Nigeria: Apple Commends Globacom on iPhone Sale

24 November 2014

Globacom has received commendation from Apple, manufacturers of high end phones, on its creative and unique manner of attending to the demands of customers for the recently launched iPhone 6. Globacom opened its Gloworld, on Adeola Odeku, Lagos last week to enable tens of its subscribers who turned up at the retail outlet to purchase the handsets.

Apple Regional Sales Manager for Africa, Mr. Paddy McManus, who gave the commendation at the unveiling ceremony of iPhone 6 expressed delight at the impressive turnout of subscribers. He said he was pleasantly shocked and surprised by the large turnout. "This is a very loud move from a loud network in Lagos. I am extremely impressed. This is what usually happens all over the world when Apple is launching its products. Nigerians are really great," McManus exclaimed. An On Air Personality, Mr. FolajinmiAkinsola became the first Nigerian to own a genuine iPhone 6 sold by any telecommunication network in Nigeria when he purchased the phone at the Gloworld shop on AdeolaOdeku, Victoria Island, Lagos immediately after it was officially unveiled at 12.05 am.

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