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iPhone 4S Launch Delayed At Beijing Apple Store, Angry Crowd Shouts And Throws Eggs – Huffington Post

BEIJING — Angry customers and gangs of scalpers threw eggs at Apple Inc.’s flagship Beijing store Friday after its opening for the China launch of the iPhone 4S was canceled due to concerns over the size of the crowd. Apple … Continue reading

Beijing’s iPhone 4S turmoil a lesson to Apple, say analysts – Computerworld

IDG News Service – Apple should consider launching its products earlier in China, and expand its online distribution there, if it wants to avoid future displays of customer dissatisfaction like Friday’s egg throwing at a Beijing company store …

China’s iPhone mob tops list of consumers going crazy – Los Angeles Times

A riot over iPhones? It may sound extreme, but an angry mob pelted a Beijing Apple store with eggs Friday after Apple announced that it would halt the release of its iPhone 4S at retail stores in China. Apple said shuttering … Continue reading

Updated: Apple Gets Egged In Beijing, Halts iPhone 4S Sales In Its Stores – paidContent:UK

We know that consumers in China love Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) products, and that Apple is famous for the lines that form outside its stores in advance of the launch of a new product. But things got a little out of … Continue reading

iPhone 4S sales suspended in China after launch draws unruly, egg-throwing crowds – Venturebeat.com

Crowds of eager iPhone owners at Apple’s iPhone 4S launch at the Beijing Sanlitun district store turned violent this morning when the store failed to open on time, which led Apple to close its other Beijing and Shanghai locations. After … Continue reading

iPhone 4S sales halted after protesters egg store – The Vancouver Sun

Apple Inc. said it has suspended the sale of all of its iPhone models in its retail outlets in China “for the time being” after customers pelted a Beijing outlet with eggs following the delayed release of the iPhone 4S. … Continue reading

Beijing Apple Store Pelted with Eggs After iPhone 4S Launch Cancelled – ABC News

It seems that a few bad eggs ruined it for all of those in Beijing who were hoping to get their hands on an iPhone 4S, which officially launched Friday in China. Literally. Eggs were launched at the Apple’s flagship … Continue reading

iPhone 4S now available in China, Caribbean – Fresh Business Thinking

Apple’s iPhone 4S, ‘their most amazing phone yet’, is being unleashed to the vast Chinese market today (Friday 13th). With a consuming middle class more populous than the European Union or the entire population of North America, tomorrow’s …

Apple halts sale of iPhone 4S after angry crowd pelts store with eggs – KENS 5

BEIJING (AP) — Apple Inc. postponed sales of its iPhone 4S in its mainland China stores today after angry customers and gangs of scalpers threw eggs at the company’s flagship Beijing store. The violence erupted after the store failed to … Continue reading

Apple suspends sales of iPhone 4S at Beijing flagship store – Philippine Star Online

BEIJING (Xinhua) — Mobs of customers and organized scalpers forced Apple to suspend initial sales of its iPhone 4S smartphone at one of its two stores in downtown Beijing. A salesperson at the company’s store in the Sanlitun shopping district … Continue reading