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To: sylvester80 who wrote (13425)	12/8/2011 4:34:26 PM
From: iggyl	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 32692

Taiwan Takes 380,000 iPhone 4S Pre-orders, Crashes Servers Despite early criticisms of the iPhone 4S for not being the iPhone 5 as everyone had expected, globally, all three of Taiwan’s major mobile operators said they saw “unprecedented” demand for the iPhone 4S, and the demand was so high that websites crashed the same day. All three of Taiwan’s major mobile operators — Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan Mobile, Far Eastone, are offering Apple’s iPhone 4S on their networks and have all said that they have received higher than expected preorders for Apple’s latest smartphone. According to local media reports, the iPhone 4S has broken pre-order records in Taiwan and all three mobile operators’ websites went down under the stress of demand from customers. Taiwan’s largest provider, Chunghwa Telecom, was expecting 150,000 iPhone 4S preorders. However, the company is forced to extend its website bandwidth to cope with demand. The company’s senior executive said that Chunghwa has broken online sales records, and has already received 210,000 pre-orders. That’s really far exceeding its original expectation. “We received 210,000 pre-orders for the iPhone 4S, and that’s two times more than the amount of pre-orders we received (100,000) for the iPhone 4 last year,” On the other side, Taiwan Mobile received 80,000 pre-orders and Far Eastone received 90,000 pre-orders. “We have had an overwhelming response from customers since the iPhone 4S pre-order site went live on December 1. We are really happy with the number of pre-orders to date,” Taiwan Mobile said, What’s more, Chunghwa Telecom told the local media that 60% of the stock of iPhone 4S in Taiwan will belong to the company. Since there’s a huge demand in Taiwan, Apple promised to help the Taiwanese carriers to meet demand for the handset in the country. Demand for the iPhone 4S, despite being a superficially mild refresh, has been hot in other parts of the world. In relatively nearby Hong Kong, pre-orders sold out in less than an hour, and there were thousands of people lining up for iPhone 4S launch at the Apple store. So, we think the launch of the iPhone 4S in Taiwan on December 16 would be insanely great too. All three mobile operators are ready to open their selected branches overnight for the launch of the iPhone 4S on that day.