Apple’s iPhone 5 is now available for sale – here’s where you can buy one right now
It has been a long time coming, but the iPhone 5 is finally here. Apple (AAPL) announced last week that its highly anticipated iPhone 5 …
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Early iPhone 5 benchmark tests beat Galaxy S III, Nexus 7 and latest iPad
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Samsung opens fire at iPhone 5 in new attack ad
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