Debut of iPhone 5 lures isle customers

The Apple Store hosts hundreds looking to purchase the firm's latest smartphone

By Erika Engle

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 22, 2012

~~<p>Hundreds of Hawaii smartphone shoppers started their day Friday in the dark, scurrying to secure a place in line for the launch of the highly anticipated Apple iPhone 5 smartphone.</p>
<p>Victoria Artis and some of her children showed up at Ala Moana Center at midnight Thursday but were shooed away by security personnel. They later returned. Customers were allowed to line up beginning at 5 a.m. Friday, but by 4:42 a.m. nearly three dozen people were on the makai sidewalk near the Macy's entrance.</p>
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Hundreds of Hawaii smartphone shoppers started their day Friday in the dark, scurrying to secure a place in line for the launch of the highly anticipated Apple iPhone 5 smartphone.

Victoria Artis and some of her children showed up at Ala Moana Center at midnight Thursday but were shooed away by security personnel. They later returned. Customers were allowed to line up beginning at 5 a.m. Friday, but by 4:42 a.m. nearly three dozen people were on the makai sidewalk near the Macy's entrance. Login for more...