From Apple PR:
iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Top Two Million in First 24 Hours
CUPERTINO, California—September 17, 2012—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 and while the majority of pre-orders will be delivered to customers on September 21, many are scheduled to be delivered in October.…….
“iPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “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.”
I guess the pundits are right, iPhone 5 is boring. It is also disappointing because iPhone 5 is just another iPhone that has no “laser keyboard and holographic features” as reported by Fox 5 (via 9to5mac).
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Personal note:
I did not pre-order iPhone 5. I do not have any intentions to wait in line on September 21st, 2012 to get an iPhone 5. I do not have any plans on buying an iPhone 5 this year. Here are my reasons:
- I am still under by AT&T contract, which would not give me the upgrade discount until sometimes in December 2012.
- I am not sure if I want to extend/renew my contract with AT&T. One scenario is that I’d buy an iPhone 5 without signing a new contract, thus paying full price; I don’t want to do that.
- I did not even buy an iPhone 4S, as the two people who regularly read my posts found out. Should firstname@apple.com be generous again this year, I’d be getting an iPhone 5.
Yep, I’m not planning to buy an iPhone 5.