Apple sold more 5 million of the previous i5C 1:1-priceangels.com

"While it is likely some of this line is due to not having an early pre-order option for the 5S, we still believe it shows loyalty to the Newest i5C Phone remains strong among Apple's installed base," said ISI Group analyst Brian Marshall. He estimates Apple will sell about 6 million units in the first three days.

Apple sold more 5 million of the previous iPhone 5 units during its opening weekend last year."It's been one year since iPhone 5. It's about time to upgrade I guess," he told Reuters TV.The new iPhones use chips made by Avago Technologies Ltd, TriQuint Semiconductor Inc and Skyworks Solutions Inc, according to repair firm iFixit, which opened up the iPhone 5S and 5C on Thursday.

Broadcom Corp's chip is used for the touchscreen controller in both phones, iFixit said. All these suppliers also featured in last year's iPhone 5.Apple's iPhone 5S is playing hard to get for those who want the new gold color option.The initial supply of the phone, which went on sale online just after midnight in the US, slipped to a ship date of 7 to 10 days within 10 minutes, and to October in less than a half-hour. That happened with all three varieties of the phone, with 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB of storage space.

The situation matches what buyers in the UK, France, and Germany experienced. After an initial rush, Apple's online store pushed back gold iPhone 5S ship dates to 7 to 10 days, then to October a few hours later.
Supplies of silver and space gray i5C 1:1 devices held up better. At 2:45 a.m. PT, the Apple store still had enough stock for a ship date of less than 3 days. At 1 a.m. in Germany, France, and the UK, those models had ship date of 7 to 10 days. By 2:45 a.m. PT, though, all three colors had slipped to October in the European countries.

Later in the day, the existing stock of silver and gray iPhone 5S models started selling out, too, in the United States. By 4 a.m. PT, ship dates from 7 to 10 days arrived for some 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB models on AT&T and Verizon.The iPhone 5C went on presale last Friday, and Apple appeared to have plenty of stock, with Apple offering release day delivery up until mid-week this week. The iPhone 5S is a different story, with Apple only offering what appears to be a limited amount of stock online.f56DSF34

At least one of Apple's retail partners got off to an earlier start on 5S sales. Best Buy offered the device up about an hour before Apple, leading some shoppers to buy a device early, and in some cases with same-day in-store pickup.
Apple is expected to meet or slightly surpass last year's opening weekend iPhone sales. Separate reports from Piper Jaffray and RBC Capital Markets suggested that Apple is on track to meet and possibly exceed last year's 5 million iPhone 5 weekend sales (which included preorders) with 5 million to 6 million units in early sales. In past years that number has been a good indication of how well the device will do.

Apple began selling the new high-end smartphone Friday morning all around the world alongside the lower-cost iPhone 5c. The i5C  comes in space gray (black), gold and silver color options.The iPhone 5s is the successor to last year's iPhone 5. Though the software in the two devices is the same, the iPhone 5s is equipped with a faster processor, improved camera and a fingerprint scanner that can be used to unlock the device and verify purchases.