“Apple on Monday said it is on pace to beat last year’s iPhone first-weekend record,” CNBC reports. “‘Customer response to iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus has been extremely positive and preorders this weekend were very strong around the world,’ the company said in a statement. ‘We are on pace to beat last year’s 10 million unit first-weekend record when the new iPhones go on sale September 25.'”
“According to an iPhone Inventory blog which tracks the back-order status of the various iPhone models, the wait time the big screen iPhone 6S Plus in China is running at three to four weeks, and two to three weeks for the 6S, Re/code reported on Saturday,” CNBC reports. “‘As many customers noticed, the online demand for iPhone 6s Plus has been exceptionally strong and exceeded our own forecasts for the preorder period,’ the company said Monday. ‘We are working to catch up as quickly as we can, and we will have iPhone 6s Plus as well as iPhone 6s units available at Apple retail stores when they open next Friday.'”
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MacDailyNews Take: As we predicted on September 2nd:
As with every new iPhone before them, Apple’s next-gen iPhones will become the best-selling iPhones yet.