Shelly Palmer

More than $100,000 worth of iPhone 5 units stolen in Japan on eve of launch

iPhone 5

People have been waiting for days for the honor of being among the first to get their hands on the iPhone 5, but thieves in Japan have stolen the title by breaking into carrier stores before the launch and making off with over $100,000 worth of Apple’s latest smartphone. The Wall Street Journal reports (via Tech in Asia) that both Softbank and KDDI’s au were the victims of burglaries just hours before the iPhone 5 was set to go on sale. Three separate incidents across Osaka resulted in a total of 191 phones being lifted. Read the full story at The Next Web.