Apple said in a company statement that pre-orders of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s Plus are 'on pace' to beat the 10 million unit sales record for the first weekend of the iPhone 6 in 2014. Apple did not state specific pre-order sales numbers for the iPhone 6s, which began on Saturday.
According to the company statement, which was sent to CNBC and other media outlets:
"Customer response to iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus has been extremely positive and preorders this weekend were very strong around the world," the company said in a statement. "We are on pace to beat last year's 10 million unit first-weekend record when the new iPhones go on sale September 25."
"As many customers noticed, the online demand for iPhone 6s Plus has been exceptionally strong and exceeded our own forecasts for the preorder period.," the company said Monday. "We are working to catch up as quickly as we can, and we will have iPhone 6s Plus as well as iPhone 6s units available at Apple retail stores when they open next Friday."
In 2014, Apple announced in a general press release that it had received four million pre-orders for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in its first 24 hours.
Source: CNBC
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Apple: iPhone 6s pre-orders are 'on pace' to beat 2014's first-weekend sales record
I think it's great news and not a huge surprise!
This pre-order window is 2 weeks instead of 1... and often iPhone stocks for a "S" series is often better too.
And also it's a no-brainer... just like many reviews, this S series seems to be the strongest update compare to the past ones. The iPhone 6s seems very powerful, amazing camera and 3D touch... Can't wait to get mine on the 25...
I'm still confused as to why in the world they stuck smaller batteries in them and still gimped the 6s compared to the 6s plus. I would have been much happier to have a larger battery and get rid of the camera sensor bump.
Because apple cares more about "thin" than they do battery.
Except in this case the phones are thicker than the regular 6 which had bigger batteries.
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They gimp the smaller phone because they're trying to force people in to buying the more expensive, but lower selling, phablet. It's what Android manufactures did and now Apple are doing the same. Shame!
Seems like a bold prediction considering you can still pre-order an iPhone for 9/25 delivery this morning. Interesting.
Device config I would get (128GB 6s+ for AT&T in Space Gray) shows shipping in 3-4 weeks.
Unavailable for in store pickup in all 3 stores in Missouri as well.
Yeah, I mean that's literally one of the least common configs, so that's not that surprising. A 16 GB Silver 6S for T-Mobile shows available for 9/25 delivery. Definitely wasn't the case last year on the Monday after pre-ordering went live. I'm not saying they're lying, it's just an interesting prediction.
Apple ordered larger quantities of phones this time around. Larger stock means better availability. A 16gb 6s is worthless and barely an entry level phone. That's a grandma phone and grandmas aren't exactly making preorders.
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Not sure I agree with the "grandma" thing but the order quantity hypothesis is a strong one.
It's either that or the longer pre-order period led to larger projections despite lower demand or some combination of both.
My hunch is Apple manufactured more this time around compared to last year.
Quality products always sell well
China. Last year, sales in china didn't begin til mid October.
Good point
I preordered the rose gold 64GB 6S on Saturday around 10:30am through Apple's online store. It said estimated delivery is between Sept. 30 and Oct. 6th. I'm hoping it gets here sooner than that!
I ordered my wife and myself one at 4:20 am, my wife's 6s will be here the 25th, my Plus? not sure.... Last year was a fiasco for myself and coworker, TMobile and AT&T cancelled our orders but sent emails saying we cancelled our orders wtf.....
Wow... Did you order them directly through T-Mo and AT&T? I'm with T-Mo but decided against buying it through them at the last minute. It's being said now that the 6S Plus is short on supply vs the huge demand for it. :-/ Hope you get yours pronto!
Yeah we ordered directly through our carriers, their forums last year were lit up with angry customers asking wth was going on.
It's a shame that they sell it more than 130$ more than the iPhone 6 here in Canada when they said during the presentation that they would sell it at the same price than the iPhone 6. And what sucks even more is that carriers didn't cut the price of the iPhone 6 yet. So you can buy the iPhone 6 starting at 270$ on 2yr contract or the 6s for 400$. This big pile of cash and still have to commit to a 2yr contract. They are literally laughing at our face.
That does suck :( how can they get away with raising the cost of the 6s in Canada if they stated in the presentation that it would be the same cost as last years model?
Technically, US$649 (16gb iPhone 6S) costs you CAN$861 right now. So CAN$899 is not that far from a straight conversion.
I'm in Canada too and yes it sucks. The cost of a new phone is pretty ridiculous when you think about it. But Apple can't control the foreign exchange rate. The Canadian dollar has fallen hard over the last year compared to the US dollar. A lot of other currencies have fallen too. If you convert Canadian to US dollars, we're not actually getting ripped off that badly.
I'm really hoping Apple brings the upgrade program here too. It would force our carriers to shape up or ship out.
Totally agree with you! I'm in Canada and feel the same.
Apple can't control the exchange rate. I'm little annoyed about everyone complaining how more expensive the new phones are.
That's our reality... when the exchange rate was close to 1=1.... we were very happy and now it's life.... we have to deal with it :)
Haters gonna hate... YET AGAIN AND AGAIN.... but numbers will always have the last say. :) Although Im not upgrading my iPhone6 yet or at least I haven't decided if I should, I am happy that Apple remains to be the universe's favorite! Quality never fail!
People getting crazy nowadays...
I'm keeping my 6, my wife is thinking about wanting the 6 Plus (up from the 5s). We just don't see the $100 difference. Cell phone tech has plateaued, IMO. Now they're working on gimmicks like Samsung. And there's nothing the 6s can do that the 6 can't (except for the improved hardware) there's no reason they couldn't implement "3D Touch Peeking" as a long press, there's no reason the 6 can't do Live Photos, even the always- listening Siri could be done with current hardware, they just choose to give us a little at a time so we keep coming back every year. I think this is the first year I'm going to skip it.
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Apple makes their money off hardware so we can kinda expect this by now.
Did you even watch the keynote?
Long press is already implemented in iOS for other things. Live photos is reliant on the faster processer, always-on Siri is available because the co-processor is now on-chip and uses less power.
They may have been able to implement that but at the cost of battery life on the previous devices.
Anyway, what's this $100, the phones are the same price point as the 6 was last year. Better tech for the same price and people still complain...
Hi im 11 years old i really want this phone for my bday and i ask my mom she say yes but she never give it to me. So can u please pick me.
Didn't Apple Inc. figured this whole thing out last year? If you know how to learn is to learn from your mistakes, right? Last year's problem with not enough iPhone 6 plus availability killed them. Now they are saying that they having the same problem. This is not a good sense of business. You know everyone is after phablet, and you know that iPhone 6 plus sold beyond iPhone 6 last year, so in all due respect lets just make twice as many of iPhone 6s Plus this year. However, we all know that you will make your money on 16 to 64gb difference, because you know everyone will go for 64gb. Great salesmanship there Apple.