iPhone 6s Pre-Orders in South Korea Sell Out Within Minutes

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Posted October 19, 2015 at 9:25pm by Shalom Levytam

Preorders for the new iPhone 6s sold out within minutes in South Korea, reports Yonhap News. The country's three mobile carriers SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus launched pre-orders ahead of official launch on Friday.

KT said pre-orders surpassed 10,000 within the first minute and reached 50,000 in less than 10 minutes. It shut down pre-orders and began a second round later in the day. "We're getting an amazing response. We expected to take at least 30 minutes to sell the first 50,000. There was notably a huge demand for the rose gold," an official at KT said.

SK Telecom ended its pre-orders after 30 minutes but wouldn't provide figures.

LG Uplus ended pre-orders after five minutes.

Notably, South Korea is Samsung's home turf and it has had to decrease prices of its latest smartphones to stay competitive with the iPhone 6s.

The price of Samsung's Galaxy S6 was slashed to 799,700 won (US$706) from the previous 924,000 won. That of LG's new V10 came in at 799,700 won from the start of the launch. It is rare for a South Korean tech giant to release a flagship model with an initial local price of below 800,000 won.

We'll let you know how sales go once the iPhone 6s is officially launched in the country.

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gamerscul9870 - October 20, 2015 at 2:30am

This was involved with other articles before and that no one would get a picture of them preordering iPhone from the Koreans area.

igorsky - October 20, 2015 at 5:23pm

What do they look like to you? Do tell.

Alad - October 19, 2015 at 10:25pm

I'm reassuring you it was sold within seconds; 10 million phones sold in seconds.

MB - October 19, 2015 at 11:09pm

Reassuring?

one apple a day - October 19, 2015 at 10:20pm

I'm sure there are South Korean citizen who frowned on Samsung's business practice. But then again, that reason alone may not be enough for them to decide to buy an iPhone.

Spawn - October 19, 2015 at 10:11pm

Isn't that ironic? Sold out right on Samsung's backyard!

gamerscul9870 - October 19, 2015 at 10:41pm

and they attempted to ban iPhones in South Korea. Isn't that gullible of monopolizing gimmick?