Apple Says Opening Weekend Sales Of iPhone 6 Topped 10 Million

Sales set a new record, three days after the product's release.

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Francis Whittaker
by Francis Whittaker

BuzzFeed News Reporter, UK

Update — Sept. 22, 9:39 a.m. ET

Apple has said that opening weekend sales for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have topped 10 million, a new record, the company said Monday morning.

Adrees Latif / Reuters

“Sales for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus exceeded our expectations for the launch weekend, and we couldn’t be happier," Apple CEO Tim Cook said, noting that the sales broke "all previous sell-through records by a large margin."

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The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus launched on Sept. 19 in the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, and the U.K.

The models will be released in 20 additional countries on Sept. 26, with the total increasing to 115 nations by the end of the year.

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