The iPhone 5 is now on sale in stores across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore. In a comparison chart of global prices for an unlocked iPhone 5, the U.S. has the lowest price to buy the phone.

The new iPhone is thinner, lighter, has a larger screen, faster processor, a new operating system, and runs on 4G mobile networks.

The iPhone 5 is definitely not a cheap device by any measure. It also remains the #1 phone in demand, with analysts estimating 10 million devices to be sold by the end of September.

Here is the pricing of the iPhone 5 at launch:

United States (without contract)

$649 (16GB) / $749 (32GB) / $849 (64GB)

United Kingdom

£529 (16GB) / £599 (32GB) / £699 (64GB)

Canada

CAD $699 (16GB) / CAD $799 (32GB) / CAD $899 (64GB)

Australia

A $799 (16GB) / A $899 (32GB) / A $999 (64GB)

France & Germany

679 € (16GB) / 789 € (32GB) / 889 € (64GB)

Hong Kong

HK$ 5588 (16GB) / HK$ 6388 (32GB) / HK$ 7188 (64GB)

Singapore

S$ 948 (16GB) / S$ 1088 (32GB) / S$ 1238 (64GB)

On September 28, the following twenty-two countries will receive the iPhone 5:

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.

According to Apple, the iPhone 5 will be available in 100 countries by December this year.