A few hours after the mobile operator AT&T announced a record demand for iPhone 5, Apple has published a more accurate figure. Shares tehgiganta suddenly broke the 700-dollar mark.

In a press release the company from Cupertino reported that the number of pre-orders for the sixth generation iPhone exceeded 2 million. A record number of entries were collected in the first 24 hours of admission to pre-sell the smartphone.

For comparison, during the first day after the October release of iPhone 4S total number of pre-orders will be 1 million. For model iPhone 4, launched in 2010, the figure was slightly lower – 600 000. The rapid growth in sales, of course, affect the number of countries selling Apple iPhone 5. But the numbers are already impressive. While not every smartphone can boast such results.