New Delhi: Apple’s much-awaited iPhone 3G debuted worldwide on Friday as frenetic buyers in Sydney, who stood in line on a freezing night, stormed outlets and became the first ones to get their hands on the new technological wonder.
After Australia and Japan, the sales of the 3G iPhone rolled out to more than 20 countries across the globe.
Softbank Corp, which sells the iPhone in Japan, said over 1,500 people lined up outside its flagship store in Tokyo just before its launch.
The next-generation iPhone is the first taste for Asian consumers of the multimedia device, with earlier models only available in the Unites States and Europe.
The gadget has faster Web links than the first iPhone, supports third-party software like games and instant messaging and is heavily subsidised by a coterie of phone carriers, some of which are giving it away to lure new users.
The new iPhone — a music and video player, cell phone and Web terminal in one — is an updated version of the original that sold to 270,000 people within days of its June 2007 launch.
(With Reuters inputs)
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