{
  "id": 8166676,
  "title": "China’s iPhone 18 Pro Frenzy: 7M Preorders Sold in 5 Minutes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/chinas-iphone-18-pro-frenzy-7m-preorders-sold-in-5-minutes",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-18T02:43:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chiang Rai Times",
    "slug": "chiang-rai-times",
    "url": "https://www.chiangraitimes.com/tech/chinas-iphone-18-pro-frenzy/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "BEIJING – Apple has shattered sales records with its latest smartphone release in China. Preorders for the new iPhone 18 Pro series sold out in exactly five minutes. An astonishing seven million units vanished from digital shelves on September 9. Fans eagerly snatched up every available phone, briefly crashing major retail websites. Apple officially unveiled […] The post China’s iPhone 18 Pro…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}