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Following today's announcement by AT&T sharing word that the iPhone 5 has broken pre-order sales records at the carrier, Apple has issued a press release
noting that it too saw record-breaking pre-orders of over two million
units in the first 24 hours of availability. The performance breaks
last year's record of one million iPhone 4S units pre-ordered on the first day of availability.
The iPhone 5 will be available beginning this Friday, September 21. The first pre-orders have begun shipping from China, but delivery companies will be coordinating to hold the shipments until Friday. Customers who did not pre-order the device have also begun lining up at a few Apple retail stores ahead of Friday's launch, although most of those seen so far are lining up for promotional purposes.
“iPhone
5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and
the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal,” said Philip
Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “iPhone 5
is the best iPhone yet, the most beautiful product we’ve ever made, and
we hope customers love it as much as we do.”
The iPhone 5 will be available beginning this Friday, September 21. The first pre-orders have begun shipping from China, but delivery companies will be coordinating to hold the shipments until Friday. Customers who did not pre-order the device have also begun lining up at a few Apple retail stores ahead of Friday's launch, although most of those seen so far are lining up for promotional purposes.
