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Sent to you by Bill Boulware via Google Reader: Apple Sells 1.7 Million
iPhone 4 Handsets in Opening Weekend via Wired: Gadget Lab by Charlie
Sorrel on 6/28/10



Apple has sold an almost ridiculous 1.7 million iPhone 4 handsets in
its opening weekend, running Thursday through Saturday. This breaks
every prediction we saw last week, and almost triples the 600,000
pre-orders reported by Apple just a week before the new iPhone went on
sale.

"This is the most successful product launch in Apple's history," said
Steve Jobs in an Apple press release. Even so, pre-ordering glitches
and flat-out supply shortages kept Apple from selling even more. Jobs
again: "Even so, we apologize to those customers who were turned away
because we did not have enough supply."

The customer pays $200 (16GB) or $300 (32GB) for an iPhone 4, but Apple
gets more than that from AT&T. To find out how much, lets take the
prices from the few countries where the handsets are sold unlocked –
France, Canada and the the UK. Converted into US dollars, we get the
following:



Taking into account that all Apple products get more expensive as they
cross the Atlantic, we'll be conservative and use the Canadian prices.
Taking the mean of the two prices (and rounding them) we get US$670.
Let's multiply that by 1.7 million to get Apple's total sales for the
weekend (not counting the newly discounted iPhone 3G or the still-hot
iPad). The number? $1,139,000,000, or well over a billion dollars. Not
a bad start.

iPhone 4 Sales Top 1.7 Million [Apple]

See Also:


- Apple Sells 600000 iPhones Despite 'System Malfunctions,' Orders …
- Apple's iPad Sales Accelerate: Three Million Sold in 80 Days …
- Video: iPhone 4 Looks Gorgeous, But FaceTime Face Plants
- Apple's iPhone 4 Launch Draws Huge Crowds Worldwide
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com






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