Last week we reported that Apple's pre order for the iPhone 5 was sold out and earlier today AT&T said that the iPhone 5 pre orders were off charts now we have some official numbers. The iPhone 5 managed to get pre ordered 2 million times in the first day it went up for pre orders. This is double the amount the 4S achieved last year. Apple also said that majority of the pre orders will be shipped on September 21 and some customers have to wait till October due to the insufficient initial supply. According to Apple the big screen, iOS 6, and the new A6 processor attracted most of the customers to buy the iPhone 5. Again this week Apple is going to start selling the iPhone 5 at the Apple store on September 21st starting at 8AM and the first week sales are expected to break some old records set by the iPhone 4S.
Source: Phonearena
Today Apple started online preorders of the iPhone at 12AM EST and just after an hour after it was put up for preorders it was sold out. Initially customers who pre-ordered online would receive the phone on September 21 but now it looks like some of the customers who pre-ordered it online would get it one week later at September 28. This concludes that the iPhone 5 has very strong interest among the consumers. So if you don't want to wait two weeks to get the iPhone 5 you could wait in line outside the Apple store next friday to get your hands on this new iPhone. The iPhone 5 will be coming to 9 countries next week.
Source: Phonearena And Market Watch
