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MORE THAN TEN million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus units have been sold in its opening weekend.
The company sold one million more devices compared to the same period last year, where it sold 9 million Phone 5S and 5C devices.
This figure also includes the four million devices the company sold within the first 24 hours of pre-order sales. The company did not provide a breakdown of sales between the two devices.
Both devices were launched in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the UK, and it’s expected that both devices will be available in 115 countries by the end of the year.
In a statement, Apple CEO Tim Cook described it as “our best launch ever” and that sales “exceeded our expectations… and we couldn’t be happier.”
He also said that the company “could have sold many more iPhones with greater supply.”
Both iPhones will be available to buy in Ireland and 19 other countries this Friday. The main providers, Vodafone, O2, Meteor/eMobile and Three, will offer 16GB, 64GB and 124GB versions on two-year contracts.
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Wish I had some of that secret Apple sauce to pour on my company’s products. Regardless of whether you’re an apple fan or not, you have to admire success like that..
Google Foxconn suicides – That success is built on abject misery….
Oh, please!
Do get a life.
Or perhaps you have no electronics manufactured in China or clothes made in Bangladesh?
Why are people so against iPhones here? I’ve had them all since the first one and they’re all great. They aren’t gimmicky, they are simple and reliable, they are a little pricey but they’re extremely well made and their customer service is fantastic.
I suppose when one can’t afford an iPhone it can get frustrating and the only way to vent is by giving out about them.. People aren’t sheep for buying iPhones, they want good quality phones. Too many crappy androids on the market so to be safe it’s always easy to buy an iPhone knowing exactly how they perform.
yes. I’ve noticed the screens are very well made and not subject to cracking. Also battery’s are removable which is nice, as once they start to loose their charge its nice to know you can just slip another one in.
And Power Buttons on top and the Main Selection Button at bottom all prone to breaking. But hey lets overplay the quality piece here.
Well said there s:hit
As someone who deals with phones as part of my job all of these things have known to have happened but not often and certainly not within the first 18months, therefor this is wear and tear of mechanical parts, the screens are GLASS ffs…don’t effin drop it on the ground if you don’t want it to break…ITS GLASS…as for the battery, they do this so you don’t go off and buy crappy aftermarket batteries and fry the phones logic board, put the original back in and claim its defective…if you need a new battery they are easily replaced using licensed vendors.
So again, another moron with absolutely no points to add..Apple never claimed it was indestructible, they just make the most reliable phone they can and its works.
“I suppose when one can’t afford an iPhone it can get frustrating and the only way to vent is by giving out about them.”
What a ridiculous opinion, cringeworthy in fact.
@Shit you not. I don’t suppose you’ve heard of toughened glass, my phone has been dropped a number of times, the casing is damaged but the glass is not. Apple don’t want you replacing the battery because its one of the things that is defiantly going to wear out, especially when you have to charge the battery ever 12 hours. Why allow users to replace a battery when you can charge them huge amounts for someone else to do it. This is not a problem with laptops so why should it be with phones. ??
Because they can’t afford an iPhone and begrudge everyone who can! I would rather go without a phone than have an android, hate the things. Never had a problem with iPhones, dropped them loads & never smashed luckily (touch wood!!!) my bf has always had samsungs and everytime he let the thing fall it would smash.
I think this is the problem. People who buy iPhones are often people who only own iPhones. They’re used to paying top dollar for quality and then rightfully turn their nose up at the flood of low end Androids. They have their place in the market, but they don’t compete with iPhones.
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT. The problem is when you talk about the iPhone in the context of other phones in the same price range. It’s simply undeniable, Apple products are noticably inferior to products such as the Sony Xperia Z2 and the Samsung Galaxy. They are significantly more expensive and in terms of performance, only match up with mid range Android phones from two years ago.
So you’re paying a premium for a cheaper product. The only reasoning I can think of is that a) these people are Apple fanboys b) they haven’t a clue about technology and don’t particularly care about switching or c) they are heavily invested in iOS and all of the purchases they made on iTunes and in the App store.
I think option c) is a fairly good reason. Ten years ago when iTunes got really big people equated buying an album on there with a album instore, they’re not the same. I fell into that trap too. I thought I was buying music, but you’re not. You’re purchasing a license. That meant that although I never spent that much on iTunes, every red cent that I spent was completely gone to waste when I bought an Android phone. There are no easy ways of transferring music over and all of them require expensive third party software. Apple changed the goal posts on media ownership and turned it into “licensing”, which you can only use on “licensed products”.
It’s a great way to keep you in the Apple ecosystem.
You are thinking of iTunes from 10 years ago. If you buy any music from iTunes there is no DRM restrictions on it and you can drag and drop it into an android device easily. Personally I use google’s music service and works perfect on my iOS and Android devices.
