new iPhone 3G

Gadget lovers flip over new iPhone 3G

NEW YORK CITY: Gadget lovers around the world on Friday crammed into stores to buy the latest super-fast iPhone G3, fainting in the Internet, GPS and iPod features, despite occasional surprises.

In New York, customers pushed out of the store on Fifth Avenue for the company as Apple employees cheered when sales began at 8 o'clock, one of the last places to join the global implementation.

First out of the shop with his prize in hand was David Yoo, 24, New York. "I'm very happy, I'll call my mother," she told reporters, adding that he liked the phone applications.

Yoo, who arrived at midnight and bought the 16G phone for U.S. $ 299, said he bought because it is "faster to the Internet, and GPS."

Jason Rappaport, 27, New York, arrived at 05:00 and left at 8:45 with his new phone.

"The most important thing for me is the Internet faster, because in the previous model was much slower," he said.

Britons crowding around Apple's flagship store in London took delays caused by technical failures in the workshop in stride, saying the wait was worth it for the new must-have gadget.

Chris Moorby, 26, said: "I'm leaving because I have to go to work but otherwise wait all day, I have a lot of patience for Apple.".

Another customer, Antonio Guerra, 19, was prepared to be patient, saying: "I'm good, I've been here for 19 hours, I do not mind waiting a little longer."

Apple could not immediately be reached for comment on the delays, but the mobile network 02, its partner in Britain by telephone, said demand for the iPhone 3G had been "absolutely phenomenal."

Store personnel said the ruling was apparently caused by the volume of people overloading the system.

Apple fans across Asia queued for hours to get their hands on the new iPhone, which seem to be the first to have a device that the company hopes will be a huge success everywhere in the world as the iPod.

More than 1,000 people, many waiting through the night, besieged a store in downtown Tokyo as the iPhone is on sale first in Japan, where you have the latest gadget is almost a national obsession.

Some Japanese began camping days before the launch for the pleasure of being the first to buy the new smartphone - described as twice as fast and half more expensive than the original iPhone, which was never sold in Japan.

Apple launched the iPhone 3G widely publicized in cities worldwide on Friday, but New Zealanders have the first opportunity to buy when the stores opened just after midnight.

Shoppers braved the cold of winter to queue in the main cities of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, waiting for three stores to open especially for the occasion.

Many potential customers have expressed their outrage at the price, however, with the cheapest price, 199 New Zealand dollars (150 U.S.), related to a two-year contract calling for a cost of $ 250 per month.

Prices should be the key to success of the iPhone 3G, which has a faster Internet access and file transfer than the first version and has also integrated an iPod.

In Australia, several hundred people spent a cold night outside a shop in Sydney that is ahead of its competitors by opening at midnight.

First through the doors was business analyst Brett Howell, who said she was surprised to find himself at the head of the queue when it was introduced about 11 hours earlier.