The iPhone 6 Plus seems great demand – Le Soir

The new iPhone with a 5.5-inch screen appears to be great interest from fans of the Apple brand.

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Demand Friday seemed strong opening day of pre-orders for Apple’s new iPhone, particularly for the larger model.

“The reception of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus has been amazing, with a record number of pre-orders, “assured an Apple spokesman told AFP.

She did not provide any figures, and the American IT group n however, has not disclosed the number of devices available for pre-orders.

The delivery deadlines for the iPhone 6 Plus features a large screen of 5.5 inches, already reached three to four weeks to 1830 GMT for almost all available on online stores of Apple in the United States, France and Germany models, AFP noted.

Consumers can however still expect to receive on September 19, the official day of release of new phones, some models of the smaller version (simply called iPhone 6), although in some cases the delays are getting longer: 7-10 days in trois-four weeks .

In addition to the screen size, buyers can choose the color of the device (silver, gold or gray), memory capacity (16, 64 or 128 gigabytes) and telephone company .

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, presented Tuesday by Apple, hit the market Friday, September 19 in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the United Kingdom.

previous models (5s and 5c) had passed last year to 9 million units across all three early days. But analysts expect that this record will be broken this year, with a bigger wave than in the past to replacement purchases by existing iPhone users.

Many still using an even older version of 4S (launched in 2011) yet.

Apple also offers for the first time an iPhone to large screen, thus placing on the market “phablettes” of smartphones almost as wide as the tablet display. Competing manufacturers, particularly in Asia, already offer for a year or two, and they are very pleasing to consumers.

Two other new products announced this week by Apple, a payment service and a watch connected, could also provide purchasing arguments.

The payment service will start in October in the United States. The show is scheduled for early 2015 will need in both cases to use it to have a recent iPhone (version 6 for payments Versions 5, 5s, 5c or 6 for the shows.)