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BY SARAH NG ANCHOR LAUREN GORES Apple has canceled the release of the iPhone 4S at its Chinese retail stores after a near-riot outside their Beijing flagship store. CNN walks us through. "'Everyone likes the iPhone 4,' 18-year old Tom were among the hundreds of people who queued in the freezing cold overnight, for the official lease of the Apple iPhone 4s. [...] As the time ticked passed, the mood turned sour. Then, an announcement. The phone would not be sold here today." An Apple representative told the Associated Press they decided not to open the store's doors for fear of customers getting injured as they rush to get their hands on the iPhone 4S. Still, when they made the announcement, they got something closer to a riot. Security workers were chased away, fights broke out in the crowd and some people even egged the building. China is one of Apple's fastest-growing markets, and it's not unusual for crowds to gather outside a store for days before a big release. The Los Angeles Times gives us a few examples of Apple hysteria in the country. "Many upwardly mobile urbanites wouldn't be caught dead without an iPhone. In June, a 17-year-old high school student reportedly sold a kidney to buy an iPad 2. And in September, a 16-year-old girl was killed in a fight with her mother over the right to buy an Apple computer." The drive to get hold of Apple's products has also spawned a shady underground market in China. Smugglers sneak products into the country before their <b>...</b> |
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