People often rail against apple products because they’re generally just not good value.
While they are very good with design of ui and ux, I’ve yet to see a point in paying so much for that alone. I don’t see much more than that on offer from them.
For myself, I dislike pretty much any organisation which is as closed as apple is. But that comes with being an open source fanboy.
webos baby, webos
@simon, IT IS TOUGHENED GLASS FFS!!!!!! How then fcuk would a 1mm piece of glass that’s put in your pocket with coins and keys not be toughened???? You’re such an idiot… If you drop an iPhone on concrete it will smash. Dildo!
Apple employ 2,000 + people in Ireland. Great news.
iPhone user equals sheep.
Speaking as both an Android and IOS user all Smartphones are great these days, it really down to personal preference and budget. In fact to quote Stephen Fry:
“The richer the market, the better for all. I’ve never thought anyone pretentious for owning a BlackBerry or an LG G Flex, but when it comes to Apple, it’s open season. “Baaah you’re all sheep,” or “Huh, far more Samsungs are sold anyway!” Can’t have it both ways, darlings …”
iDiotic comment.
After reading Fry’s Apple worshipping article in The Guardian, I have come to the conclusion Fry is a paid Apple employee.
Sheep really? I think people buy the Apple because they produce good quality products that have unbelievably good reliability. I’v had my mac 5 years now and it’s still going strong. Before that I went through 3 laptops in the space of 3 years. People want products which are simple not complicated and work and for that they will pay a premium.That’s what Apple have done and with out them I’m sure the smartphone market would be no were near as advanced as it is now.
I think we are not talking about computers that Apple makes, i have MacBook Pro it’s really good comp but the I phones is a different kettle of fish. .. Steve Jobs said that nobody will buy large phones. Yeah? Now what we have from Apple? Their next big thing has only 1Gb RAM…
The build quality is very good on all previous models of the iPhone I can’t comment on the latest model but I can tell you i still have an iPhone 4 which works today and never had a problem with it although I’m sure it’s really slow compared to today’s standards. In my opinion Apple are held to much higher standards than other competitors for some reason.
Regarding the 1GB ram comment. The software which they use utilises 1GB very well cramming more ram into the phone only serves as getting into a numbers war. Doesn’t matter if I have got 5 gigs of ram if the software is bad it’ll still run slow and will on mean it crashes faster.
Blah blah blah…iPhones are shlt, sheep, can’t replace battery” for fcuk sake, why are these fcukin idiots always shouting about how crap apple is just because they can afford them??? It’s so annoying everytime a story pops up about Apple they’re always shiteing on about them…
I have an iphone, works great and I like it…
I don’t have an android, don’t care about who does and I don’t make comments about them as its just a fcukin phone…if the dude beside me wants to own a different phone from me and pay whatever he wants for it I don’t give a flying fcuk…
SHUT THE F.UC.K up you absolute dildos…
But Bon, you say you don’t want to comment on other people and yet you state the only reason they don’t have an iPhone is they can’t afford them. Ie self contradiction. Is it possible perhaps that people just enjoy the extra functionality of Android phones? It all fundamentally comes down to understanding and comfort level with technology. In general, Android needs a bit more user knowledge and input and therefore attracts a different group. I like to think of the iPhone as the Duplo of Lego, big clunky bricks, pretty easy to use, an idiot can navigate it but you can’t achieve much. Android is more like the Lego technics, more challenging, but if you can understand it you can do much more.
Shut up ffs….you’re another dope that spends too much time thinking you’re somehow smarter than iPhone users because you can use an android!! You’re a moron..it’s a fcuking phone…someone isn’t dumb because they don’t want to spend 10 minutes cracking code to dial a fcuking number…I am an electronic engineer, I use an iPhone because they’re reliable and make calls, open emails and take photos..you’re a moron who talks about his fcuking phone too much!
Iphone sales top 10 million and still the fandroids are not happy. IF YOU SICKOS DONT LIKE APPLE THEN SHUT THE F UP AND BUY WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT !!’m
Stephen, It is very frustrating trying to explain to people who have no technology expertise how apple are essentially ripping them off. I had a conversation recently with my brother in law where I had to explain to him that no his iPhone was not free and that it was costing him over 1000 euro on an 18 month contract. That was the iphone 5. Now the iphone 6 is out and it will cost someone on a plan around 1400 euro for 2012 technology in a nice shiny case. Its laughable, but there is no talking to people.
Edward – do you often denigrate people that don’t agree with your parameters defining ‘value’? Most people are perfectly capable of basic arithmetic.
A fool and his money are soon parted
You’d have to be a really sad ba$tard to judge someone by the phone they use!
They’re a sucker born every minute.
There is
Did you just agree with yourself? Did you forget to switch account or something?
Maybe you noticed the grammar error in the first comment?
