Apple Inc. has announced it took a record 4 million
preorders for its iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in the first 24
hours of availability. Starting on Friday, excluding
pre-orders over the weekend, although retail sales
for the phones start Sept. 19, the company achieved
the record in just 24 hours.
Apple confirmed that demand for the newly launched
4.7-inch iPhone 6 and 5.5-inch 6 Plus ‘exceeds the
initial pre-order supply and while a significant
amount will be delivered to customers beginning on
Friday and throughout September, many iPhone pre-
orders are scheduled to be delivered in October.’
On Apple’s U.S. website, the company says that if a
customer orders an iPhone 6 now it will ship it in
seven to 10 business days, but shipments of the 6
Plus will not go out for about three to four weeks.
The phones will go on sale first in the United States,
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong,
Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the United
Kingdom starting Sept. 19, and in 22 additional
countries including Austria, Belgium, Denmark,
Finland, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Italy, Liechtenstein,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Arab
Emirates-beginning on Sept 26.
No country on the African continent is mentioned in
the statement.