Apple's iPhone 5 Goes On-Sale Around the World

       Today marks the launch of the latest iPhone. We'll update over the course of the day with any drama or quirks, as the residents of the lucky launch territories get their hands on Apple's newest upgrade. 

Stories From the Stores

The Apple iPhone 5 hit the stores today in territories around the world. Things got off to a shaky start for the rather maligned Maps app in iOS 6.0 as it couldn't even find the Apple Store in Sydney, Australia. The countdown to the sale there was met with a rather tired cheer due to some customers who'd been queuing for days to be at the front of the line. 

Here's a pic by Twitter user Jen Dudley Nicholson of the final countdown, she also points out there were no iPhone 5 covers in the store, making for nervous moments for those who don't like their naked iPhones to get dinged. 

Britain's Stiff Upper iLip

In London there are reports of queues of 800+ people around some stores for the new phone (I genuinely thought most people wouldn't be that bothered, so color me impressed). The doors have just opened in stores and we'll try and get some news from the frontlines. 

 If you're not at a store in the U.K., then you can order an iPhone 5 from most stores. A tip here, the 16GB and 32GB models seem to have two week backlogs in most places, which may well grow as interest picks up, but you can pick up the 64GB model with just a few days wait, although that may well change.

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Source : cmswire[dot]com