On Monday, Apple said that the demand for new iPhone has exceeded expectations, and the first batch of devices are already sold out on pre-orders. Order now iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus promise to deliver no earlier than October.
According to AppleInsider, the first 24 hours users have issued a total of 4 million pre-orders for iPhone 6. For comparison, last year the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c on the first weekend after the start of sales went 9 million copies, while in 2012 the first three days, Apple sold a record at the time of 5 million copies of the iPhone 5.
IPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus is the best smart phones in all respects and we are pleased that they liked our clients. Pre-orders on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus is a new record and we can not wait for that moment when our customers receive their ordered iPhones" - said CEO Tim Cook .
Apple also announced that starting next Friday, September 26, the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be launched as early as 20 additional countries. Among them - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
Incidentally, there is a shortage in iPhone 6 Plus. This is indicated by the published edition 9to5Mac internal document. It states that employees Apple Store, working at the time of start of sales in the morning shift, can reserve an iPhone 6 for personal use. But those who work in the second shift will take place along with the usual customers, or purchase of unsold stocks at the end of the day. But for iPhone 6 Plus their term of delivery is now approaching five weeks after placing the pre-order.