Apple fans jammed shops from Sydney to Tokyo on September 21 to pick up the tech juggernaut's latest iPhone 5. An enthusiast compares his older iPhone 4S (R) to the new iPhone 5 (L) outside an Apple Store on the first day of the sale.
Wayne Anstey displays his new iPhone 5 outside the Apple Store in Canada on September 21. Apple's iPhone 5 is thinner, lighter, has a taller screen, faster processor, updated software and can work on faster 'fourth generation' mobile networks.
An Apple employee celebrates the release of the iPhone 5 with his co-workers outside the Fifth Avenue Apple store in New York on September 21. Hundreds of people waited in line from early morning to be among the first to get their hands on the highly anticipated phone.
Greg Packer, 49, celebrates as he enters the Fifth Avenue Apple store in New York for the release of the iPhone 5. Order numbers indicate the iPhone 5 has overcome initial lukewarm reviews.
A consumer captures the celebration on his Apple iPad as he enters the Apple store in New York for the release of the iPhone 5.
Hazem Sayed, 54, the first in line to purchase the new iPhone 5, holds up his new phone in front of media outside an Apple store in New York.
The first customers in Hong Kong were greeted by staff cheering, clapping, chanting "iPhone 5! iPhone 5!" and high-fiving them as they were escorted one-by-one through the front door.
A shopper takes a photo of the new Apple iPhone 5 sitting on display in the window of the Apple store in Toronto's Eaton Centre, as the new device went on sale on September 21.
Anthony Fitch displays his prized possession outside a store in Paris. Apple received 2 million orders in the first 24 hours of announcing iPhone 5's release date, more than twice the number for the iPhone 4S in the same period when that phone launched a year ago.
Customers celebrate as Apple Inc started selling iPhone 5 at a store in Tokyo on September 21. Apple's Asian fans jammed the tech juggernaut's shops in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore to pick up the latest version of iPhone.
Ecstatic Apple fans outside a store in Tokyo. Analysts have estimated Apple will ship as many as 10 million of the new iPhones by the end of September.
Kae Shibata (left) and Yutaro Noji show off Apple's iPhone 5 after they bought at a store in Tokyo on September 21, the first day when it went on sale.
In Hong Kong and Singapore, buyers had to sign up online for the chance to pick up Apple iPhone 5 at a pre-arranged time.
Apple workers cheer on a customer after he purchased an iPhone 5 in Covent Garden, London. The smartphone also went on sale in the US, Britain, Canada, France and Germany on September 21.
Apple staff members gesture with five figners at customers leaving their store after purchasing iPhone 5 handsets in London. It will go on sale in 22 more countries around September 28.
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