Apple Confirms Record-Breaking Four Million First Day Pre-Orders for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

Apple today announced that it has processed more than four million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus pre-orders in the first day of pre-launch sales in the select countries that started accepting orders on September 12. This figure doubles Apple's previously announced record of two million pre-order sales for the iPhone 5 in 2012.

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“iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are better in every way, and we are thrilled customers love them as much as we do,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Pre-orders for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus set a new record for Apple, and we can’t wait to get our best iPhones yet into the hands of customers starting this Friday.”

First-day demand was strong for the two iPhone 6 handsets with pre-orders pushing out availability of the phones to October. Ship times for the larger iPhone 6 Plus began to slide several hours after pre-ordering started on September 12, while supply of the iPhone 6 remained strong until mid-day.

After announcing the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus at its September press event, Apple will begin selling the two phones in its retail stores and through third-party retailers and carriers beginning Friday, September 19th in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the UK. The company will roll out the handset to more than 20 additional countries on September 26.

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Top Rated Comments

Grimace Avatar
112 months ago
wow, so that's 4 million tons of bezel!
Each iPhone has 1 ton of bezel?
Score: 59 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Trapezoid Avatar
112 months ago
Apple would be remiss not to thank Samsung for all the work they put in advertising for apple.

From letting customers know before the phone was announced that it was going to be released, to explaining every new feature of the phone in detail for those who didnt know.

Apple needs to hire Samsung for marketing.
Score: 58 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BvizioN Avatar
112 months ago
Yeah, but Android ships a billion units a month. :D

Android is not a company.
Score: 40 Votes (Like | Disagree)
keterboy Avatar
112 months ago
Samsung: "Damn!!" :mad:
Score: 39 Votes (Like | Disagree)
CB1234 Avatar
112 months ago
Android is an operating system. It doesn't ship anything.

It does ship a lot of malware...;)
Score: 26 Votes (Like | Disagree)
cmChimera Avatar
112 months ago
Yeah, but Android ships a billion units a month. :D

Android is an operating system. It doesn't ship anything.
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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