iPhone 4S hits one million pre-orders in first 24 hours

by Esat Dedezade  |  Tuesday 11 October 2011
iPhone 4S hits one million pre-orders in first 24 hours

Apple’s latest smartphone smashes pre-order records without breaking a sweat.

We’ve already seen reports of the iPhone 4S racking up 200,000 pre-orders from a single US carrier and now Apple has announced that the overall number of pre-orders for the iPhone 4S has topped a mighty one million units in a single day.

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Apple's iPhone 4 (in itself no slouch), managed a comparatively less impressive 600,000 pre-orders in the same time period.

These latest figures suggest that people care more about what’s under the bonnet as opposed to the all-too-familiar design, unless of course they’re mostly 3GS owners who just can't wait for their shiny new upgrade.

Either way it’s impressive stuff and good news for Apple in a week marred by the sad loss of the company's co-founder, Steve Jobs.

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Comments: 4
amcmo
11 October 2011
 Not bad for a model that the markets rubbished.

Perhaps buyers were more interested in what's under the hood instead of a shiny new exterior.

And before anyone says it, there can't be that many Apple fanboys just buying the latest release, because it's Apple..


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Myrish Swamp
11 October 2011
 I think the problem many people have with the phone is simply its name. '4S' doesn't sound as new and shiny as '5' - the fact that the specs are a big improvement is apparently irrelevant.
amcmo
11 October 2011
 Just shows that the Wall Street analysts are a bunch of wank..s if they make buy/sell decisions on pretty plastic rather than specs.

Another interesting stat that I missed when reading the original report, this gives Apple the 3 fastest selling handsets in the US market, with sales of 4 and 3GS still holding up, though will be interesting to see how they go over the next couple of months.

I'd expect the G2S to be vying for N0 1 shortly.
blockcentre
11 October 2011
 I don't think the Galaxy S2 or any other Android based device will match the sales of a new Apple phone as there is just too much competition in the Android market - Samsung, HTC, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, etc, etc. The sales are split between them rather than going to a unified device.
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