Today, October ,13Apple announced about the iPhone 6 / 6 Plus launch in Europe. Also these two handsets will be available in additional 36 countries and territories Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa by the end of October.
iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus sales record hit an all time high on the launch date, with over 10 million units in its first weekend of release. China has already reported over 20 million pre-orders for the October 17th release. The Apple company has announced that it will be releasing the new iPhone in 36 countries, including China and India on October 17th, along with Monaco and iPhone 6 launch in Asia.
Both new handsets will be available in a total of 69 countries and territories by the end of the month. Apple promises that it could deliver by the end of the year the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in more than 115 countries.
Here is schedule of launching:
- Friday, October 17: China, India and Monaco
- Thursday, October 23: Israel
- Friday, October 24: Czech Republic, French West Indies, Greenland, Malta, Poland, Reunion Island and South Africa
- Thursday, October 30: Bahrain and Kuwait
- Friday, October 31: Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Guam, Hungary, Iceland, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macau, Macedonia, Mexico,
- Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, South Korea, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine and Thailand
- The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are currently available in the United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the US Virgin Islands.
- The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus is already available in pre-order in China. The new models had already set a new sales record of 10M handsets in the opening weekend. Accessories too hit record sales levels in the US. For what it’s worth, analysts are expecting about sixty million iPhone sales in China during the fourth quarter of the year.
The press release did not confirm a blowout estimate earlier this morning by a Chinese technology outlet which estimated that Apple Stores in China, along with Chinese carriers and the country’s e-commerce site Jingdong Mall (JD.com), together processes a whopping twenty million iPhone 6 pre-orders between October 10-13.