IPhone 4S Sales May Reach 4 Million First Weekend

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Apple could sell as many as four million units of its new iPhone 4S the first weekend it is available. Available Oct. 14, 2011 in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom, sales are expected to beat the 1.7 million iPhone 4 units sold on that device's first weekend.

Some observers think sales will be boosted by consumer interest in the last device of the Steve Jobs era at Apple.

“It’s going to easily outpace any previous launch,” said Charlie Wolf, an analyst at Needham & Co. iPhone 4S Sales May Reach 4 Million