Apple iPhone 3G makes international debut

Taichiro Nakamura poses with his iPhone 3G purchased near the Softbank Corp flagship store in Tokyos Omotesando shopping district July 11, 2008.  [Agencies]


Customers wait in line to purchase Apples iPhone 3G near the Softbank Corp flagship store in Tokyos Omotesando shopping district July 11, 2008. [Agencies]


A man gestures in front of an advertisement showing Apples new iPhone 3G as he waits in line to buy the phone as it went on sale in Zurich early July 11, 2008. The new iPhone is expected to attract hordes of buyers when it goes on sale on Friday in more than 20 countries, helping Apple Inc handily beat its target to sell 10 million of them by the end of 2008.

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One of the first iPhone buyers in Switzerland poses for photographers next to Apples new iPhone 3G as it went on sale in Zurich early July 11, 2008. The new iPhone is expected to attract hordes of buyers when it goes on sale on Friday in more than 20 countries, helping Apple Inc handily beat its target to sell 10 million of them by the end of 2008. [Agencies]


A woman shows her new iPhone which she bought from the black market in Bangkok July 10, 2008. The new iPhone looks set to be a huge hit in Asia countries where it goes on sale on Friday, but the sleek smartphone is already in high demand in black markets from Shanghai to Bangkok. [Agencies]

A line of people who had pre-ordered the new iPhone extends out the front door of a phone shop more than an hour after it opened its doors for business in Sydney July 11, 2008. [Agencies]