Million Phone Weekend For Apple

July 14, 2008

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Despite activation problems and site outages, Apple managed to sell one million iPhones over the weekend.  That is nearly double the conservative estimate prior to the launch.  With phones flying off shelves in 21 countries, lines formed prior to the July 11th launch and remained long throughout the weekend.  Stores are reporting mostly sold out conditions.  Demand remains high.

Million iPhone Weekend

Many potential consumers have been posting to internet message boards that they intend to wait for lines to die down and software/server glitches to be corrected before purchasing a unit.

It is interesting to note that it took Apple nearly 75 days to sell their first million phones, and were about to do that in just one weekend with their newest offering.  In addition, 10 million apps were downloaded to iPhones during the first three days.

The iPhone madness continues.

Written by Todd · Filed Under Mobile, Telecom 

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One Response to “Million Phone Weekend For Apple”

  1. Todd on July 31st, 2008 5:37 pm

    Update:

    Users are reporting cracks in the outer back shell of their iPhones. They do not appear to be the result of abuse, but rather a structural failure of the phone. MobileCrunch has the details.

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