Koudai Taguchi bites an apple as he shows off his newly purchased iPad mini in front of the Apple Store Ginza in Tokyo November 2, 2012. The 7.9 inch iPad mini marks the iPhone-maker's first foray into the smaller-tablet segment. Apple hopes to beat back incursions onto its home turf of consumer electronics hardware, while safeguarding its lead in a larger tablet space - one that even deep-pocketed rivals like Samsung have found tough to penetrate.[Photo/Agencies]
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