Good numbers from Cupertino for the iPhone 3GS launch. Although the crowds were lighter, it seems all those pre-orders helped out.
"Apple today announced that it has sold over one million iPhone™ 3GS models through Sunday, June 21, the third day after its launch. In addition, six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software in the first five days since its release.
“Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With over 50,000 applications available from Apple’s revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever.”
Big numbers compared to the launch for the previous 2 phones.
"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."
Of course the first gen phone launched without the benefit of the application store. Remarkable that given the economy, demand still seems as strong. Image also the numbers, had all the 3G folks been allowed to upgrade without some of the extra cost. One could image that could carry over when all of those folks hit their contract term next summer.
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The first gen phone also launched without the benefit of a previous generation to ride on its coat tails of success.
Maybe Apple got their distribution bugs worked out better this time around.
All I know for sure is there's a happy Chinese company out there that puts them together.
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