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iPhone 7 Broke T-Mobile's All-Time Sales Record on Pre-Order Day

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Apple opened pre-orders for iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus last Friday at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time, and T-Mobile has now revealed that the smartphones shattered all of the carrier's previous iPhone pre-order records. T-Mobile said pre-orders from Friday through Monday were up nearly 4x compared to the iPhone 6 series two years ago.

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T-Mobile also announced the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus set a single day sales record for any smartphones ever in the carrier's history, although it stopped short of sharing any specific numbers. iPhone 7 was already T-Mobile's top pre-registered smartphone ever, topping pre-registrations for both iPhone 6s and iPhone 6.

iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be available beginning September 16 at T-Mobile stores in the U.S. and on its website. Its prepaid brand MetroPCS customers will carry the smartphones beginning September 23. iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models from AT&T and T-Mobile do not support CDMA networks such as Verizon and Sprint.

T-Mobile is offering a free 32GB iPhone 7 to new or existing customers who trade in their fully functional iPhone 6 or later sans water damage or a shattered screen. A two-year financing agreement is required.

Top Rated Comments

TheRealTVGuy Avatar
131 months ago
But, but! It doesn't have a headphone jack or a drastic redesign!! This wasn't supposed to happen!! Whine, whine, whine....
Score: 38 Votes (Like | Disagree)
mcdspncr Avatar
131 months ago
Apples doomed. Steve would have never done x,y,z. Complain about headphone jack but want larger battery. Blah blah blah
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Godzilla71 Avatar
131 months ago
Clearly another fail ;)
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)
131 months ago
Oh please, Apple is faking demand again. They do this EVERY year. No one wants a phone w/o a headphone jack. /s
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
newyorksole Avatar
131 months ago
iPhones have been successful since June 29, 2007 and this year will be more continued success.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TheAppleFairy Avatar
131 months ago
They're practically giving away iPhones...

Well sign me up, because my wife told me "NO"!
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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