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In pictures: Queues for iPhone 5S as it goes on sale

Friday 20 September 2013 11:23 BST

In pictures: Queues for iPhone 5S as it goes on sale

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In pictures: Queues for iPhone 5S as it goes on sale

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A man poses with a box of the new Apple iPhone 5S for the media after he waited for it since September 10 outside an Apple Store at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district in Japan

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In pictures: Queues for iPhone 5S as it goes on sale

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A woman holds her new Apple iPhone 5S after buying it at an Apple Store at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district

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Customers are cheered on by Apple staff as they enter the Apple store ahead of the iPhone 5S and 5C going on sale in central London

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An employee prepares a display iPhone 5S's at the Apple store in preparation for opening ahead of the iPhone 5S and 5C going on sale in central London

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Sales assistant arranges new Apple iPhone 5c smartphones at the Wangfujing flagship store in Beijing, China

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In pictures: Queues for iPhone 5S as it goes on sale

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iPhone enthusiasts celebrate after buying a new iPhone 5S, outside the Apple store in Regent Street in London

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A customer celebrates buying two new iPhone 5s at the Wangfujing flagship store

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Norman Hicks, left, and Jess Green, aged 15, the first two customers at the front of the queue, pose for photographers with boxed iPhone 5s handsets as they leave the Apple Store in Covent Garden, London

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A customer examines the new iPhone 5S as they go on sale for the first time, in the Apple store on Regent Street

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A customer examines the new iPhone 5S which went on sale this morning, at the Apple store at Regent Street

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An ecstatic iPhone fan Michael Fisher, who was one of the first people in Britain to own a new iPhone5S, celebrates with his new purchase outside the Apple Store on Regent Street

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Apple's new iPhone 5C is displayed at an Apple shop in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district

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People pose with their new Apple iPhone 5S (C and L) and 5C after they waited for it since September 16, outside an Apple Store at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district

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Tetsuya Tamura, who was the first in line, poses with his new Apple iPhone 5S after waiting since September 10, outside an Apple Store at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district

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Apple's new iPhone 5S is displayed at an Apple shop in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district in Japan

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Apple store staff pose with the new Apple iPhone 5S before its goes on sale at an Apple Store at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district

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A man holds a new Apple iPhone 5S (R) next to his iPhone 5 at an Apple Store at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district in Japan

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A new Apple iPhone 5C is displayed at an Apple Store at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district in Japan

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A man holds up his new Apple iPhone 5S box after he waited for it since September 10, outside an Apple Store at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district in Japan

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The wait is finally over, tech fans from London to Toyko can finally get their hands on the new iPhone 5S which went on sale today. People across the world queued for days outside Apple stores to be first in line to buy the new smartphone.

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