Initial iPhone 13, iPad mini preorders begin to arrive as customers line up at Apple Stores

Early iPhone 13 and iPad mini customers who preordered the devices last week are now taking receipt of their purchases, with Australia and New Zealand among the first to gain access to Apple's latest hardware.As has become tradition, customers just west of the international date line are posting photos of their new iPhone and iPad hardware to social media outlets. New iPhone 13, iPad and iPad mini owners in Australia, Japan, New Zealand and other countries have posted unboxings and glory shots of the new handsets to Twitter, Reddit and Instagram.A long line of customers, seen in the image above, are awaiting entry into Apple Omotesando in Japan, though other stores in the country, like the Marunouchi location, are desolate. Similarly, Apple Southland in Victoria, Australia, opened to no sign of line-waiters. Read more...