They do appear, by most accounts, to be more iteration than evolution, but the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus managed to rack up an impressive 13 million sales since hitting stores on Friday, according to numbers issued by Apple this morning. That's a new record for the company.
The handsets are currently available online, through Apple store locations, carrier stores and retail partners like Best Buy, Target, and Walmart.
Apple CEO Tim Cook also used the occasion to announce that the latest iOS devices will be hitting an addition 40 countries on October 9th, including Italy, Mexico, Russia, Spain and Taiwan (full list below). Three days later, they'll arrive in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, and will hit India, Malaysia, and Turkey six days after that.
The number will increase to a full 130 countries by year's end.
As promised, here's the full list of countries getting the phone on the 9th, in handy alphabetical order: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan.
Source: Apple
