“The opening weekend for the iPhone 6 was Apple’s best ever for a new smartphone, with 10 million sold in just three days,” Mark Rogowsky report for Forbes. “Though Apple hasn’t put out any official numbers yet, using data from third parties that track such things, it appears the ‘second 10 million’ iPhone 6 and 6 Pluses are nearly all in the hands of customers.”
“Apple’s rumored goal of delivering 70-80 million iPhones between the launch and the end of the year is moving from abstract to real as the numbers come into focus,” Rogowsky reports. “In that first flurry of sales, Apple didn’t provide a breakdown between the 6 and 6 Plus, but numerous reports confirmed that the latter sold out rather quickly.”
“Over the past two weeks, growth of the 6 and 6 Plus has continued largely unabated. But what appears clear is that Apple still can’t satisfy demand for the Plus,” Rogowsky reports. “The 6 Plus is sold out everywhere.”
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I just purchased a space gray 128 GB 6 Plus last night at the Apple Store in Deer Park, IL. That’s the only color they had in stock, however.
Got my 6 plus 128GB Friday from ordering online first day.
Mine just arrived today (6 Plus 128 GB Gold) – I ordered it from the ATT site at 11:57pm – 4 minutes early. Gawwwd, it’s nice! Worth the wait.
Mine is at this moment winging its way from China to Australia, scheduled to arrive on Moday 13th, but hopefully will arrive a day “early” on Friday. Thus, I’ve moved closer to the head of the 3-4 week virtual queue of some 10 million bodies.😊
My iP6+/128/gray ships Halloween. That’s scary.
I wonder how many of them came with a free U2 album /s
Oh! No! SupplyGate! Apple can’t supply enough iPhones quickly enough! $ame$cam doesn’t have ths problem! 🙂
Not when 90% of your Scammy supply is still in warehouses gathering dust alone and unloved.
And the other 10% is on its way back; being returned for refund! 🙂
BOOM 😄
The 6plus is sold out everywhere. You can buy the 6 directly from Apple, but all other resellers have a HUGE backlog of orders. If you want to buy from Verizon or AT&T (and take advantage of their trade-in promotions) you have to wait about a month for your iPhone 6 to ship. Not the 6plus, just the regular 6. That’s crazy!
Apple seems to be selling quite a few million iPhones.
Holy Cow!!!! That’s awesome!!
Received my 6 Plus the same day of sales at stores, & I love it. Glad I made purchase & my battery life is insane. I stream iHeart radio from 10 am until 6 pm & talk on FaceTime Audio for 2 hrs and battery is at 37 percent. WOW!!!
I love my 64gb 6 Plus. However, I wish I was getting battery life as you describe. Maybe because I use it more? I can’t get the battery to last the whole day (18 hours) without keeping it plugged in when I’m at my desk at work.
Oh wait, that’s a Note 4 you’re using there, not an iP6+.
Is it just me, or does Apple seem to be becoming impervious to *gates bumps? The *gates are showing a shorter and shorter half-life. !
They’re more like “gate farts.” A quick whiff and then vaporized.
I suspect people are now expecting someone to pounce on whatever they can when the new iPhones are released to grab headlines, so the illegitimacy of the attack is now pretty transparent. I’m sure the bendygate videos were quite profitable for that YouTube guy, and more than covered the upfront expense of buying the devices to destroy. Unless, of course, done third party simply provided him the devices to destroy so they could create some critical Apple commercials. Naw, who would do that? /s
Loving my iPhone 6 space gray. No bending yet! 😉
Where’s Anal Doug Kass when you really need to shit on someone?
I’ve seen the 6 everywhere but am yet to see a 6+ in the wild. The dozen or so people I asked said they got the 6 because they thought the 6+ is too big for them. None said they got the 6 because of supply constraints on the 6+. Interesting.
I don’t find these (never ending!) Thermonuclear “gags” funny.
Ordered Gray 128 Unlocked GSM 6 Plus 10:30am September 12. Now on a UPS jet to Alaska from Korea. Used UPS “My Choice(R)” service to pickup 9am Friday morning October 10 at my Santa Cruz CA UPS depot. Whoot! 😃
Now in Anchorage Alaska
And then on to Louisville, KY for sorting to the final destination. My iPhone 6 waited around in KY for 12 hours before heading back west for delivery.
Only problem is there doesn’t seem to be much of a market for my old 5S on Craigslist like previous phones
Gazelle offered me $250 for my 5S 64GB. I’ll probably just keep it and use it to replace the iPod I have plugged into my car audio system.
Crazy. Sold my 64 gig 5S for $525 on Craigslist. Sell yours here in Silicon Valley. Folks here have money.
6 Millon units per week, to reach the 80 million mark. Tall order in deed.
Checking out the new MDN app. Post #1 seems to work!
It’s pretty silly how some people feel the need to add “gate” to any real or imagined scandal 😀
After posting this I guess it will be Commentgate 😀