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21 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman (in yellow) buys a new iPhone 5c in an electronics shop in MBK in Bangkok. Customers around the world lined up Friday to pick up Apple's new flagship iPhone 5s and its lower cost, more colorful brother, the iPhone 5c. The phones went on sale in the US and select countries beyond the US on Friday. The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will not be officially released in Thailand until late 2013 but the phones are available through the unofficial grey market in MBK, a huge shopping complex in Bangkok with dozens of small electronics shops. Early purchasers in Thailand pay a premium for the new iPhones, the top of the line iPhone 5s with 64 gigabytes of memory is about 38,500Baht, more than $1,200 (US). PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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21 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman (in yellow) buys a new iPhone 5c in an electronics shop in MBK in Bangkok. Customers around the world lined up Friday to pick up Apple's new flagship iPhone 5s and its lower cost, more colorful brother, the iPhone 5c. The phones went on sale in the US and select countries beyond the US on Friday. The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will not be officially released in Thailand until late 2013 but the phones are available through the unofficial grey market in MBK, a huge shopping complex in Bangkok with dozens of small electronics shops. Early purchasers in Thailand pay a premium for the new iPhones, the top of the line iPhone 5s with 64 gigabytes of memory is about 38,500Baht, more than $1,200 (US). PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