AlQa'dah 14, 1434, Sep 20, 2013, SPA -- Hundreds queued up outside Apple stores in Sydney and Tokyo early Friday as the latest iPhones went on sale, dpa reported. Around 500 people waited for the opening of the Sydney store, the earliest to sell the iPhone 5S and 5C models. But demand was apparently less than for earlier releases, after consumer analysts and investors expressed disappointment last week when Apple unveiled the two new models. In Japan, around 300 people were waiting outside the store of NTT Docomo Inc in Tokyo's Marunouchi district near the central train station. It was the first time Japan's largest mobile carrier has offered the iPhone, after losing smartphone market share to rivals Softbank Corp and KDDI Corp, which have been offering the iPhones in the country since 2008 and 2011, respectively.
