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    October 14, 2011

Apple Fans Throng Stores for Newest iPhone

   VOA News
   People queue outside the Apple store in London to buy the new iPhone
   4S, Oct. 14, 2011 (file photo).
   Photo: AP
   People queue outside the Apple store in London to buy the new iPhone
   4S, Oct. 14, 2011 (file photo).

   Shoppers camped out at stores in seven nations on Friday so they could
   be first to buy the newest version of Apple's iPhone.

   [Listen to VOA's JulieAnn McKellogg's report from London]

   The "iPhone 4s" was developed under the guidance of Apple co-founder
   Steve Jobs, who died last week after a long battle with cancer.
   The new phone offers improved programming, a better camera, and allows
   users to operate certain functions by talking to the phone.
   Analysts tell Bloomberg financial news that the latest iPhone is on
   track to break Apple sales records. The company reported more than one
   million early orders.
   Apple's success comes as rival BlackBerry is apologizing for a
   technical glitch that interrupted service to its widely-used smart
   phone.
   The iPhone 4S went on sale Friday in the United States, Australia,
   Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK.
   Apple says it will begin selling the new phone by the end of October in
   22 other countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
   Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
   Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia,
   Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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