iPhone 5 launches to record sales
LONDON. September 18. KAZINFORM Apple's iPhone 5 has smashed records before hitting the shelves with more than 2m people pre-ordering the coveted smartphone in its first 24 hours, double last year's figures, Kazinform has learned from CNN.
The tech giant warned that many initial orders would not be delivered until October as demand had exceeded "the initial supply". But it added that the majority of orders would still be delivered as planned on Friday morning.
The bumper sales of the iPhone 5 contrast sharply with the sluggish state of the US economy, with the manufacturing sector showing signs of falling back into a slump.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's monthly Empire manufacturing survey on Monday unexpectedly fell to its lowest level since the depths of the recession. And the August jobs report for the industrial sector shed 15,000 payrolls - the first monthly decline for a year.
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