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Apple launches iPhone 5 in 33 countries Friday: Early videos
December 14, 2012: 7:18 AM ETA chilly reception in China, warmer in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines
Photo: Wall Street Journal
FORTUNE -- Apple (AAPL) orchestrated one of its most ambitious one-day launches Friday, releasing the iPhone 5 in 33 countries in a global roll-out that moved westward across the timelines.
The reception varied widely in the early videos. Malaysians and Indonesians greeted the device in the style to which we've become accustomed, with long lines and high-volume hoopla.
In Beijing, by contrast, snow, high prices and a clunky pre-registration lottery conspired to make for unexpectedly low turnout, as the Wall Street Journal video below explains.
UPDATE: No snow in Shanghai. No lines either.
China:
Video courtesy of the Wall Street Journal
Malaysia:
Indonesia
Philippines:
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Video: Malaysia goes mad for the iPhone 4S
But Brazil, where unlocked phones start at $1,400 U.S., not so much
Apple (AAPL) delivered the iPhone 4S to two dozen more countries Friday, bringing it -- by our count -- to 76, exceeding its stated goal to be in more than 70 countries by the end of the year.
Friday's launches were in Bahrain, Brazil, Chile, Cyprus, Egypt, French West Indies, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Reunion Island, MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 16, 2011 5:02 PM ETPosted in: Apple, Brazil, iPhone, Launch, Malaysia, Mobile, Russia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates
