Good news for all the people in China waiting to get their hands on a brand new iPhone 5c or iPhone 5s. The world’s biggest mobile carrier China Mobile will start Pre-Orders for these models on Thursday, December 12. The iPhone’s can be pre-ordered on China Mobile’s website and at some of its locations in Shanghai, reports The Wall Street Journal. » China Mobile to Begin iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s Pre-Orders on December 12

On Apple’s media event, Apple announced that the iPhone 5c Pre-Orders will be available on September 13, however they did not specified at what time it will begin taking orders. Now according to the latest information of the U.S. carrier partners Verizon and Sprint, pre-orders should go live at at 3:01 AM Eastern Time (12:01 AM Pacific Time) on Friday morning. » iPhone 5c Pre-Orders to Begin at 12:01 AM Pacific Time This Friday

Macrumors report that a number of forum members who pre-ordered LTE models of the iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad have either already received their shipments this morning or are seeing their packages out for delivery. It is unknown when Apple will start selling the fourth-generation iPad and iPad Mini in stores, but AT&T was planning to begin selling the devices this Friday, November 16 and stocks of LTE models have arrived in stores already.

Apple has issued a press release about the record-breaking iPhone 5 pre-orders of over two million units in the first 24 hours of availability, which is more than double the previous record of one million held by iPhone 4S. The press release noted: “iPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “iPhone 5 is the best iPhone yet, the most beautiful product we’ve ever made, and we hope customers love it as much as we do.” » iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Top Two Million In First 24 Hours

Loopinsight reported that Apple is “blown away” by by the response to the iPhone 5. The iPone 5 pre-orders sold out within hours. “Pre-orders for iPhone 5 have been incredible,” said Apple spokeswoman, Natalie Kerris. “We’ve been completely blown away by the customer response.” » Apple “Blown Away” By Response To The iPhone 5

Apple already released a press release some time ago, saying that the iPhone 4S launch is the most successful launch so far and the launch of the iPhone 4S in Hong Kong confirms that. “Apple began taking reservations for its iPhone 4S in Hong Kong and 14 additional countries this past Friday, but pre-orders sold out in ten minutes”, which is pretty impressive since Siri does not speak yet Mandarin or Cantonese. “Due to low taxes, Hong Kong and Shanghai (where Apple operates beautiful stores) are among the best places to buy Apple gear”. » iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Sell Out In Hong Kong In 10 Minutes