iPhone 5 launch draws Apple fans worldwide

  • By KELVIN CHAN
    AP Business Writer
  • Friday, September 21th, 2012
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Customers queue to try and purchase the newly released Apple iPhone 5 at the company's store in Covent Garden, London, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. In a now familiar global ritual, Apple fans jammed shops Friday to pick up the tech juggernaut's latest iPhone. The smartphone is being launched in the U.S., Britain, Canada, France and Germany. It will go on sale in 22 more countries a week later.

Customers queue to try and purchase the newly released Apple iPhone 5 at the company's store in Covent Garden, London, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. In a now familiar global ritual, Apple fans jammed shops Friday to pick up the tech juggernaut's latest iPhone. The smartphone is being launched in the U.S., Britain, Canada, France and Germany. It will go on sale in 22 more countries a week later.