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Apple iPhone 5 pre-orders top 2 million in first 24 hours

Apple today announced that it received over 2 million iPhone 5 pre-orders in the first 24 hours alone. This doubles its previous record set by the iPhone 4S. “iPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. […]

Apple iPhone 5 coming to MTS on September 28th and “soon” to SaskTel

When Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 this week, it announced that its latest smartphone was coming to the three largest Canadian carriers (and their flanker brands). Now we can add two more carriers to the list that will carry it, albeit slightly later. MTS has announced that it will begin to offer the Apple iPhone 5 on September 28th. For […]

Samsung takes aim at Apple iPhone 5 with latest ad

Samsung may have lost its U.S. patent lawsuit with Apple but it remains unbowed. After a series of video ads clearly aimed at Apple fans and their near fanatical devotion to the brand, the manufacturer has now taken aim at Apple’s latest smartphone. With the tag line “It doesn’t take a genius” it compares Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S III to […]

Where to pre-order your Apple iPhone 5 in Canada

Have you pre-ordered your iPhone 5 yet? If you chose sleep over staying up until 03:01 AM EST, here is where you can pre-order it: Apple: Unlocked starting at CA$699 for the 16GB model Bell: Starting at CA$179.95 with a three-year contract for the 16GB model Fido: Only the 16GB model is offered at at CA$179.00 with a three-year contract […]

Apple iPhone 5 pre-orders start at 12:01 AM PST September 14th

Yesterday, Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 and announced that it would begin to take pre-orders on September 14th for Canada and the U.S. (and a number of other countries). The only missing detail was exactly what time would pre-orders begin. We now know that they will start at 12:01AM PDT (or 03:00AM EST). It will be possible to pre-order the […]

Apple iPhone 5 not quite the “world’s thinnest smartphone”

Apple today unveiled its latest smartphone, the Apple iPhone 5, billing it as “the world’s thinnest smartphone” during the announcement. Unfortunately, the claim is not quite accurate as a number of other devices have been slimmer. Among the smartphones that are thinner than the iPhone 5 are the Huawei Ascend P1 S (6.8 millimeters) and the Motorola RAZR (7.1 millimeters) […]