Apple on Monday announced that customers placed more than one million preorders for thenew iPhone 4Son the first day of handiness , top Apple ’s previous record—600,000 iPhone 4 preorders on that gadget ’s first day . Apple ( and its three U.S. aircraft carrier for the iPhone ) began accepting preorderslast Friday .
Inits press release , Apple ’s Phil Schiller , the company ’s fourth-year frailty president of Worldwide Product Marketing , say that this was “ the most [ preorders ] for any raw ware that Apple has ever launched . ” That fantastic preorder volume is all the more telling when you call back that the initial preorder process wasnot snag - free .
While the astounding demand may at least be in part because of the long meanwhile since the caller last released a new handset — theiPhone 4 was released in June 2010 — it also fly in the boldness of many tech pundits and analysts , who condemn the 4S as a“letdown”or a“disappointing”update .
Apple confirm that the iPhone 4S will become available at all 245 U.S. Apple retail stores beginning at 8 a.m. ( local metre ) on Friday , October 14 . On the same day , the equipment will also launch abroad in the UK , Canada , Australia , Germany , France , and Japan . At the gadget ’s initiation earlier this calendar month , Apple articulate 22 more countries would be add on October 28 , with that number increase to more than 70 by the ending of the twelvemonth ; according to Apple ’s Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller , that makes it the fastest rollout the company has ever had for an iPhone .
The iPhone 4S is uncommitted in black and white , in three capacities : 16 GB , 32 GB , and 64 G . For the first time , customers havethe option of three major U.S. carriersat launch : AT&T , Verizon , and Sprint . An unlocked iPhone 4S will go on sale this November .
