If you had any doubts the iPhone 6 would sell well, you can now rest easy: Apple announced the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have together sold ten million units over the launch weekend.
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That figure in a three day span is a new sales record, the company announced, and the models still haven't launched in plenty of regions around the world.
"Sales for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus exceeded our expectations for the launch weekend, and we couldn't be happier," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "We would like to thank all of our customers for making this our best launch ever, shattering all previous sell-through records by a large margin. While our team managed the manufacturing ramp better than ever before, we could have sold many more iPhones with greater supply and we are working hard to fill orders as quickly as possible."
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Yes, you did read that correctly--the devices could have easily sold more had the supply been available, but such is the way of the market. The rarity and uniqueness of Apple's product feeds into consumers' desire to get their hands on one as soon as possible, creating the booming sales and lack of further supply--this is why people line up at night, or days in advance, and pre-order in great numbers.
Currently, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are available in the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the U.K. By September 26, 20 more countries will be getting the device, and a total of 115 nations will have access by the end of the year. The list of countries getting the new iPhones by the 26th include Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.
