Within three days of its China launch of the new iPhone 5, Apple has revealed that its sales of the handset in the country has already touched over 2 million units; thereby making the iPhone 5 launch the best-selling iPhone release ever in China.

The overwhelming demand for iPhone 5 in China is evident from the fact that, even before the smartphone officially hit the Chinese market, online reservations of the handset had already been made by hundreds of thousands of interested buyers.

Currently, the iPhone 5 is being sold in China by two telecom carriers - China Telecom and China Unicom. Though the biggest telecom carrier in the country, China Mobile, is not selling the handset as of now, analysts are of the opinion that Apple's partnership with China Mobile will be imperative if the country is envisioning a long-term outlook in the Chinese market.

Nonetheless, noting that the iPhone 5 is selling faster than ever in China, Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement that the response of the customers to the latest version of the popular iPhone has been "incredible," and that it has set "a new record with the best first weekend sales ever in China."

Further adding that Apple considers China is to be a "very important market" because it is the company's second biggest market, Cook said: "Customers there cannot wait to get their hands on Apple products."