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Hundreds of Canadians wait in line for new iPhone 4

Hundreds of people lined up in Toronto, many overnight, to be the first in Canada to hold the new iPhone 4.

Despite complaints pouring in from the United States about Apple’s latest gadget, many people outside the store Friday said they weren’t concerned about the reports of minor signal problems with the phone.

Gary Chan, 21, arrived at the mall at 10 p.m. on Thursday to line up. At around 1:30 a.m., the line was moved outside so the mall could close for the evening, but they traipsed back in just before the Apple Store opened at 7 a.m.

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Apple probes complaints after iPhone upgrade

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IPhone upgrade slowing devices?

Apple Inc. said it’s looking into complaints from iPhone users who say their handsets aren’t performing as well after an upgrade to the most recent version of the device’s operating system.

The new operating system was released when the iPhone 4 hit store shelves last month. A forum titled “iPhone 3G slow after update to iOS4″ has more than 130,000 views on Apple’s website.

Apple, which has faced criticism about the antenna design of the iPhone 4, added more than 100 new features with the iOS4 operating system, including multitasking and folders so people can organize downloaded applications.

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