10m iPhone 6s sold in a weekend

APPLE SOLD a record 10 million iPhones in the weekend debut of two new models as consumers flocked to buy handsets with bigger screens. Sales surpassed last year’s 9 million units when the iPhone 5s and 5c were introduced, the firm said yesterday. “While our team managed the manufacturing ramp better than ever, we could have sold many more iPhones with greater supply and we are working hard to fill orders as quickly as possible,” chief executive Tim Cook said. Analysts’ estimates varied widely, with one projecting sales as high as 15 million units while others cautioned that the results could fall short of last year’s shipments of the iPhone 5s and 5c because of production shortages and the fact that the new devices did not go on sale in China. – Bloomberg