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UK chart sees iPhone 5 topple Galaxy S3 for first time

Apple's iPhone 5 outcharted the Samsung Galaxy S3 after the launch of the S4. Credit: ABACA

The iPhone 5 became Britain's most popular smartphone in March, six months after it went on sale in September, an online comparison website said today.

Apple's success comes as the Samsung Galaxy S3 dropped to third place while fans of the South Korean company wait for the latest model to hit the shelves, according to uSwitch.com.

The S3 had been the UK's number one handset for 10 months but lost its top spot after the S4 handset was unveiled on March 14.

But the popular Galaxy range still dominates the chart, with four places in the top 10, according to the uSwitch.com Mobile Tracker, which is based on searches, pre-orders and sales through the website.

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Thief steals iPhone from the hands of a baby

Police in Lancashire are searching for a thief who stole an iPhone from the hands of a baby.

Police want to speak to this person shown on CCTV footage after an iPhone was stolen from a baby. Credit: Lancashire Police/ITV Granada

Twenty-month-old Luella Reid was watching a film featuring Barney the Dinosaur on the device while sitting in her pram when the thief took it from her.

At first, Luella's mum, 26 -year-old Danielle Hinnigan, thought her daughter had dropped the phone when she heard the tot say: ''Mummy, Barney gone, gone.''

For more on this story, and to watch the CCTV footage visit ITV Granada.

iPhone 5 sales top five million in three days

An iPhone 5 is displayed in an Apple store in central Sydney shortly after going on sale to the public on Friday
An iPhone 5 is displayed in an Apple store in central Sydney shortly after going on sale to the public on Friday Credit: REUTERS/Tim Wimborne

Apple has sold more than five million iPhone 5 handsets since the new device went on sale on Friday.

The company said that demand for the new smartphone outstripped initial supply, beating the opening weekend for the iPhone 4S last year by one million units.

While most customers who pre-ordered the handset have recieved the new thinner, lighter phones, many are due to be shipped in October, Apple said.

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Queuers disappointed by O2 Wimbledon branch iPhone thefts

Customers queue outside the Apple Store in Covent Garden, London, as the new iPhone 5 goes on sale. Credit: PA

An O2 spokesman confirmed that customers who had queued outside the Colliers Wood O2 branch hoping to be among the first to own an iPhone 5 were left disappointed by the theft of the shop's entire shipment.

They were advised to try an alternative O2 outlet.

The spokesman added that Usman Sethi, the employee believed to be responsible, is still at large and the batch of iPhones - worth in excess of £133,000 - is still to be found.

O2 worker wanted for theft of 252 iPhones

Usman Sethi
Usman Sethi was captured on CCTV at the O2 store around the time of the theft Credit: Metropolitan Police

Police have released images of a man wanted in connection with the theft of 252 Apple iPhone 5 smartphones from a shop in south-west London.

Usman Sethi, 23, works as an assistant at the O2 Store in Wimbledon from which the phones were stolen.

He has been captured on CCTV in the store early on Friday morning, hours before the phones were due to go on sale.

The iPhone 5 was launched by Apple on Friday morning and retails for between £529 and £699.

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