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110,000 pre-orders in 9 Hours in South Korea!!

Posted by admin | Aug 20, 2010 iphone development

iPhone 4 is due to launch on Sepetember in South Korea, but yesterday KT’s servers were shut down due to much congestion. About 110,000 pre-orders went through in just 9 hours! They were needlessly to say overwhelmed by the response. This could mark a record for one-day sales in the country and still online pre orders are due to last for another week.

The iPhone 3GS was a success in Korea, which has traditionally been resistant to foreing brands. Over 850,000 Apple devices have shipped since the original November. This is great concern for the home based company Samsung. However, Samsung siad that it had already sold 800,000 Galaxy S phones in its native territory in less than two months. To help spur sales, Samsung has just launched a white version of the Galaxy S in Korea through KT’s main rival, SK Telecom. The large Super AMOLED screen, fast processor and use of Android have all helped spur sales.

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