After announcing 4 million iPhone pre-order sales within the first 24 hours, the Common now states it’s reached over 10 million sales during the phones launch. This includes both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
The figure breaks the companies previous record during its iPhone 5s and 5c launch. Chiming in at 9 million sales during the respected launch.
It’s worth noting that the iPhone 5s was not available for pre-order. Though this time around neither iPhone 6 models were available in China, Apple’s second largest market by revenue.
Both iPhone 6 models were available for pre-order on September 12. This last Friday the devices were available to pick-up in stores in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
Chart via Graham Spencer.
The companies CEO Tim Cook exceeded Apple’s expectation during the launch weekend.
“We would like to thank all of our customers for making this our best launch ever, shattering all previous sell-through records by a large margin,” he said.
”While our team managed the manufacturing ramp better than ever before, we could have sold many more iPhones with greater supply and we are working hard to fill orders as quickly as possible.”
The iPhone 6 stock is limited across the board. Apple’s Online Store has the iPhone 6 listed to ship within 7-10 days. It’s 5.5-inch counterpart is available to ship within 3-4 weeks.
On Friday, September 26th Apple will be launching the iPhone in 20 additional countries including, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates.
Both iPhone models has been delayed in China due to regulatory issues.
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