{"id":13402,"date":"2011-10-14T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/iphone-4s-finally-hits-stores\/13401\/"},"modified":"2011-10-14T15:29:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T15:29:00","slug":"iphone-4s-finally-hits-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/iphone-4s-finally-hits-stores\/13402\/","title":{"rendered":"IPhone 4S Finally Hits Stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - News Links *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3490797620\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--mfunc include_once('\/mnt\/Target01\/327806\/www.thestockmarketwatch.com\/web\/content\/stock-market-news\/wp-content\/plugins\/ad-injection\/adshow.php') --><br \/>\n<!--\/mfunc--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2297\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/smw-news-wp\/2010\/11\/114-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"APPLE\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">Apple Inc.\u2019s (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=AAPL\">NASDAQ:AAPL<\/a>) latest smart phone, the iPhone 4S is finally hitting stores on Friday, in the U.S. and a dozen other countries.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-13402\"><\/span>The world\u2019s most valuable company is hopes to strengthen its smartphone market share as the\u00a0 leading smart phone manufacturer in the World. It has become a custom for product launches of Apple Inc. for a large queue of excited customers to line up if front of Apple\u2019s retail outlets. These Apple fans camp for days on end to be the first among the ones to own the latest incarnation of Apple. According to reports the handset will go on sale in the U.S, U.K, Australia, Canada, Germany, France and Japan at 8 a.m. local time.<\/p>\n<p>The demand for iPhone 4S is more than any previous iPhone launch due to the fact that the new phone can run on numerous networks and is launching on multiple networks in the same region.<\/p>\n<p><!--mfunc adshow_display_ad_file_v2(array('ad_random_1.txt'), array(100), array('align' => 'float right', 'clear' => '', 'margin_top' => '', 'margin_bottom' => '', 'padding_top' => '', 'padding_bottom' => ''), array(), array()) --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - in News 300 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"5684630733\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><!--\/mfunc--><\/p>\n<p>Multiple network carriers in Japan are for the first time offering the iPhone 4s together. Before today Softbank Corp was the only network carrier to sell the iPhone since its debut in Japan. KDDI Corp. will be beginning to sell the iPhone 4s in the county.<\/p>\n<p>Minor excitement levels were noticed at the KDDI Corp, however a calmer mood was seen compared to the previous Apple product launches. Focusing on the new gadget, little evidence of former CEO of Apple, Steve Job\u2019s mourning was seen.<\/p>\n<p>The lines of buyers outside of AT&amp;T and Verizon stores were seen to compete with each other in New York and other states. Many buyers have been waiting outside Apple\u2019 stores since the iPhone 4S was announced. Many buyers stayed thought the downpours to purchase the new iPhones.<\/p>\n<p>Sprint stores across United States ran out of the iPhone 4S within a few hours of the beginning of the sale. This is the first time that Sprint has jumped onto the Apple bandwagon and is betting heavily on the device to lift its lagging subscriber base.<\/p>\n<p>According to last week\u2019s reports, the iPhone prebookings crossed the 1 million mark and the overall sales are projected to cross 4 million in the first few weeks. These huge number of prebookings crosses Apple\u2019s own estimates and the prebookings of the previous version of the iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s in iPhone follows the design of the previous generation of iPhone. However, the insides of the new phone have received heavy upgrades in to form of a new processor, higher resolution camera, and a personal voice assistant named Siri.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<table style=\"border:none;margin:0;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5px;vertical-align:top;\" valign=\"top\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/5.jpg\" alt=\"edliston\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"photo\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5px;vertical-align:top;\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"font-size:11pt;\"><b>Post Written By: Ed Liston <\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\n<p>Ed Liston is a senior contributing editor at TheStockMarketWatch.com. An active market watcher and investor, Ed guides an independent team of experienced analysts and writes for multiple stock trader publications. He is widely quoted in various financial publications on the Internet. When Ed is not writing about stocks, investing in stocks, talking about stocks, or otherwise doing something stock related, he likes to go sailing and fishing in his yacht.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* 336x280, created 7\/9\/11 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3552319058\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:5px;margin-bottom:20px;font-size:11pt;\">&laquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/\">Return to Stock Market News<\/a> &laquo; <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Inc.\u2019s (NASDAQ:AAPL) latest smart phone, the iPhone 4S is finally hitting stores on Friday, in the U.S. and a 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