It is starting to look like it was one huge weekend for the iPhone 5. In a press release this morning, the nation’s second-largest carrier AT&T announced that the iPhone 5 is now the fastest-selling iPhone the company has ever offered, beating out last year’s iPhone 4S which saw huge sales. “AT&T set a sales record with iPhone 5 over the weekend, making it the fastest-selling iPhone the company has ever offered,” AT&T said in its press release.
Friday afternoon, Apple spoke limitedly about the amount of pre-orders it saw on the first day. “Pre-orders for iPhone 5 have been incredible. We’ve been completely blown away by the customer response,” an Apple spokesperson said in a statement which also echoed previous year’s statements. At the same time, shipping times on online stores offering the iPhone 5, including Apple’s and AT&T’s, began slipping drastically. In the first hour of pre-orders Friday morning, the stock of opening day iPhone 5s were diminished completely, with shipping pushed back 14-21 business days.
The iPhone 5 will arrive to customers who pre-ordered on September 21st. For those who didn’t pre-order it, Apple and the carriers will open up their stores at 8AM to make the iPhone 5 available. We suspect the same message given by AT&T goes the same for Apple and other carriers. More should be announced soon.
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AT&T* set a sales record with iPhone 5 over the weekend, making it the fastest-selling iPhone the company has ever offered. Customers ordered more iPhones from AT&T than any previous model both on its first day of preorders and over the weekend.
iPhone 5 is still available for preorder at www.att.com/iphone and will be available in AT&T retail stores beginning at 8 am local time on Friday, September 21.
AT&T offers a number of advantages for iPhone 5 customers.
For more information on iPhone 5, please visit: www.att.com/iphone.
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
iPhone 5 is still available for preorder at www.att.com/iphone and will be available in AT&T retail stores beginning at 8 am local time on Friday, September 21.
AT&T offers a number of advantages for iPhone 5 customers.
- AT&T’s network lets you talk and surf the web at the same time.
- Largest 4G Network. Customers get blazing-fast speeds on the nation’s largest 4G network, covering 275 million people.
- Flexible Rate Plans. AT&T doesn’t force customers to switch data plans to get the best device price when they upgrade to a new device and new AT&T customers aren’t forced into a certain plan; they have the flexibility to choose from one of several individual or Mobile Share plans.
For more information on iPhone 5, please visit: www.att.com/iphone.
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
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