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Customers lined up to buy the iPad 2 in Munich, Germany, in March. Lukas Barth/AP/File
Mckenzie Lanier (l.), Brooke Veronda (c.), and Sarah Zajac use Apple products at a coffee shop in San Jose, Calif. Tony Avelar/The Christian Science Monitor
A man takes a picture of the Eiffel Tower with an iPhone in Paris. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
Steve Jobs with the Apple II in 1977 AP/File
Steve Jobs with the Apple Macintosh in 1984 AP/File
Steve Jobs with the Apple iMac in 1998 AP/File
Steve Jobs with the Apple iPad in 2010 AP/File
A woman takes a photograph (shockingly, not with an iPhone) of the Apple Store on Boylston Street in Boston. Ann Hermes/Staff
Lyle Kahney wore an iPad billboard as he waited in line to buy an iPad last year in San Francisco. Paul Sakuma/AP
A woman poses in front of an Apple retail store in the financial district in Shanghai, China. Carlos Barria/Reuters
In Pictures: Sinkholes around the world
In Pictures: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/20
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
In Pictures: The Israeli separation barrier: A West Bank wall
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
State media are charging that Apple treats customers poorly, among other things. Some speculate that the sustained vitriol could be in retaliation for US treatment of Chinese tech giants.
The state-owned Chinese media have gone into full William Tell mode this week, taking aim at Apple in a string of angry and critical articles accusing the US giant of multiple sins.
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