The iPhone 4S arrives

Mary Ciscinao waited in a rainy New York line outside of the Fifth Avenue Apple store to replace her NV Touch with an iPhone 4S.

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At the Apple store in Shibuya, Tokyo employees handed out umbrellas and water to keep customers cool.

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An Apple Store employee cheered on the crowd in Philadelphia.

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Some people opted to line up outside of an AT&T store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, instead of waiting at the nearby Apple Store.

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Apple employees were handing out free Boudin Bakery bagels and water bottles to all of those waiting in line outside of the Downtown San Francisco store.

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First in line at the San Francisco Apple store, Duncan Fraser got excited as the clock ticked closer to launch time. Yet his personal Apple employee seemed even more enthusiastic.

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The San Francisco Apple employees ran around the block and down the the line giving high fives to everyone waiting in line before launch time.

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Several people waited in line with their furry companions, which were welcomed into the Apple store.

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It was an orderly scene outside the Apple Store in the Cambridgeside Galleria in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Every customer received one-on-one activation and set-up assistance from an Apple employee once they received their new iPhone at the San Francisco store.

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In Tokyo, Softbank CEO and Chairman Masayoshi Son celebrated at the start of sales for the iPhone 4S on the network his company runs.

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Eric Yu Zhao and Chaim Cheng Ma were the first to come out of the San Francisco Apple store with iPhone 4S in hand.

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24-year-old Bethany Hellerich, a former Apple retail employee, held up her new iPhone 4S with a smile.

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Once the launch started, the atmosphere inside the San Francisco Apple store was relatively calm, as employees seemed to outnumber customers.

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