Thousands Line Up for New iPhone
Apple‘s new iPhone, the 4S, went on sale in stores across the globe today, prompting thousands of people to stand in line to buy the last Apple product introduced before the death of Steve Jobs. Lines stretched around blocks on the streets of London, Munich, New York, Paris, and Tokyo. The new model has an upgraded camera, faster processor, better security, and revolutionary voice-activated software-Siri. The voice-activated “personal assistant” allows the user to schedule appointments, send and receive messages, and perform any number of other routine tasks.
Apple took more than 1 million online orders of the 4S in the first 24 hours after its release, one day before Jobs died on October 5. Underscoring demand for the new smart phone, Japanese mobile phone carrier Softbank Corp temporarily stopped accepting contract applications because its computer system was overwhelmed with more requests than it could handle.
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