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  • iPhone 6 Preorders Set a New Apple Record

    Early this morning, Apple diehards looking to score a sweet iPhone 6 Plus preorder found, much to their chagrin, that the 5.5-inch model of the new iPhone was sold out. Already!

    Of course, Apple routinely sells out of their new devices on preorder day. Despite site crashes and glitches, anxious upgraders were still able to place a staggering amount of orders. How many? A lot, says Apple. In fact, a record number.

    “Response to iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus has been incredible with a record number of preorders overnight,” Apple said in a statement to Re/code.

    So there you go – a record number of preorders. Unsurprisingly, Apple didn’t take the time to elaborate and tell us specifically how many iPhone 6s and iPhone 6 Plus…es were ordered overnight. Both the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus went on sale at 3:01 am EST.

    Apple has already updated its shipping times on the iPhone 6 Plus, for all color models and storage sizes, to 3-4 weeks. It’s even worse when you look at some of the carrier sites. For instance, AT&T is showing a 35 to 42-day wait time on shipping, while Verizon’s wait times are similar, currently shipping the 16GB iPhone 6 Plus on October 14th and the bigger models on October 21st.

    All models of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 are still shipping on time – slated for next Friday, September 19th.

    Image via Apple

  • New iPhone Preorders Now Live on Apple.com, Carrier Sites

    New iPhone Preorders Now Live on Apple.com, Carrier Sites

    UPDATE: Looks like the iPhone 6 Plus, the 5.5-inch model, is already sold out.

    As promised, you can now preorder the new iPhone 6 or its larger cousin the iPhone 6 Plus from Apple, various carriers, or other retailers.

    You can start your iPhone preorder directly from Apple right here. You have the option to choose free shipping or in-store pickup. Both the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus will ship next Friday, September 19th. The new phones will also be available to purchase in Apple retail stores at 8 am that day – but you might face a line in some high-traffic areas. That’s why you’re preordering in the first place, right?

    Of course, you can also preorder the new iPhones from your specific carriers – AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint.

    The price of the new iPhone 6, with a two-year contract, is $199 for the 16GB, $299 for 64GB, and $399 for the 128GB – all across the carrier board. For the iPhone 6 Plus it’s $299 for the 16GB, $399 for 64GB, and $499 for the 128GB.

    Of course, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile all offer other ways to get your hands on the new iPhones. AT&T Next customers can get the phones for $0 and a monthly fee (starting at $27.09). The Verizon Edge program offers similar structures, and Sprint offers two non-contract deals. T-Mobile offers plans as well, the cheapest being the 16GB iPhone 6 for $0 down and $27.08 per month for two years.

    You can also preorder the new iPhones from retailers like Best Buy, Walmart, and Target.

    Both the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sport Retina HD displays with ion-strengthened glass. The iPhone 6 boasts a 4.7-inch screen at 1334×750. It’s 6.8mm thick. The iPhone 6 Plus has a 5.5-inch screen at 1920×1080. It is 7.1mm thick.

    Both sport the Apple A8 chip, which is 64-bit with twi billion transistors on a 20-nanometer process. The new chip is 13% smaller than the previous chip, the A7. The CPU is up to 25% faster. According to Apple, it’s 50% faster on graphics. You can check out more specs here.