Apple\u00a0has said it received a record four million first-day pre-orders of its new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, meaning many customers will have to wait until October for their new phones.<\/p>\n
Apple said a significant number of orders will be delivered to customers beginning Friday, but many will be shipped in October as demand outstrips supply.<\/p>\n
The first-day pre-orders for the new iPhones, which feature larger screens, were double the two million orders for iPhone 5 models in 2012.<\/p>\n
“We attribute this (pre-order numbers) to the large pent-up demand for larger screens on the iPhone …,” Janney Capital Markets analysts wrote in a note.<\/p>\n
The brokerage raised its unit sales estimate for the latest iPhones to 37.4 million for the fourth quarter and 60 million for the first quarter.<\/p>\n
While Apple did not break out first-day pre-orders for iPhone 5Ss and 5Cs launched last year, it sold 9 million of those phones in the first three days in stores as China joined the list of launch countries for the first time.<\/p>\n
The company said the new iPhone models will be available to customers in its stores in the United States, Canada, Australia and some other countries on Friday morning.<\/p>\n
AT&T Inc, Sprint Corp, T-Mobile US Inc and Verizon Wireless and some Apple authorized resellers will also start selling the phones on Friday.<\/p>\n
Apple’s website showed last week that the larger 5.5-inch “Plus” models displayed a wait time of up to a month. The 4.7-inch version was available for delivery on Sept. 19.<\/p>\n
The company routinely grapples with iPhone supply constraints, particularly in years that involve a smartphone re-design.<\/p>\n
Apple’s shares were up less than 1 percent at $101.94 in early trading on Monday.<\/p>\n
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Source: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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