Updated: Sept. 21, 2012 at 10:58 AM

iPhone5 launch (26 images)

Apple fanatics worldwide lined up to be among the first to purchase the iPhone 5, a thinner and lighter version of its predecessor, powered by a processor that is twice as fast.

Employees applaud customers who enter the Apple Flagship Store on Fifth Avenue to purchase the newly released iPhone 5 on September 21, 2012 in New York City. The new version of Apple's smartphone features a slimmer design, larger screen and a faster web browsing speed. UPI Photo/Monika Graff

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Customers wait in a long line to buy Apple's iPhone 5 at the Apple Store in Ginza shopping district, Tokyo, Japan, on September 21, 2012. UPI/Keizo Mori

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Hazzam Sayed holds his newly purchased iPhone 5 after being one of the first customers to purchase the device at the Apple Flagship Store on Fifth Avenue to purchase the new iPhone 5 on September 21, 2012 in New York City. The new version of Apple's smartphone features a slimmer design, larger screen and a faster web browsing speed. UPI Photo/Monika Graff

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Customers wait in a long line to buy Apple's iPhone 5 at the Apple Store in Ginza shopping district, Tokyo, Japan, on September 21, 2012. UPI/Keizo Mori

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