Apple: iPhone 5 Preorders Topped 2M in 24 Hours

By: Associated Press

Updated: Tue 3:26 PM, Sep 18, 2012

What's New?

18% thinner
20% lighter
New connection port (adaptors to be available)
Camera on back takes pictures faster, works better in low light
Front-facing camera now high-def

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple says iPhone 5 preorders topped 2 million in 24 hours, more than double the amount of iPhone 4S preorders.

The company also says that while most preorders will be delivered on Friday, demand for the iPhone 5 exceeds the initial supply, so some of the devices are scheduled for delivery in October.

The iPhone 5 has a bigger screen - 4 inches (10.16 centimeters) measured diagonally - that creates room for another row of icons and lets widescreen movies fit better. The calendar will now show five days at a time instead of just three. Previous iPhone models carried 3.5-inch (8.89-centimeter) screens.

Earlier Monday AT&T Inc. said it set a sales record for the iPhone 5, with customers ordering more of them than any previous iPhone model on the first day of preorders and over the weekend.

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