Strong iPhone 5 launch in China highlights Apple's 'enormous' growth opportunity: "Greater China has become an increasingly important part of Apple's business, generating about 15 percent of the company's fiscal 2012 sales."

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Top-selling iPhone 5 flanked by strong sales of legacy iPhone 4S & 4: "While the iPhone 5 has been the top selling handset at the three largest carriers in the U.S., Apple's legacy iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 handsets have also been strong performers "

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iPhone owners fuel 265% increase in eBay trade-in offers following iPhone 5 debut
Current owners of Apple's iPhone, including the last-generation iPhone 4S, accounted for 69 percent of a 256 percent increase in trade-in offers through eBay's Instant Sale service after the new iPhone 5 was announced last week, while Android devices amounted to only 16 percent of total offers."

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Colorful banners for Sep 12 Phone 5 Apple Event now going up
Apple has begun wrapping the entrance to the Yerba Buena Center with colorful banners in preparation for its iPhone 5 introduction, suggesting that new multicolored iPods will be part of the event. "

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