iPhone 4S launched in Japan

iPhone 4S launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son, chief executive officer of Softbank Mobile Corp., attends a ceremony marking the launch of the iPhone 4S at one of the company's outlets in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Oct. 14, 2011. Softbank and KDDI Corp. launched the new version of Apple Inc.'s popular smartphone in Japan the same day, starting a fierce competition by the two rival mobile phone operators to chase market leader NTT Docomo Inc.

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