iPhone 5 roll-out draws big crowds worldwide
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People line up outside of the Apple Store on 5th Avenue for the release of Apple's iPhone 5 in New York, on Sept 21, 2012. Apple fans queued in Asia, Europe and North America on Friday for the new iPhone 5, which appeared set to break sales records despite lukewarm reviews and complaints about its mapping system. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Mr Hazem Sayed, 54, the first in line to purchase the new iPhone 5, takes pictures outside the Fifth Avenue Apple store, on Sept 21, 2012, in New York. Hundreds of people waited in line through the early morning to be among the first to get their hands on the highly anticipated phone. -- PHOTO: AP
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Customers take photos while waiting on line to purchase the Apple iPhone 5 outside the Apple Fifth Avenue flagship store on the first morning it went on sale, on Sept 21, 2012 in New York City. Customers lined up for days to purchase the hotly anticipated device which went on sale nationwide. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Apple Inc. employees stand in front of the Fifth Avenue store before the release of the iPhone 5 in New York, United States, on Sept 21, 2012. Apple Inc. is poised for a record iPhone 5 debut and may not be able to keep up with demand as customers lined up in Sydney, Tokyo, Paris and New York to pick up the latest model of its top-selling product. -- PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
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People wait in line for the iPhone 5 the first day it is sold at the San Francisco Apple Store. -- At 8am, a long line began to enter the San Francisco Apple Store to buy the new iPhone 5. Charlie Hufnagel set up a tent to work as a TaskRabbit to buy a phone for a client, on Sept 17, and was first in line. -- PHOTO: DEMOTIX
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Customers inspect the new iPhone 5 at an Apple Store on Sept 21, 2012, in San Francisco, California. Customers flocked to Apple Stores across the United States to purchase the hotly anticipated iPhone 5 which went on sale nationwide today. -- PHOTO: AFP
People line up outside of the Apple Store on 5th Avenue for the release of Apple's iPhone 5 in New York, on Sept 21, 2012. Apple fans queued in Asia, Europe and North America on Friday for the new iPhone 5, which appeared set to break sales records despite lukewarm reviews and complaints about its mapping system. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Mr Hazem Sayed, 54, the first in line to purchase the new iPhone 5, takes pictures outside the Fifth Avenue Apple store, on Sept 21, 2012, in New York. Hundreds of people waited in line through the early morning to be among the first to get their hands on the highly anticipated phone. -- PHOTO: AP
Customers take photos while waiting on line to purchase the Apple iPhone 5 outside the Apple Fifth Avenue flagship store on the first morning it went on sale, on Sept 21, 2012 in New York City. Customers lined up for days to purchase the hotly anticipated device which went on sale nationwide. -- PHOTO: AFP
Apple Inc. employees stand in front of the Fifth Avenue store before the release of the iPhone 5 in New York, United States, on Sept 21, 2012. Apple Inc. is poised for a record iPhone 5 debut and may not be able to keep up with demand as customers lined up in Sydney, Tokyo, Paris and New York to pick up the latest model of its top-selling product. -- PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
People wait in line for the iPhone 5 the first day it is sold at the San Francisco Apple Store. -- At 8am, a long line began to enter the San Francisco Apple Store to buy the new iPhone 5. Charlie Hufnagel set up a tent to work as a TaskRabbit to buy a phone for a client, on Sept 17, and was first in line. -- PHOTO: DEMOTIX
Customers inspect the new iPhone 5 at an Apple Store on Sept 21, 2012, in San Francisco, California. Customers flocked to Apple Stores across the United States to purchase the hotly anticipated iPhone 5 which went on sale nationwide today. -- PHOTO: AFP
NEW YORK (AFP) - Apple fans queued in Asia, Europe and North America on Friday for the new iPhone 5, which appeared set to break sales records despite lukewarm reviews and complaints about its mapping system.
The crowds of eager buyers looked set to make the latest iPhone a huge commercial success for the trend-setting US tech giant. Some analysts say Apple may sell 10 million in just the first days of the launch.
"I've been waiting for eight days, I'm so happy right now," said Ms Keenen Thompson, one of the first among several hundred people outside the Apple store on New York's Fifth Avenue.
First in line at Montreal's Apple store was Mr Jonathan Moreau, 28, who said he would replace his iPhone 4S "which I don't use for work, but just for me."
