iPhone 5 has emerged as the fastest-selling device Apple has ever
released with more than two million first-day orders, twice the one
million orders iPhone 4S racked up on its launch last .October.
"iPhone 5 pre-orders
have shattered the previous record held by
iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal,"
Philip Schiller, chief marketing executive of the Cupertino, California,
based tech giant announced Monday.
"iPhone 5 is the best iPhone
yet, the most beautiful product we've ever made, and we hope customers
love it as much as we do," he said.
AT&T, one of the
major iPhone carriers had earlier reported that it took a record number
of pre-orders both on Friday, the first day they were available, and
over the weekend.
Some sceptics had suggested that the reason
Apple experienced iPhone 5 stock-outs an hour after pre-orders started
was that it had stockpiled smaller supplies of the device than previous
models. Apple's and AT&T's announcements would seem to discredit
that theory.
Demand for iPhone 5 exceeds the initial supply and
while the majority of pre-orders will be delivered to customers in the
US Sep 21, many are scheduled to be delivered in October, Apple said.
Come
Friday, once again long lines of enthusiastic Apple fans are expected
to form in front of Apple stores around the US with many camping out
overnight.
And some who want to make a quick buck would offer
their line-standing services on Craigslist, making as much as a few
hundred dollars holding the spot for someone else.
iPhone 5 will
roll out worldwide to 22 more countries Sep 28, including Austria,
Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland,
Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and
Switzerland.
Source : http://www.dnaindia.com
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