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1 Million iPhones Sold Over Weekend
By Reshma Kumar at July 14, 2008 0 Comments
Apple sold one million of its new and improved iPhones, the iPhone 3G, over the weekend after its much anticipated release on Friday, July 11. According to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, “iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend. It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world.” Additionally, more than 10 million applications were also downloaded over the weekend from its new App Store.
The new iPhone 3G combines all the features of iPhone plus 3G networking that is twice as fast, built-in GPS for expanded location-based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs over 800 third party applications available through the new App Store. If you didn’t already know, it is a mere $199 USD for the 8GB model, and $299 USD for the 16GB model compared to the previous version which ran around $700 USD. The lines at the Apple stores are still pretty long today.
There was some confusion on Friday when Apple and AT&T ran into trouble activating new iPhone 3G customers. Old iPhone and iPod touch customers also faced problems downloading the new iPhone 2.0 software which was required to run the new applications and App Store.
Labels: Apple, mobile web, usability, user experience, web, web 2.0
