STORY HIGHLIGHTS”It’s almost like a festival,” one customer in Tokyo saysCustomers who camped out overnight in Sydney cheer as doors openiPhone 5 went on sale at 8 a.m. Friday in nine countriesIt’s the newest version of iPhone line that has sold 244 million units since 2007
(CNN) — In what’s become an annual rite, thousands of diehard fans of Apple’s iconic smartphone endured long overnight lines outside Apple retail stores around the world to be among the first Friday to buy the new iPhone 5.
Kelson Horton, 39, had been in line at Lenox Square mall in Atlanta since 5 p.m. Thursday.
The truck driver from Jonesboro, Georgia, said he’s done so for every iteration of the smartphone that Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced to the world in 2006.
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