iPhone 4S surpasses four million sales in three days

Apple's iPhone 4S sales break previous iPhone 4 three day record

Apple has announced the sale of over four million new iPhone 4S handsets in the three days since the device launched.

The new smartphone has initially released in the UK, the US, France, Germany, Canada, Australia and Japan. Similarly high sales are expected when the iPhone 4S launches in a further 22 countries by the end of October and over 70 countries in total by the end of December.

The previous model iPhone 4, which launched in June last year, achieved record sales in its first three days, but this has been smashed by the new iPhone 4S which has more than doubled the figures of its predecessor.

Apple fans are clamouring for the iPhone 4S’ enhanced features, including a dual core processor on the iPad 2’s A5 chipset, an improved 8-megapixel camera with updated optics and the unique voice activated Siri assistant.

Customer reception of the iPhone 4S has been positive on the whole, despite negative reactions at first from analysts and commentators who expected the much-rumoured iPhone 5 instead.

Apple has, however, been experiencing some trouble with its new operating system update, iOS 5, which launched in tandem with the iPhone 4S. Some users of previous iPhones have found the update wipes their music, photos and even contacts.

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