Earlier today Apple announced they amassed 2 million iPhone 5 preorders in 24 hours. Making it the best debut Apple had with any of their iPhones to date. Apple may have out done themselves again as stocks for the company also has risen to $700 per share since the announcement of the iPhone 5.
The iPhone 5 began selling on Apple’s website and the sites of carriers at midnight Pacific time Friday, and demand was so intense that arrival dates were pushed back from the official launch of Sept. 21 within an hour, analysts tracking the orders said.
Monday morning, Apple announced that had sold 2 million of the devices in the first 24 hours of availability, double the record set by the previous smartphone the company released, in 2011, the iPhone 4S. The company also said that some customers will not receive their pre-ordered devices until next month due to the high demand.
“iPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal,” Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, said in a news release Monday morning. “iPhone 5 is the best iPhone yet, the most beautiful product we’ve ever made, and we hope customers love it as much as we do.”
