While customers were expecting the iPhone 5 to be introduced, instead we got the iPhone 4S, which some speculate may stand for “4 Steve”. Whatever its name means, sales of the iPhone 4S have topped 1 million dollars in the first day, putting any previous company records to shame.
Pre-orders for the original iPhone 4 reached only 600,000 in the first 24 hours. These high numbers fly in the face of reports and complaints from some iPhone fans. Customers are not happy that Apple didn’t introduce an iPhone 5, and many were hoping for a complete redesign of the iPhone with new software, a faster chip, and the same basic look.
Currently, the United States has 3 carriers who sell the latest iPhone. It can be jail broken to be used on the T-Mobile network, but so far, AT&T, Verizon, and now Sprint are able to sell the iPhone 4S. AT&T stated just Friday that the the iPhone 4S has been the most successful iPhone introduced yet.
AT&T had exclusive rights to sell the iPhone for more than 3 years, and it took in more than 200,000 preorders for the 4S in the first 12 hours! AT&T has of course suffered a drop in their sales due to the introduction of the iPhone to the Verizon network, which is thought to be more dependable. However, everybody is using the iPhone 4S.
By Friday, the iPhone 4S will be sold in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, and the UK. By the end of October, the iPhone 4S will be available in 22 different countries according to Apple. Apple shares are currently up 3.2%, now at $381.77