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Apple sells 1 million 3G iPhones even with the first day hassles
Apple sold 1 million 3G iPhones in its first three days, the company says.
Not bad considering it took 74 days to reach that total in the iPhone’s initial rollout. Then again it wasn’t sold in 21 countries the first time around either.
That puts 7 million iPhones in circulation, and moves Apple closer to its goal of 10 million by the end of the year.
In addition, Techcrunch.com says there were also 10 million applications downloaded. Of the 800 applications available, 200 are free.
The big weekend occurred despite a major hassle on Friday at Apple and AT&T outlets. There was a global problem with Apple’s iTunes servers that prevented the phones from being fully activated in-store.
Instead, employees told buyers to go home and perform the last step by connecting their phones to their own computers.
It was a tough pill to swallow after they stood in line before daybreak to be among the first customers in the store.
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