Apple iPhone 6 Country-by-Country Roll-Out: 36 More in October

Consumer Electronics

Published: October 13, 2014 8:55 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a home run on its hands with the release of its new iPhone 6. Now the company has confirmed that the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be available in 36 more countries and territories during the month of October, across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa. That makes these available in a total of 69 countries and territories by the end of the month.

Apple also says it is on track to have the iPhone 6 models available in more than 115 countries by the end of 2014. If this occurs, it is represented as the fastest iPhone roll-out ever. Apple listed the following dates by country:

Friday, October 17: China, India and Monaco
Thursday, October 23: Israel
Friday, October 24: Czech Republic, French West Indies, Greenland, Malta, Poland, Reunion Island and South Africa
Thursday, October 30: Bahrain and Kuwait
Friday, October 31: Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Guam, Hungary, Iceland, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macau, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, South Korea, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine and Thailand

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are available in the United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Apple shares closed down 0.3% at $100.73 on Friday, and the stock is indicated up 0.7% at $101.50 in Monday’s early trading. Apple has traded in a range of $69.91 to $103.74 in the past 52-weeks, and its consensus analyst price target is up at $111.93.

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