Apple Announces iPhone 5 Availability In Over 50 Countries In December

With a press release published this morning, Apple confirmed the availability of the iPhone 5 in over 50 countries this December. The iPhone 5 will be released on December 7 in South Korea, and more additional countries – including Brazil and Russia – will be added later this month. Currently, the iPhone 5 is available in 47 countries.

On December 14, the iPhone 5 will be released in:

Albania

Antigua and Barbuda

Armenia

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

China

Costa Rica

Cyprus

Ecuador

Grenada

Indonesia

Israel

Jamaica

Jordan

Kuwait

Macedonia

Malaysia

Moldova

Montenegro

Panama

Paraguay

Philippines

Qatar

Russia

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

Taiwan

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Venezuela

Then, on December 21, more countries will be added:

Barbados

Botswana

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Egypt

Guinea

Ivory Coast

Kenya

Madagascar

Mali

Mauritius

Morocco

Niger

Senegal

St. Kitts

St. Lucia

St.Vincent & the Grenadines

Tunisia

Uganda

Vietnam

At the iPhone 5 media event in September, Apple said they would release the iPhone 5 in 100 countries and 240 carriers by December 2012, and, with today’s announcement, the number has in fact raised to 102 by the end of the month. According to Wolfram, that’s an average of 1.04 countries added in 98 days since the first rollout on September 14th.