Apple has just announced the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c sales figure for the first three days. And as usual, the demand has been outstanding that Apple managed to sell 9 million devices in just three days in the initial launch countries. Apple has announced the combined sum of iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, so we dont know how many of each model got sold. But its a new record anyway. Last year the iPhone 5 did over 5 million in its launch weekend and the iPhone 4S did 4 million the year before, so this is nearly double. Ofcourse, this time the phones were on sale in 11 countries including China from day one, and India and the UAE arent on that list yet.
Tim Cook says “This is our best iPhone launch yet” and that they have sold out of the initial supply of iPhone 5s. So if you ordered one online, expect it to ship in the coming weeks. Apple also says more than 200 million devices are running iOS 7, which Apple calls the fastest software upgrade in history.
Investors are loving it too. The stock jumped over 6% before the market opened and Apple now says its quarterly revenue will be near the high end of the $34 to $37 billion range it had predicted. We’ll let you know when they reach our part of the world, so stay tuned !!
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