Apple aims to sell 200 million iPhone 6, 6 Plus by Q1 2015: Report

Just three days after its launch, Apple had announced that it sold over 10 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus units, which was a new record for the world' second-largest smartphone manufacturer. But this seems like a small number compared to the sales figure Apple is estimating from the new models.

According to a report by Taiwanese website Digitimes, Apple has asked its hardware partners to prepare 200-250 million units chips for the new devices. Of this figure, 30-40 million are supposedly reserved for the production of Apple Watch, which will be launched early next year. Therefore, the remaining chips are expected to be used in production of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

This is a huge number even for Apple as it announced in March 2014 that total iPhone sales (since the launch of the first iPhone in 2007) had crossed 500 million. According to Forbes, Apple has already sold as many as 20 million iPhones till now.

Apple recently announced the official prices of its smartphones for the Indian markets - iPhone 6 will be available at starting price of Rs 53,500, while the base variant of iPhone 6 Plus will cost Rs 62,500. Pre-orders for the two models start in India on October 7, while they will hit the market on October 17.

With both iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Apple is entering the market of big screen smartphone for the first time, which is said to be the reason for the shoot up in the demand of the new models.