According to Macrumors and Ming-Chi Kou the iPhone XR is already on track to outpace the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus from last year.

iPhone XR pre-order demand in the first three days of the device’s availability was “better than that” of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus during the same period last year, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.

Joe Rossignol macrumors.com

Like I said about the iPhone XR not selling out, the success of this phone will be further down the line as more and more people start to update older phones.

The fact that the XR is already outpacing the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus is interesting.  While most early adopters were holding off for the shiny new iPhone X, there were still many updating to the 8.  With the reverse order, I think most of the early adopters have gotten their thirst quenched.

Still, I wonder what we’ll say about the iPhone XR a year from now?