I noticed it… but I am not the type that would take joy from pointing it out. You don’t seem to have that restriction Scipio… must be fairly quiet in your life huh?
Go out and have some fun lad.
Sheeple all the way. Thank goodness I don’t need an ego boost like this to like myself
Love to hear justify that or are you sheepishly following the line of the comments.
I have never felt the need to hurl insults at people over a model of a phone. To do so makes you very insecure. Perhaps you do need the ego boost after all because it is not a particularly nice trait to have.
No, you just feel the need to put other people down to try and feel good about yourself….
Still it’s not the best phone yet:)
Just goes to show how many idiots pay top dollar for low, outdated specs.
Again please justify your “outdated specs” comment.
1GM of RAM in 2014 (on a flagship that costs upto a grand, no doubt) seems outdated to me. Although it seems the Apple fanboys disagree.
*GB
Funny how with all that extra power the S5 doesn’t destroy the iPhone in benchmarks, in fact it loses most of the time. http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iphone-6-benchmark-results,news-19584.html#iphone-6-benchmark-results%2Cnews-19584.html?&_suid=14114002067870984440531756256
It’s almost as if you don’t NEED higher specs when you tightly control the hardware and software.
Because specs are half the battle. You’re the type of person who sticks a turbo on a micra and calls it a good car. The OS is solid and performs incredibly well like all other Apple products it doesn’t need the same hardware.
“Because specs are half the battle.”
You’re the one who actually asked Sam to, ‘please justify your “outdated specs” comment.’
Ok, but what about the screen? HTC had a HD screen on the One (M7) 18 months ago so it’s not like its new technology. I haven’t seen the iPhone 6 but apparently if you put it side by side with the Galaxy S5, HTC One (M8) or Sony Xperia Z3 there is a noticeable difference in quality. Also the battery life is worse then on Android phones and the camera definitely is not up there with the Xperia Z3 or Nokia Lumia 930.
All of this wouldn’t be a big deal if the iPhone 6 wasn’t the dearest phone out there. If I was paying that much for a phone Id want to have the best of everything and at the moment it doesn’t.
Not sure who your source is on the screen, but apparently the screen on the 6 plus is the best LCD out there, beating the HTC One M8. The Galaxy’s OLED screen still tops it and the Z3 isn’t out yet so hard to really compare those two. http://displaymate.com/iPhone6_ShootOut.htm
The battery life isn’t really a fair comparison since the phone is just out, although if you want to go down that route early reviews have said two days, I’m not seeing that with my 6 plus but I’m a heavy user.
Again, you bring up the Z3 which isn’t out, so that one isn’t very fair. Nokia do amazing cameras and I haven’t personally used the 930 or seen any reviews, so can’t comment. The 6 plus does take some amazing shots though and in my limited experience works really well in low light.
My source is http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/iphone-6-plus-1264566/review and they compared the iPhone 6 to the Z3 because they have had access to both phones.
Regarding battery life. My Z1 has a stamina mode which is designed to conserve battery life and does a good job of it too, Samsung & HTC both have their own power saving modes but for some reason Apple doesn’t. According to the review above the iPhone 6 battery life is much better than the 5S but still lags behind Android phones despite not having a power hungry HD screen. They do tests involving playing videos for a certain length of time and seeing how much battery power is lost from 100% charge.
Agreed about Nokia. My N8 had the best camera I’ve ever used on a smartphone as well as a Xenon flash. Unfortunately Symbian was shit, hence the upgrade to Android.
Ooops… that should be http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/iphone-6-1264565/review
I don’t anyone in this comment section said they were the best phones. It is all down to preference though. I’ve been using Iphone since original 5 now. My main reason is that I’m a Macbook user for work and its to simple to have all my contacts, calendars, messages etc synced over to one another. As well as the customer support which I have never had any trouble with and no problem replacing broken/damaged products. The HTC one M8 is such a beast of a phone just for my needs at the minute I got with apple.
The 5s and 5c weren’t available for pre-order, so if anything that 10 million is a poor result when compared to last year.
Love to be that poor !!!
The 5C was available to pre-order but from what I remember it didn’t get many as the initial demand wasn’t very high for it.
“The 5C was available to pre-order ”
You’re right, I stand corrected.
iPhones going from strength to strength now with their bigger screens, the final nail in the coffin for samsungs plastic imitations.
How dare they spend their own money on things that they want!
Have had an iPhone ever since the original, and not once have I ever had one single problem. I will be upgrading to the iPhone 6 eventually.
I pay for quality, consistency and reliability. Plus, Apple customer service is outstanding, and some people forget about quality of customer service when they’re buying.
I don’t pay for “pack as many features in as you can, and hopefully half of them work”
(Apple Iphone 6 Plus) is the most amazing apple product I have ever purchased, I recommend it to all of ppl
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