which began last Friday, topped two million units within the first day it began taking pre-orders—setting a new company record… An hour into accepting pre-orders, Apple’s website indicated that it would take up to two weeks for customers to receive a new iPhone, suggesting initial inventory had sold out. On Wednesday, Apple’s website showed that pre-order customers would have to wait three to four weeks for a new iPhone 5 to ship.”
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TechCrunch reviews Apple’s iPhone 5: So fantastic, it just doesn’t seem real – September 20, 2012
Bloomberg’s Jaroslovsky reviews Apple’s iPhone 5: The only great smartphone on the market – September 19, 2012
CNET reviews Apple’s iPhone 5: Editors’ Choice; a great, beautifully-engineered smartphone – September 19, 2012
NYT’s Pogue reviews Apple’s iPhone 5: If you’re getting one, wow, are you in for a treat – September 18, 2012
USA Today’s Baig reviews Apple’s iPhone 5: Keeps Apple at the front of the smartphone pack – September 18, 2012
Mossberg reviews Apple’s iPhone 5: ‘The best smartphone on the market’ – September 18, 2012
Pocket-lint reviews Apple’s iPhone 5: ‘This really is product design at its finest’ – September 18, 2012
We can also thank Samesung for the free advertising efforts.
oooooooooh, that stings!!!
iDiots
I wouldn’t call them idiots, just enthusiastic people. At least they’re not rioting and trying to burn down the stores. Besides, this drives the stock price higher. And we like that don’t we? Of course we do. So let them have their fun, it’s harmless. And it makes me more money. Isn’t life grand?
No different than camping out for coveted sports or other event tickets.
my point exactly…….
Site’s all messed up MDN. What’s wrong?
Oh, boy oh boy! Just wait until all those lined up people see the new Samsung TV ads calling them stupid for having fun while waiting for the latest iPhone! Those newly-awakened line-waiters are going to run home and never buy another Apple product again!
Just you wait!
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Wait a little longer. …
Wait. …
What planet do you live on?
Or maybe I missed a joke? Sorry!
You mean I shouldn’t have pre-ordered? Should I tell the UPS guy/gal to go away tomorrow because I want to stand in line at the local Apple Store?
Naah.
Our UPS truck usually shows between 9-10 AM and tomorrow will probably be no different.
I usually have to wait until the afternoon…………… gonna pace a hole in my floor.
If anyone is in line at the South Costa Plaza Apple store, look for me Friday morning. I will be the one with the big lens belt, press pass around my neck (that says Steve), and Nikon cameras.
Say hi and I might take your photo for the local daily paper.
I wonder if Occupy will be in the other countries passing out coffee to those in line.
Long lines = Samsung “It doesn’t take a Genius” ad, epic fail!
Samsung, instead of wasting money on events you cannot alter or stop, just pay your One Billion Dollar Fine like a good little guilty copier!
Check out the news and pictures for Oberhausen Germany.
People fighting and dropping like flies there.
Thousands lining up…