iPhone 3G outsells original in weeks

Author: Gareth Halfacree
Published: 27th August 2008
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iPhone 3G outsells original in weeks

Steve will be most pleased that the second generation iPhone is selling far more rapidly than the first.

Despite some customer complaints, issues with the colour caste, and the revelation of a centralised application blacklist, Apple's latest mobile handset, the iPhone 3G, has done extremely well for the company.

Figures quoted by TechCrunch show sales of the iPhone 3G outnumbering the six million original models just seven weeks after the device was made available for sale. By contrast, it took the original iPhone over a year to hit that number.

The success of the device isn't slowing, either: TechCrunch quotes un-named sources at manufacturer Foxconn as saying that the company is producing 800,000 iPhone 3G units for Apple every week – and that number is rising rapidly as producing is ramped up to meet demand. At this rate, Apple will have sold over 40 million units in the first year, nearly seven times as many as the original iPhone managed.

The success isn't just good news for Apple, either: with the launch of the App Store Apple created a means for software developers to sell to an almost captive audience – and the more iPhones that are sold, the more people the developers can sell too. Whether this means that we'll start seeing more iPhone software from big names remains to be seen – but it's certainly not a niche market any more.

Do these figures prove that Apple has improved on its original design and fixed the outstanding issues, or is it merely evidence that good marketing and shiny packaging will sell anything? Share your thoughts over in the forums.
Quote Leitchy 27th August 2008, 13:17
sony ericsson 4tw \o/
Quote Buzzons 27th August 2008, 13:18
good marketing and shiny things. It's improved over the old iPhone but still not very good overall.. jack of all trades, master of none etc.
Quote pimlicosound 27th August 2008, 13:19
I would have thought that the biggest factor is that the iPhone 3G is available worldwide, whereas the original was available in only a few countries.
Quote chicorasia 27th August 2008, 13:43
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Originally Posted by pimlicosound
I would have thought that the biggest factor is that the iPhone 3G is available worldwide, whereas the original was available in only a few countries.

my thoughts, exactly.
Quote wuyanxu 27th August 2008, 13:51
and the fact that iPhone 3G has a lower price, and a more meture system.

2G is still a fantastic phone, just the orginal price is unacceptable.
Quote Eccles 27th August 2008, 18:29
and most of the sales were 2G owners upgrading to the 3G version maybe?
Quote p3n 27th August 2008, 18:55
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Originally Posted by Eccles
and most of the sales were 2G owners upgrading to the 3G version maybe?

Yeah right - O2 had like 5 3G's set aside for 2G people .. still nothing online - carephone warehouse have been selling loads new afaik... would love the GPS but can't be bothered talking to some O2 peon
Quote Liquid K9 27th August 2008, 21:19
you could have counted me in that, except the fact that the iphone is tethered to a carrier, that *must* charge a monthly fee turns me right off.

apparently apple gets a cut of those monthly contracts. kind of disgusting.

its just a freakin' phone.
Quote The_Beast 27th August 2008, 22:42
price is most likey why it's selling better


The most I will pay for a phone is $150
Quote Gunsmith 27th August 2008, 23:03
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Originally Posted by Liquid K9
its just a freakin' phone.

tell that to the legions of idiots currently fapping off over a picture of Steve Jobs.
Quote rhuitron 28th August 2008, 00:15
Apple 3G.

Still a piece of ****.
Quote johnmustrule 28th August 2008, 06:38
This thing won't interest me untill it's 50gb+ until then there's archos!
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