Early iPhone 5 retail sales appear to be living up to the hype as Apple stores were inundated with Friday customers snapping up the company’s latest model.

From New York to San Francisco and Des Moines to Louisville, scores of consumers lined up for the much in demand iPhone 5, the latest generation device that’s bigger, faster, lighter and more feature laden than older generation iPhones. Some outlets reported selling out by midmorning. Will the same happend in Riyadh?

Below is our insights on Web Search Interest comparison for iphone 4, iphone 4s, iphone 5 in Saudi Arabia between 2010 and 2012. The graph shows clearly shows the interest level prior to the launch of each device. The results shows that Iphone 5 will break the sales records of Iphone 4 and Iphone 4s in terms of high interest prior to launch. Will the interest translate into sales with the presence of Samsung S3?

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Iphone 5 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia