Apple Claim that iPhone 5 Pre-orders Exceed 2 Million

The iPhone 5, which became available for pre-order on September,12, has been pre-ordered more than 2 Million times during the first 24 hours, According to Apple claim.

This is one gigantic number that is more than doubling the success of the iPhone 4S, which was pre-ordered about 1 million times during its first 24 hours of pre-availability. Apple informs that while the majority of iPhone 5 pre-orders will be shipped on September,21st. some of them will have to be delayed until October, due to insufficient initial supply.

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