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BEIJING (Reuters) – Enraged Chinese shoppers pelted Apple Inc’s flagship Beijing store with eggs and shoving matches with police broke out when customers were told the store would not begin sales of the popular iPhone 4S as scheduled.

BEIJING (Reuters) – Enraged Chinese shoppers pelted Apple Inc’s flagship Beijing store with eggs and shoving matches with police broke out when customers were told the store would not begin sales of the popular iPhone 4S as scheduled.

Apple Inc. postponed sales of its iPhone 4S in its mainland China stores Friday after angry customers and gangs of scalpers threw eggs at the company’s flagship Beijing store. The violence erupted after the store failed to open on schedule … Continue reading →

Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc., whose skill at hyping new products helped make it the world’s most valuable technology company, became a victim of its own success after a botched introduction of its iPhone 4S in China led it … Continue reading →

With a thinner body and the Qualcomm chip, the next iPhone may represent more of a change than the 4S model introduced last year as users look to upgrade. Apple and its supply chain are “surprised by the demand for … Continue reading →

Enraged Chinese shoppers pelted Apple’s flagship Beijing store with eggs and shoving matches with police broke out when customers were told the store would not begin sales of the popular iPhone 4S as scheduled. Scuffles broke out  before daybreak between … Continue reading →

Apple’s strategy of fanning Chinese consumers’ desire for its products backfired as a riot at its flagship store in Beijing prompted police action. The company stopped sales of the iPhone 4S in its shops in China on Friday and the … Continue reading →

Apple has decided to postpone the retail availability of its new iPhone 4S at some stores in mainland China after a rowdy crowd disrupted the device’s debut at its Sanlitun store in Beijing. Would-be customers, many of whom had waited … Continue reading →

If they’d opened the doors, then do you think someone still would’ve thrown those eggs?” But he said he’d still buy the iPhone 4S and planned to keep waiting for the store to open. “I like the phone, so there’s … Continue reading →

BEIJING — Angry customers and gangs of scalpers threw eggs at Apple Inc.’s Beijing store Friday after the iPhone 4S launch there was canceled due to concerns over the crowd’s size. Apple reacted to the outburst by postponing iPhone 4S … Continue reading →