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• July 9: Hiroyuki Sano, a graduate student who turns 25 on Thursday, sits in a camping chair as he takes the front position in line outside Japanese mobile carrier Softbank's flagship store in Tokyo's Omotesando shopping district two days before the first sales of Apple's iPhone in Japan. Softbank Corp., Japan's No. 3 mobile phone company, won the coveted right to sell the new 3G version of iPhones and will launch nationwide sales at noon Friday. Its store in Omotesando will open five hours earlier and sell only the iPhone on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, said company spokesman Naoki Nakayama.
• July 9: 'Butch' carries a bag and a plastic sheet to take up a position in line outside Japanese mobile carrier Softbank's flagship store in Tokyo's Omotesando shopping district two days before the first sales of Apple's iPhone in Japan.
• July 9: Enthusiasts sit and wait in line outside Japanese mobile carrier Softbank's flagship store in Tokyo's Omotesando shopping district two days before the first sales of Apple's iPhone in Japan.
• July 9: A model uses an Apple iPhone 3G during its presentation by Mexican mobile carrier Telcel, in Mexico City. America Movil, Latin America's largest mobile phone service provider, which owns Telcel, plans to sell the iPhone in Mexico for less than half its planned U.S. price.
• July 8: An older Apple iPhone is shown in front of other mobile phones in Palo Alto, Calif. To sustain the momentum of the original iPhone's success and keep fickle consumers and Wall Street happy, Apple Inc. needs a dramatic second act with the next generation of iPhones, which roll out Friday with faster Internet access and lower retail prices.
• July 8: An older Apple iPhone is shown stacked on top of other mobile phones in Palo Alto, Calif.
• July 10: Lucky Bimolaksomo, left, Ben Thomas and Van Graham, right, wait in line at a cell phone store in Sydney for the release of the Apple iPhone. When the iPhone 3G goes on sale worldwide Friday, Australia will be the second country to have it after New Zealand.
• July 10: Eager customers wait in line at a cell phone store in Sydney for the release of the Apple iPhone. When the iPhone 3G goes on sale worldwide Friday, Australia will be the second country to have it after New Zealand.
• July 9: 'Butch' sits in a camping chair in line outside Japanese mobile carrier Softbank's flagship store in Tokyo's Omotesando shopping district two days before the first sales of Apple's iPhone in Japan. Gadget lovers are already camped out at a Tokyo store ahead of the global rollout Friday of the next-generation iPhone. But whether the Japan debut for the hit cell phone will score with anyone beyond a niche crowd remains to be seen, analysts say.
• Three second-generation iPhones displaying calendar, e-mail and blogging applications.
• The Apple iPhone 3G, showing both its face and its profile.

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