As the iPhone 5 went on sale today morning all across the world, customers were seen standing in long queues since Thursday night to get their hands on the hyped up smartphone. Despite the lukewarm reception given to Apple’s latest invention by experts, the public haven’t disappoint by placing 2 million orders inside 24 hours and some even camping outside stores for days.

Inaccurate Maps

The device first went on sale in Australia and Apple’s devoted fans in Sydney recorded the experience on their iPhones and iPads as staff inside the stores clapped and cheered when the doors were unlocked at 8:00 am. Despite the excitement, some buyers have been disappointed already complaining that the new maps misplace some landmarks and leave others off completely. Apple has been struck by a barrage of disapproval after it abandoned Google’s maps application in favour of a domestic software that is allegedly perforated with inaccuracies.

User Response

A shopper who successfully managed to get his hands on the much demanded said that, “Apparently it’s not 100% accurate, in fact the shop across the road here is the Darrell Lea store and that’s actually listed as the Apple store at the moment, through their own maps software, so it’s a bit of a joke going around.” A query for the popular Bondi Beach under the term “Bondi Beach Sydney” shows you the city’s land-locked Western suburbs. Likewise, looking for Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium in the UK will provide you with Sales Children Football School and there are loads of such type of errors.

iPhone 5, along with other Apple devices announced earlier this month, comes with the company’s latest operating system, iOS 6.0 pre-installed of which the maps application is a part. Apple uses data provided by navigation systems such as TomTom for its maps app with the content provide saying it simply provided Apple with the data and has no blame for how it is used. The vendor that prides itself on its quality products has used its vendor lock-in position to force its faithful users to accept a much mediocre product.