iPhone 5: 'Biting' the Apple

Updated On Sept 21, 2012 01:08 pm IST
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People queue outside an Apple store as they wait to buy an iPhone 5, in central Sydney. Apple Inc's iPhone 5 hit stores around the globe with fans snapping up the device that is expected to fuel a huge holiday quarter for the consumer giant. Reuters/Tim Wimborne expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sept 21, 2012 01:08 pm IST

People queue outside an Apple store as they wait to buy an iPhone 5, in central Sydney. Apple Inc's iPhone 5 hit stores around the globe with fans snapping up the device that is expected to fuel a huge holiday quarter for the consumer giant. Reuters/Tim Wimborne

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An iPhone 5 is displayed in an Apple store in central Sydney shortly after going on sale to the public. Reuters/Tim Wimborne expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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An iPhone 5 is displayed in an Apple store in central Sydney shortly after going on sale to the public. Reuters/Tim Wimborne

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People wait in line outside an Apple store to purchase Apple Inc's iPhone 5 in Tokyo's Ginza district. Apple Inc's iPhone 5 hit stores around the globe with fans snapping up the device that is expected to fuel a huge holiday quarter for the consumer giant. Reuters/Yuriko Nakao expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sept 21, 2012 01:08 pm IST

People wait in line outside an Apple store to purchase Apple Inc's iPhone 5 in Tokyo's Ginza district. Apple Inc's iPhone 5 hit stores around the globe with fans snapping up the device that is expected to fuel a huge holiday quarter for the consumer giant. Reuters/Yuriko Nakao

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Customers gather outside an Apple store before the release of iPhone 5 in Hong Kong. Reuters/Bobby Yip expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Customers gather outside an Apple store before the release of iPhone 5 in Hong Kong. Reuters/Bobby Yip

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An iPhone fan waits outside an Apple Store to purchase Apple Inc's iPhone 5 in Tokyo's Ginza district. Reuters/Yuriko Nakao expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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An iPhone fan waits outside an Apple Store to purchase Apple Inc's iPhone 5 in Tokyo's Ginza district. Reuters/Yuriko Nakao

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A woman wearing a sleeping bag waits outside an Apple Store as she waits to purchase Apple Inc's iPhone 5 in Tokyo. Reuters/Yuriko Nakao expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A woman wearing a sleeping bag waits outside an Apple Store as she waits to purchase Apple Inc's iPhone 5 in Tokyo. Reuters/Yuriko Nakao

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Staff at an Apple store hold a meeting before they open their doors on the day the iPhone 5 went on sale to the public, in central Sydney. Reuters/Tim Wimborne expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Staff at an Apple store hold a meeting before they open their doors on the day the iPhone 5 went on sale to the public, in central Sydney. Reuters/Tim Wimborne

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People look at their mobile phones as they queue outside an Apple store and wait to buy an iPhone 5, in central Sydney. Reuters/Tim Wimborne expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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People look at their mobile phones as they queue outside an Apple store and wait to buy an iPhone 5, in central Sydney. Reuters/Tim Wimborne

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People wait in line to buy Apple Inc's iPhone 5 outside of an Apple store on Michigan avenue in Chicago. AP/Nam Y Huh expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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People wait in line to buy Apple Inc's iPhone 5 outside of an Apple store on Michigan avenue in Chicago. AP/Nam Y Huh

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A customer is greeted by Apple employees as she enters the Hong Kong Apple store to get an iPhone 5. Apple's iPhone 5 hit stores in Hong Kong with queues of fans undeterred by a lukewarm welcome from experts for the smartphone and complaints about its new mapping system. AFP/Philippe Lopez expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sept 21, 2012 01:08 pm IST

A customer is greeted by Apple employees as she enters the Hong Kong Apple store to get an iPhone 5. Apple's iPhone 5 hit stores in Hong Kong with queues of fans undeterred by a lukewarm welcome from experts for the smartphone and complaints about its new mapping system. AFP/Philippe Lopez

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A customer wearing a mask of late Apple founder Steve Jobs lines up to purchase Apple's new iPhone 5 smartphone at the Softbank mobile phone shop in Tokyo. AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A customer wearing a mask of late Apple founder Steve Jobs lines up to purchase Apple's new iPhone 5 smartphone at the Softbank mobile phone shop in Tokyo. AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno

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Customers react after purchasing Apple's new iPhone 5 smartphone at the Softbank mobile phone shop in Tokyo. AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Customers react after purchasing Apple's new iPhone 5 smartphone at the Softbank mobile phone shop in Tokyo. AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno

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