Apple started selling its iPhone 4S models (black and white) on October 14 this month. And today, they have announced the record breaking sells of this new mobile phone.
In today’s press release, Apple has confirmed that they have managed to sell 4 million iPhone 4S devices in just three days. The Cupertino based company has also shared some insightful details of iOS 5 and iCloud service. According to them, the new mobile operating system is currently running on more than 25 million iDevices. Considering the release date of iOS 5, this number looks quite huge.
iCloud, the latest cloud service from Apple team, is also doing great for the company. After its announcement at Let’s Talk iPhone event, Apple has observed 20 million sign ups till date, which is again an incredible achievement for the team.
Apple has been selling record no. of devices in the first few weeks of announcements, but this time the margin of iPhone 4S sales is much higher than any other iPhone. Of course, there are reasons behind the overwhelming success of new iPhone. Here’s are some reasons that may have favored iPhone 4S -
- Delayed iPhone launch
- Steve Jobs’ unexpected death
- No iPhone 5
- No major release from other competitors
Well, we can list out several reasons for this achievement, but we should not forget the efforts of employees who’ve worked so hard on this next generation device. Kudos to Apple!
[Chart courtesy: SplatF]
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