Last friday, October 14, the iPhone 4S became official and crowds lined up outside Apple Retail Stores and Wireless Carriers to get their hands on one. I on the other hand chose to pre-order an iPhone 4S online instead of fighting the crowds. However, I am still waiting for my iPhone 4S which according to the pre-order status page and emails I have been getting, should arrive any day now. In the meantime Apple announced they sold 4 million units over the past weekend. That's incredible! So have you pre-ordered an iPhone 4S? Here is a snippet of Apple's announcement of the record pre-orders:
CUPERTINO, California—October 17, 2011— Apple® today announced it has sold over four million of its new iPhone® 4S, just three days after its launch on October 14. In addition, more than 25 million customers are already using iOS 5, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, in the first five days of its release, and more than 20 million customers have signed up for iCloud®, a breakthrough set of free cloud services that automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices. iPhone 4S is available today in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK, and will be available in 22 more countries on October 28 and more than 70 countries by the end of the year. “iPhone 4S is off to a great start with more than four million sold in its first weekend—the most ever for a phone and more than double the iPhone 4 launch during its first three days,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “iPhone 4S is a hit with customers around the world, and together with iOS 5 and iCloud, is the best iPhone ever.”
