“iPhone 5. The biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone.”

Approximately 2 million were pre-ordered within the first 24 hours of announcing the iPhone 5’s release date on September 13 at midnight. These customers range from diehard Apple fans, to gift-shoppers, to bloggers for the purpose of reviewing, to people who want to resell the iPhone 5 for a profit.

However, not all are impressed by the iPhone 5. Some of the iPhone 5’s new features include a thinner, taller and lighter build, improvement in Siri, retina display, iOS 6, and more. Some argue that although the new iPhone 5’s thinner, taller and lighter build is nice; they did not mind the old size of the iPhone 4S. Many are not impressed with the new Apple-designed map, which replaced the Google maps; not only are the maps sometimes inaccurate, but the transit system was also removed, which may be a burden to those who regularly use transit. Another downfall of the iPhone 5 is the removal of the original Apple YouTube app. iPhone users will now have to download the separate app to use YouTube.

Despite the harsh criticisms, faithful Apple fans around the world were willing, and excited to buy the new iPhone 5. The release in countries such as Canada, the United States, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Britain, and more, had Apple fans lining up days before the release date just to be the first few to purchase the smartphone.