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Apple Store in Ardmore to Get New iPhones Oct. 14
Pre-orders can be made as early as Friday.
Apple unveiled its latest iPhone Tuesday, but the new 4S will not be available in Suburban Square's until a week from Friday.
The phone features the new iOS 5 mobile operating system and iCloud, along with "Siri," (hence the "4S"), which allows you to basically have a conversaton with your new life assistant (see the video here.)
Management at the Ardmore store referred questions to its corporate headquarters on Tuesday afternoon.
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Pre-ordering starts Friday for delivery on Oct. 14, the day the new phone will appear in stores. It starts at $199 with 16 gigabytes of storage.
Apple will still sell its older iPhone 4 through its wireless carrier partners, according to the New York Times. Those carriers will drop the price to $99 from $199 when customers commit to a two-year contract.
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An even older model of the device, the iPhone 3GS, will be free, instead of $99, with a two-year contract, the Times reported.
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