The sales tally is inline with a prediction made by AppleInsider on Friday, shortly after the the iPhone 3G S hit retail stores and AT&T announce that it sold "hundreds of thousands" of the devices during its pre-order process.
"Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning," said Apple chief executive Steve Jobs. "With over 50,000 applications available from Apple's revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever."
For their part, Wall Street analysts like Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster, had initially forecasted the Cupertino-based company to accumulate first-weekend sales of roughly 500,000 iPhone 3G Ss. Prior to Apple's announcement Monday morning, the analyst edged up his estimate to 750,000 units, saying early sales indications, comments from carriers, and lines at retail stores "were more positive" than he had anticipated.
It took Apple 74 days, or approximately two and a half months, to sell its first million iPhones back in 2007, while last year's iPhone 3G launch saw a million devices sold in just the first three days, setting a benchmark for future iPhone releases. Given that sales figures reported Monday by Apple don't include sales of the newly-priced $99 8GB iPhone 3G, it's more than likely this past weekend represented the company's most successful product launch to date.
For those interested, AppleInsider published a 4-page, in-depth review of the iPhone 3G S and the new iPhone 3.0 software update earlier this morning.
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says Steve Jobs? Or his PR Lady? Or his doctor?
apart from that: great news! I'm gonna add one as soon as the 32gb model is available again in Germany. So far the "big" one is sold out here (18k on friday in total, so the press tells us).
I want one
Never expected such huge sales for iPhone 3GS after reading the initial reports. Anyways its great to see iPhone still commanding the smartphone sales.
So who are the other 999,999?
Steve says??
If steve really did say that, I think that would be the REAL NEWS..
Steve says??
If steve really did say that, I think that would be the REAL NEWS..
That's what I was thinking....