Over the weekend, in fact, they sold as many as 9 million new iPhones. This is more than the last year's record, when in the first weekend they sold 5 million iPhone 5. However, this is not the end of broken records. iOS 7 is already "spinning" on over 200 million devices with Apple's mobile operating system, making it the fastests implemented upgrade in history.

All this has resulted in a shortage of devices, especially of the iPhone 5S, in stores and through online orders, but Apple have made a promise to take re-stock at exceptional speed.

[Ed - Apple is not saying they sold 9 Million iPhone 5S' but 9 million new iPhones. This is unusual for them as they typically breake their sales down a little more than this to emphasie how well their new product is doing. Apple also has more than one model on the market at a time this year with the iPhone 5S and 5C. We would be very interested in seeing  what the break down is on which unit sold what in this 9 million total..]

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