Apple on Monday revealed that it has sold 9 million new iPhones.
Cupertino did not break down how many iPhone 5s and 5c smartphones it sold, saying only that sales of the new gadgets broke records. The company said demand has “exceeded that initial supply” with online orders expected to ship in the coming weeks.
“This is our best iPhone launch yet―more than nine million new iPhones sold, a new record for first weekend sales,” Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, said in a statement. “The demand for the new iPhones has been incredible, and while we’ve sold out of our initial supply of iPhone 5s, stores continue to receive new iPhone shipments regularly. We appreciate everyone’s patience and are working hard to build enough new iPhones for everyone.”
Apple also revealed that approximately 200 million iOS devices have been upgraded to iOS 7, which it said is the “fastest software upgrade in history.”
Last year, Apple sold 5 million iPhone 5 smartphones in its first three days on the market, which topped the 4 million 4S smartphones it sold the year before.
Apple iPhone 5s (Verizon Wireless)
Apple started taking pre-orders for the multi-colored 5c on Sept. 13, but there were no pre-orders for the 5s. Both gadgets hit stores on Friday, with many people lining up for days to be the first to nab the device. The new gold iPhone 5s was a hot commodity, selling out in many stores almost immediately.
According to Brian White, an analyst with Cantor Fitzgerald, his survey of Apple Stores across the country showed that gold sold out first, followed by space gray.
“In our view, the low quantities of gold and silver iPhone 5s stock received by the Apple retail stores may speak to greater difficulty in manufacturing these colors,” White wrote. “In terms of the iPhone 5c, supply was widely available and nearly all of the stores that we surveyed still had all five colors available.”
In polling 126 buyers of the iPhone in New York City on Friday, 88 percent bought the 5s, while 12 percent got the 5c.
“Since the iPhone 5c was available for pre-order on September 13 but the iPhone 5s was not, demand for the iPhone 5s should be much stronger than the iPhone 5c,” White said. “Of the respondents buying either the iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c, 15 percent were upgrading from the iPhone 5, 36 percent from the iPhone 4S, 23 percent from the iPhone 4 and 26 percent from other vendors.”
Those who bought the iPhone 5c largely favored the green version, he said.
For more, check out PCMag’s full reviews of the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, as well as iOS 7.
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