If you didn’t pre-order your iPhone 5, you are not going to find one today in Erie.
Best Buy opened this morning with just enough phones for those who pre-ordered two weeks ago.
Today was the first day people could take delivery of the latest version of Apple’s popular phone.
The smartphone went on sale in the U.S. and Canada this morning, hours after its launch in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Britain, France and Germany. It will launch in 22 more countries next week.
The iPhone 5 is thinner, lighter, has a taller screen, faster processor, updated software and can work on faster “fourth generation” mobile networks.
It has become a hot seller despite a new map app that early users have deemed inferior to Google Maps, the software it replaces. Apple received 2 million orders in the first 24 hours of announcing its release date, more than twice the number for the iPhone 4S in the same period when that phone launched a year ago.
If you’re interested in one, a sales assistant at Best Buy said you’ll probably have to wait two or three weeks. The phone ranges in price from $199.99 to $399.99 with a plan and from $699.99 to $899.99 without a plan.