IPhone 5 Pre-orders have exceeded 2 million for the first day

Pre-orders for iPhone 5 were taken last Friday, and within an hour the next time sales have shifted from 21 September for 2-3 weeks.
Today Appleobyavila the number of pre-ordered in the first day - that number exceeded 2 million, and a new record for the company. This rate is more than double the previous record set by iPhone 4S.

Well, we wait for September 21 and see how many iPhone 5 Apple will sell on the first day of official sales.