People queue up to get the new Iphone 5

26/09/2012 10:42

 

https://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/sep/21/iphone-5-apple-maps-queues

·         Charles Arthur

·         guardian.co.uk, Friday 21 September 2012 12.31 BST

 

 

·         Hundreds of people queued outside the Regent Street Apple Store in London (UK) to buy the new iPhone 5.

·         Biggest queues yet as Apple's new iPhone 5 goes on sale around the world

In this article we can read that despite of what many people has said about the new apple problem with map application the queue outside the apple store in London is massive, and its not just in the uk where you can see some many people trying to be the first to get the iphone 5 its been everywhere.

“A total of 1,297 people were queueing as the doors opened at 8.01am, according to researchers from 63336, a question-and-answer service that has monitored the queues for Apple launches over the past few years.” The guardian.

That beats the previous record, also set by Apple, with the iPhone 4S in October 2011, when 778 people were queueing as the doors opened. Robert Goodman, Bluewater's general manager, said: "That today has created a new record in terms of the number of people is a testament to both the unique appeal of the Apple brand and Bluewater's reputation as the place to buy the latest and greatest products."

Apple has been widely critised for the poor quality of the mapping data in the new iOS6 software powering the iPhone 5, and which has been made available for existing iPhones back to 2009's iPhone 3GS.

This is a definably an article where you can see two version of the story and where the lector has all tool to get a conclusion about this new apple product. 

 

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