Techradar posted a story that over one million iPhone 4S handsets were pre-ordered in the first 24 hours of availability

Despite last week's launch event proving somewhat underwhelming, the pre-orders have broken Apple's previous record of 600,000 pre-orders in a day, held by the iPhone 4. Phil Schiller, Apple's senior VP of product marketing who introduced the iPhone 4S on stage at Infinite Loop, said, We are blown away with the incredible customer response to iPhone 4S.S for successThe first day pre-orders for iPhone 4S have been the most for any new product that Apple has ever launched, he continued.

  iPhone 4S pre-orders hit 1 million in first day