Apple has announced that it sold its one
millionthiPhoneon Sunday 9 September, just 74
days after its introduction on 29 June.
"One million iPhones in 74 days - it took almost two years to
achieve this milestone with
iPod," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO.
This puts the company ahead of its own
internal sales predictions which had expected the one million
mark to be reached towards the end of the month.
"Seventy four days to sell one million devices through an
exclusive deal with AT&T is impressive for the new entrant to
the telecom industry," said Joss Gillet, senior analyst at
Ovum.
"However, Apple is planning to introduce its hero product in
Europe and we expect Apple to face a strong portfolio of
rival devices from established handset manufacturers. We also
expect that iPhone hype will slow in early 2008 as Apple faces
strong commercial pressure in Europe."