iPhone 5 on sale!

People queued around city blocks worldwide just to get the new iPhone 5 that Apple recently released on Friday, September 21st.The smartphone went on sale in stores across Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. Hundreds of people lined up around the block at Apple’s store on New York City’s swanky Fifth Avenue as well as in Apple’s main store in Paris. In London’s central Regent Street, about 1,300 people lined up to buy the iPhone 5, nearly twice as many as showed up for the previous iPhone. In Australia, about 600 people queued around the block at the Apple store in Sydney. In Tokyo, the lines stretched several blocks.The lines, in general, were 70% greater than the one for the iPhone 4S. Apple expected to sell 8 million smartphones over the weekend.

The success is due to the improvement and quality of the product, starting with the size and weight, is way thinner and lighter, has a larger screen, a 4-inch Retina display, an A6 chip, a battery that lasts longer, 8 megapixel iSight camera including the options of panorama and flash.
There are two colors you can choose from: white and silver or black and slate. The cost depends on the capacity so 16GB is $199, 32GB is $299 and 64GB is $399.

Apple's senior vice president of WorldWide Marketing, Philip Schiller stated in an interview with Forbes:

“iPhone 5 is the most beautiful consumer device that we’ve ever created,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “We’ve packed an amazing amount of innovation and advanced technology into a thin and light, jewel-like device with a stunning 4-inch Retina display, blazing fast A6 chip, ultrafast wireless, even longer battery life; and we think customers are going to love it.”(Steve Jobs)

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