iPhone 4S launch: Yep, it's selling like hotcakes

San Francisco Apple store line-goers in the early morning on launch day Friday.
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Josh Lowensohn/CNET)

SAN FRANCISCO--Putting to rest any doubts about whether the iPhone 4S would have as much consumer appeal as the previous models, crowds gathered in cities far and wide to get the device on its launch day.

First-day buyers today lined up at Apple retail locations and its carrier partner stores to get a first crack the latest iPhone. Some camped out overnight in San Francisco, while others in New York had set up shop even before the phone was announced.

Some even traveled around the world to get one, including Martin Gizemijter, who flew 11 hours from the Netherlands to pick up an iPhone from an Apple store in Pasadena, Calif., having done the same for the iPad 2's launch earlier this year.

"I've been awake for a long time," Gizemijter told CNET. "It's not a matter of being worth it," when asked about waiting in line. "It's not an intellectual decision. It's about the experience."

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