As reported on Engadget.
By Richard Lai
Even though there were no insanely long lines to rave about this time, Apple’s now showing some big numbers merely three days after its iPhone 5 launch in China. According to the short press release fresh out of the oven, Cupertino’s Chinese division has so far managed to sell over two million iPhone 5s through various channels (notably with online reservation for Apple’s in-store purchases, as alreadyimplemented in Hong Kong), thus “setting a new record with the best first weekend sales ever in China,” said CEO Tim Cook. To put that into context, the iPhone 5’s original opening weekend sales topped five million in nine countries, which is again solid proof that “China is a very important market” for Apple. Or maybe the Mayan calendar really made an impression among Chinese consumers.