Ondrej Holzman New pre-orders this year iPhone 6S and 6S Plus they started a little later than a year ago (not on Friday, but on Saturday), and Apple decided not to share exact numbers (at least not yet) like it did with last year's models. In the end, he said that last year's numbers may be surpassed this year.
"User response to the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus has been extremely positive and pre-orders have been very strong worldwide over the weekend," introduced California company in a statement for CNBC. "We're on pace to surpass last year's 10 million phones sold in the first weekend."
Last year, Apple announced the status 24 hours after the launch of pre-orders (4 million iPhones 6) and subsequently only shared the numbers after the first sales weekend. That's when there were just those 10 million mentioned. This year, the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus go on sale on September 25.
Compared to last year, among the selected countries is also China, which will surely bring a big number in the first weekend. As part of the pre-orders, practically all models and variants of the new iPhones were sold out, but Apple promises that it will have enough phones in brick-and-mortar stores for the start of sales.
For example, in Germany, where it is closest to Czech customers, some models (for example, the 16GB iPhone 6S in selected colors) are still available for reservation on September 25 and subsequent collection at the store. It seems that there was slightly more interest in the larger iPhone 6S Plus, or that Apple also had an insufficient number of them ready to begin with. Anyway, they report temporarily sold out for most in most countries.
It is not yet clear when the latest Apple phones will arrive in the Czech Republic.
Has it ever happened that the new iPhone has less sales than the previous one? :D
And it won't happen :-) When they have it perfectly planned. They would certainly sell 20-30 million in the first weekend, but why would they do that... This year they will deliver 10 million units to stores, next year 12, etc... And these articles will be here every year. They have it well thought out... And the media eats it up :-D
That's right, it's a good trick from Apple in this regard. Currently, only a limited number of iPhones are available for purchase, which intentionally do not cover the demand in the first days and create the impression of uniqueness. At the same time, theirs is a bit bigger than last year, so that you can report how many thousands of iPhones were sold on the first day of the game. Why didn't they sell as many a year or two ago...? Simply because they weren't.
If instead of this article it was written here: "Apple produced 60 million iPhones in stock, so there are enough for everyone from the first day and there will still be more" it would look different than when you need to pre-order an iPhone and as time progresses from the start of orders, the the date it will be delivered to you.
Apple will add iPhones gradually, so at least in the numbers from the first days it is absolutely impossible to make a judgment. They are artificially better than those from last year, the year before, etc. The sales statistics will be relevant only after half a year, when it will be clear whether more iPhones will actually be sold...
That's clear to me, I just wanted to point out if it's worth making the mistake every year: if there will be a record number of them, and there are record pre-orders, and it's a record again and again. :D
It happened indirectly with the 5C... The total sales after the launch of the new products at the time were excellent, because it was launched together with the 5S, which was a clear success, but the 5C model did not convince so clearly and in the longer term it was probably a disappointment.