Apple Stock Climbs As Pre-orders For IPhone 7 & 7 Plus Set New Record

(RTTNews) - Shares of Apple Inc. (AAPL) were trading up on encouraging pre-order figures of iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus at T-mobile (TMUS). The new much sought after smart phone models went live at the Un-carrier, a campaign by T-mobile US as well as at Sprint Corp. (S) on Friday midnight, breaking all previous records.

Pre-orders from Friday through Monday were up nearly 4x compared to the next most popular iPhone - and Friday set a single day sales record for any smartphone ever, T-Mobile US stated. For the first three days, pre-orders at Sprint climbed around 375 percent.

iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be available from September 16 at T-Mobile stores nationwide and online, while MetroPCS customers will get it from September 23.

John Legere, T-Mobile president and CEO said, "Q3 was already off to an incredible start."

Apple unveiled the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus with faster processors on last Wednesday. Though the company has not attempted a design change, the new models have no headphone jack. Apple has launched a wireless Bluetooth-enabled AirPods, priced $159 for the new smartphones.

The screen sizes of the two smartphones are the same as the previous-generation iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, 4.7 inch and 5.5 inch respectively.

Apple shares are currently up 2.54 percent at $108.13