Staff members applauding a customer as he arrives to purchase Apple's new iPhone 7 at an Apple store in Beijing, China. Wu Ting, a 28-year-old from Nanjing, was surprised to find herself first in line at a downtown Apple store in Shanghai on Sept 16, a holiday in China. An index of searches on Baidu Inc, China's most popular search engine, shows the new phone lagging both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 5. Apple's new iPhone 7 smartphones sit on a shelf at an Apple store in Beijing, China. — ReutersMarcus Barsoum, a 16-year-old who described himself as a "diehard Apple fan", spent two nights camped outside the Sydney store.

Source: The Star September 16, 2016 05:03 UTC