“Despite the general sense of disappointment after Apple announced the iPhone 4S on Tuesday, people preordered the smartphone in droves on its first day of availability,” Eric Zeman reports for InformationWeek.
“Apple and U.S. carrier partners AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon Wireless all began accepting preorders for the iPhone 4S at 12:01AM Pacific time on Friday, October 7,” Zeman reports. “AT&T’s online store was overwhelmed instantly, and many consumers complained of difficulty placing orders for several hours. By noon on Friday, AT&T said that more than 200,000 preorders were placed for the iPhone 4S. AT&T said Apple’s latest smartphone was seeing ‘extraordinary demand.'”
Zeman reports, “The iPhone 4S was also available directly from Apple’s Web store. Throughout the day on Friday, Apple indicated that the iPhone 4S would be delivered to those ordering it on Friday, October 14. initial stock available to first-day buyers. Apple didn’t say how many devices had be preordered through its site.”
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MacDailyNews Take: We got our iPhone 4Ses early yesterday! How’d you do?
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]