Apple Inc. released iPhone 5 pre-order numbers:
Apple today announced pre-orders of its iPhone 5 topped two million in just 24 hours, more than double the previous record of one million held by iPhone 4S. Demand for iPhone 5 exceeds the initial supply
As a comparison, Apple sold 1 million iPhone 4S units and 600,000 iPhone 4 units during each phone’s first 24 hours of pre-order availability.
Meanwhile, AT&T announced the following:
AT&T set a sales record with iPhone 5 over the weekend, making it the fastest-selling iPhone the company has ever offered. Customers ordered more iPhones from AT&T than any previous model both on its first day of preorders and over the weekend.
AT&T doesn’t give any numbers, but it had to be better than the 200,000 they sold in the first 12 hours of iPhone 4S pre-orders.
The iPhone 5 launched on more carriers and in more countries than ever before, so record numbers aren’t necessarily surprising. Still, not bad for a device so disappointing that Steve Jobs is screaming down from heaven.