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iPhone 6 Plus could be hard to find on launch day

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This Friday could be Apple's biggest iPhone launch day yet -- and we're not just talking about a bigger screen. Apple sold a record number of new iPhones in the first 24 hours of preorders. It's not clear which is the more popular model, but the iPhone 6 Plus has a longer wait time for delivery than the iPhone 6. This episode of CNET Update looks at what that could mean for launch day:

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