Today the Apple company announced officially that no less than 4 million iPhone 4S terminals have been sold to date both through pre-orders and after the official launch in stores. The company claims that over 25 million users have installed the new iOS 5 on their own terminals and over 20 million users have registered with iCloud. Last year, Apple sold 1.7 million iPhone 4 terminals during the launch weekend, but this year the figures have doubled and the company from Cupertino sold no less than 4 million iPhone 4S terminals, although initially very few people wanted the new device.
To date, Apple has sold 250 million iDevices and if they were all active, 10% of them would have iOS 5 already installed. The number of those who use iCloud is only 5 million less, but probably in the future the numbers will be equal. Considering that in just one week Apple sold 4 million iPhone 4S terminals, in the following months the company could sell several tens of millions of such devices and could keep its title as the largest smartphone manufacturer at global level.
CUPERTINO, California—October 17, 2011— Apple® today announced it has sold over four million of its new iPhone® 4S, just three days after its launch on October 14. In addition, more than 25 million customers are already using iOS 5, the world's most advanced mobile operating system, in the first five days of its release, and more than 20 million customers have signed up for iCloud®, a breakthrough set of free cloud services that automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices. iPhone 4S is available today in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK, and will be available in 22 more countries on October 28 and more than 70 countries by the end of the year.
"iPhone 4S is off to a great start with more than four million sold in its first weekend—the most ever for a phone and more than double the iPhone 4 launch during its first three days," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "iPhone 4S is a hit with customers around the world, and together with iOS 5 and iCloud, is the best iPhone ever."
iPhone 4S is the most amazing iPhone yet, packed with incredible new features including Apple's dual-core A5 chip for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics; an all new camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD resolution video recording; and Siri™, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking.
