Macworld 2008: iPhone Sales Hit 4 Million January 17, 2008
Read more Apple , Gizmodo UK , Mobile Devices , Mobile phones , Smartphones , iPhone
The iPhone is selling like the proverbial hot cakes and has topped 4 million but it’s doubtful that the trendy phone will hit its original, lofty sales estimates of 10 million units in a year.
Steve Jobs said at Macworld Expo 2008 that the iPhone is selling at an average of 20,000 units a day which is impressive but with just five months to go until it turns one, it’s unlikely that the iPhone will sell another 6 million. After all, the Silly Season that is Christmas has passed and there’s no other shopping spell like it. So far, UK punters have said the iPhone is too expensive.
A recent story by The Mail on Sunday has just claimed that Apple ‘gagged’ UK iPhone partners, O2 and Carphone Warehouse, from discussing sales figures because of poor UK sales.
It’s somewhat telling that Jobs was expected to break out some European sales figures for the device at Macworld this week but, quite noticeably, didn’t.-Martin Lynch
Editor and Contributor | Martin Lynch
Contributor | Tamlin Magee
Comments
Why is it every news site keeps repeating this hogwash verbatim.
He said, they hoped to sell 10 Million by the end of Calendar 2008. Not 1 year.
Muppets.
4 million is a blatant lie. There is no way they've sold 20k a day, and their gagging order on O2 proves they're trying to control what's being said. Sorry Steve, you're just another salesman pedaling his wares...time to remodel the iPod in to yet another colour with no more features, or maybe a laptop without a CD drive. Dumbass.
Si, have you any idea how many people will appreciate the macbook air? Clearly you have not considered the many journalists and business people wanting an ultra portable laptop which will last longer than the current ones in the market will.
Also we are talking 4 million iphones worldwide, which is about right. There will be perfectly valid reasons why restraint orders have been put on UK sellers its not just Apple that do.
Also if you haven't noticed Apple innovate competitors follow, consider the amount of touchscreen phones that are coming into the market with simpler UI's after the Iphones launch. In future think first before throwing out insults.
@Johnathan, Your right it's problerly only journalist (suckers) that will buy the mac book air, hence we'll see lots of great reviews that will also bash windows at the same time. Same old, same old pathetic Apple marketing.
there's no need to bash Windows my friend. That's like basing a retarded kid, it's just not nice.
"Same old, same old pathetic Apple marketing."
Thing is it works pretty damned well. I look at where Apple have come in the past ten years and what they have achieved and its more than most companies do in twenty.
This site sucks, too much misleading information. The 10M figure is "by the end of 2008". Right on track at 20,000 iPhones sold per day (11 x 30 x 20,000 = 6.6M, plus the other 4M we get over 10M).