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Despite widespread activation problems, Apple said Monday that it sold its one millionth iPhone 3G on Sunday, just three days after the new handset launched worldwide on Friday, July 11."iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend," said Apple chief executive Steve Jobs.
Last year, Apple managed to sell just 270,000 iPhones during the first two days. Although the Cupertino-based electronics maker did not release a three day tally for first-generation iPhone sales, it would take the company nearly two and a half months to sell its one millionth unit.
"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," Jobs added.
Their success is pretty impressive.
The marketing is the most impressive thing. Their aim is to sell 10 million phones over the next 12 months - that's under 1% market share.
The publicity is disproportionate to the disruption (something that Apple has always done well).
Nice product - I'm happy with mine, although battery life is still bad.
