Hundreds of customers lined up at Apple stores today (Friday) as the new iPad went on sale in South Korea, almost a month after it made its international debut.
First in line at one of the stores was a university student, Lim Jun-Hong, 21, who slept overnight on the pavement to be the first to get his hands on the tablet.
Apple is selling its gadget with WiFi at 620,000 won ($545) to 860,000 won ($755), depending on memory size. The cost is slightly higher for models with both WiFi and 4G.
South Korean users, at least for now, will use 3G instead of 4G. The faster connection speed is currently unavailable locally due to differences in frequencies.
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics, Apple’s biggest rival worldwide, introduced its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in February last year, only four months after launching the series.
Apple’s latest iPad has a more powerful processor and a screen resolution called retina display, which it says is the sharpest ever on a mobile device.
The company said it sold three million over the course of its first weekend on the market last month.
The latest iPad is also going on sale in 10 other countries on Friday and Apple says it plans for the best-selling tablet to be available in more than 50 nations by the end of the month.