Analysts estimate that Verizon sold over 500,000 iPhones in its first day of pre-order sales. Pre-ordering began at 3 a.m. ET and continued until 8:10 p.m. when the allotment set aside for pre-orders was depleted. Verizon confirmed in a press release that it broke its all-time first day sales record in the first two hours […]
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Whoa – Analysts Estimate Verizon Sold 500,000 iPhones in Under 24 Hours

Feb 7th 2011 by

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Analysts estimate that Verizon sold over 500,000 iPhones in its first day of pre-order sales. Pre-ordering began at 3 a.m. ET and continued until 8:10 p.m. when the allotment set aside for pre-orders was depleted. Verizon confirmed in a press release that it broke its all-time first day sales record in the first two hours of ordering, a record that even beats the high-profile, heavily advertised launch of the Motorola DROID.

Just for some further perspective, the DROID sold 300,000 in its first week. And the iPhone 4 has apparently generated 500,000 sales before its even in stores – just in pre-orders! Reckon that whole pent-up demand for iPhone on Verizon might have some truth to it?

It’s going to be fun / crazy to see what this first weekend sales are like for the Verizon iPhone.

News Via: TUAW

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