Apple called it “the biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone” — and customers seem to agree. Apple said Monday that it had sold more than 2 million iPhone 5 smartphones in the first 24 hours of availability, while AT&T announced a sales record for the new gizmo as well, with customers ordering more of them than any previous iPhone model on the first day of preorders and over the weekend. “iPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing. Read the full story at Fox News.
About Shelly Palmer
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with AI strategy, implementation and governance, as well as technology, media and marketing. Named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in Technology, he is a bestselling author, covers tech and business for Fox 5’s Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN, and writes the popular daily business blog Think About This. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.