By Ranjan Bhaduri
Tokyo, June 15, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Apple flagship store in Japan witnessed a heavy rush as many enthusiasts were spotted in a long queue to place their early orders for the new Apple iPhone. As declared by the Apple officials iPhone 4 shall be made available for purchase on July 24. However carrier Softbank have already started accepting reservation places for Apple i Phone 4.

Coming to know of the early reservation, more than 200 people flocked together outside the Apple store in Ginza. Apart from that many others also lined up at the electronic retailers like Bic Camera. Reportedly, Japan happens to be one out of five countries where the Apple i Phone shall be made available for purchase on July 24. As a matter of fact, Japan shall be the first country to sell the new iteration of iPhone owing to the difference in time zones. Apple has plans to launch iPhone 4 in 88 other countries by the end of September.

Apple iPhone 4 happens to be a serious upgrade from its predecessor model Apple i Phone 3GS. It’s much sleeker and boasts a higher-resolution display with a camera at the front. Plus it also allows user to make video calls over all Wi-Fi networks. One of the most inspiring feature in the new model is it’s battery life. Apple has taken special care to make sure that the battery doesn’t run out of its juice easily.

The new model shall offer a total of seven hours of talktime and six hours of web browsing even over 3G networks. In Japan the new iteration of Apple iPhone shall be tagged at 46,080 (US$504) for 16GB and 57,600 for 32GB.