Sprint today announced that, in the first three days, pre-orders for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are more than 375 percent higher compared to a year ago. The time frame that Sprint is referring to covers three days, compared to the four-day period that T-Mobile is disclosing.
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The arrival of a new iPhone is also a key time for carriers to get people thinking about switching service.
According to Sprint, the iPhone 7 sales this weekend were more than 375% higher than in 2015.
Samsung is also said to be planning to block Apple from licensing this new proprietary port, which could have a major impact on future of headphones.
Accord to T-Mobile CEO John Legere, “The demand around the iPhone 7 is just incredible”. Accordingly, over the past 24 hours or so, several MacRumors readers enrolled in the program have been able to reserve the iPhone model they desired for pickup at a local Apple Store later this week.
T-Mobile and Sprint announced on Tuesday pre-orders for Apple’s new phone are up almost four times from the previous two models, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S.
When you have a deal as superb as the one T-Mobile was offering you for a free iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, is there any wonder why the pre-order tally would scale to such heights?
The firm’s Apple Music has also been redesigned as part of the update, having been criticised for being confusing when it launched a year ago. The first pre-orders in launch countries are scheduled to begin this Friday, but before that, rumours of the next year’s iPhone are already coming in.
One of the most prominent Apple retailer in India, iWorld has started taking pre-registrations for the device.
This year, Apple killed the headphone jack. The website displays an option to pre-register for an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus.
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In addition to strong iPhone 7 preorder responses, Reuters points to Samsung’s recent struggles as perhaps another reason for AAPL’s growth.
