Apple iPhone mania has hit the US with the iPhone hitting US stores US Friday.   Here are some photos courtasay of www.smh.com.au

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Surrounded by cheering Apple Store employees, one of the first iPhone buyers leaves the store on Fifth Avenue in New York.

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Customers line up on 58th Street for the iPhone outside the Apple Store in New York.

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Apple employees cheers as an excited customer leaves the Apple Store with his new iPhone in New York.