On September 28, Apple will launch iPhone 5 in its/partners' stores in 22 countries, but don't get too excited because stocks will be low. In Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, iPhone 5 will be available for purchase, Apple selling the decoded terminals in all these countries. Some mobile phone operators have thousands of users they have already made pre-orders for the iPhone 5 before the prices are displayed, so many people want the device.
More than 10,000 Belgians have already registered to buy Apple's new iPhone ahead of its official Belgian launch on Friday, although they do not yet know how much the device will cost them, operator Mobistar said on Friday. Handsets in Belgium are usually not subsidized and the predecessor model of the iPhone 5 costs between 630 and 740 euros ($810-$960) in Mobistar's web shop. "They want the device no matter what, so they are willing to pay the price they have to," a spokeswoman for the group said.
Although people are rushing to buy an iPhone 5, Apple will not be able to cover the demand on the market everywhere, so if you are in one of the countries mentioned above, it would be better to pre-order if you can, or go in the morning at an Apple store to purchase your device. The chances that the stocks will be sufficient are very small considering that online stores wait 3-4 weeks for deliveries, so don't think that you will receive one quickly.
