The much anticipated of the
iPhone 4S has been and gone, and as you would expect the latest iPhone has already
sold out! It was reported that more than 3000 fans, and
scalpers, were waiting outside
Hong Kong's flagship store earlier this morning, but only the first 1250 people were eligible to buy an iPhone 4S. also adopted a maximum 5 iPhone 4S's per person rule to try and even out the limited stock and let the majority of fans go home with the latest Siri personal assistant iPhone.
The wasn't without it's hiccups though as The conflicts and minor scuffles became so intense that had to create 'pens' much like those used for holding cattle to separate feuding customers! Not, everyone was excited about the prospect of lining up for hours and jostling for position with 'professional queuers' however, and many people decided to head back to their homes and wait for the iPhone 4S to become more widely in a few months time.
Many of the iPhone 4S' sold today in
Hong Kong will not be on sale for up to twice the cost of the recommended retail price either in
China or somewhere in Southern
Asia, where the 4S is extremely rare and a very sort after phone.
Chinese iPhone fans still have to wait for at least another month before the iPhone 4S officially made
available here and we will likely see similar scenes here as witnessed in
Hong Kong today, in the meantime though Chinese customers are busy snapping up the older
iPhone 4 8GB for a newly announced lower price, while others still are getting a
free iPhone 4 as part of a deal from China Unicom.