![]() ![]() The South Korean firm, Apple’s arch-rival with smartphones powered by Google’s Android software, expects to overtake it as the world’s biggest smartphone vendor in terms of units sold in the third quarter. ![]() I want something to remember Steve Jobs by,” said Haruko Shiraishi, waiting patiently with her Yorkshire terrier Miu Miu at the very end of an eight block queue in Tokyo’s smart Ginza shopping district.Īustralian Tom Mosca, the first to buy the new phone in Sydney, said the first thing he would do was ask his new white iPhone: “Where’s Steve?” Many Apple fans believe the phone was called iPhone 4S meaning “for Steve”.Īpple CEO Tim Cook and his executive team hope the first device launched without the firm’s former visionary leader at the helm will safeguard their global market share against a growing challenge from the likes of Samsung. Hundreds queued around city blocks in Sydney and Tokyo to be the first to get their hands on the iPhone 4S, which looks similar to the previous iPhone 4 but has a better camera, faster processor and well-received voice activated software. A man wearing late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' mask queues up to buy the iPhone 4S in front of an Apple shop in Tokyo October 14, 2011. ![]()
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