According to Chinese site Tencent, per night, from the moment when local retailers and operators have begun taking orders for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, wishing to purchase new items have issued nearly 4 million applications. For the first six hours of the order quantity was 2 million, which indicates a very high interest in the new smartphone in China.
It is noteworthy that these applications are not official, pre-orders for new smartphones in China will start in a week. Earlier, in a press release Apple announced that its Chinese partners will begin taking orders for the purchase of a new iPhone on Oct. 14 (the 10th - the online shop of the company), but local operators and retail chains have decided to act on its own.
Most users prefer to reserve iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus with 64 GB of internal memory, which will be sold in China for the 780 and 883 euros respectively. This is not surprising, given that 16 GB of non-expandable memory is not enough if there is the possibility of video recording 1080p at 60fps.
The compact 4.7-inch Apple smartphone will appear in local stores with a price tag of 678, 780 and 883 euros for 16/64/128 GB version of the gadget, and the iPhone 6 Plus will cost 780, 883 and 999 euros respectively. Get smart phones in hand will be starting from October 17.
During the first three days of sales of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus exceeded 10 million copies, which was an absolute record for the company from Cupertino. From September 26, the new iPhone will hit the stores in other countries.