Apple 4s iphone
Apple Inc. said Monday that iPhone 4S 4 million in the first of the three days the new smartphone on the market sold, creating a strong December quarter of the world's largest IT company.Aided by the availability in more countries and more telecommunications carrier network, iPhone 4s, which went on sale on Friday 14 October managed to iPhone 4, which sold 1.7 million copies during the first three days exceeds.
Unveiled just one day before Apple chairman Steve Jobs died, it was originally called a disappointment, partly because it seemed identical to its predecessor. But until "Siri" Voice software helped to earn an online registration of pre-orders on Oct. 7.
Japan, Australia, France, Britain, Germany, Canada and USA - - The seven countries that are affected compared to five for iPhone 4 In the U.S., starting with all three major U.S. airlines -. Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group Plc, Verizon Wireless, AT & T Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. - instead of just one of the earlier smartphone from Apple in Japan, appeared on network KDDI Corp. for the first time.
"Accessibility in several countries and airlines helps unit quantities, in addition to the accumulated demand," said BMO Capital Markets analyst Keith Bachman, adding that the mix of sold phones will help margins in the last quarter of the year.
Wall Street analysts expect Apple chalks up 25 to 30,000,000 iPhone sales over the last three months of the year, despite consumer fears of a tepid holiday season.
The company more than 1 million online orders rose for the first 24 hours as the iPhone 4S was available for pre-order, more than 600,000 pre-orders for iPhone 4 when it launched.
On Monday, Apple also said that more than 25 million customers were "iOS 5" mobile operating system uses the first five days after his release. And more than 20 million customers have signed up icloud, it's free cloud services, Apple said.
The latest iPhone will be available in 22 more countries on 28 October and more than 70 countries by the end of the year.