AT&T activates 3.2 Million iPhones in the quarter, a new record

Seth Weintraub
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October 22, 2009
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iPhone growth certainly hasn't slowed.  AT&T released its quarterly earnings report today and among the announcements was the activation of 3.2 million iPhones in the quarter.  That, not only was a new quarterly record, it was 3/4ths the total of 4.3 million postpaid 3G integrated wireless devices (devices with keyboards - or "smartphones") that AT&T sold.  Incredible. 

4.3 million postpaid 3G integrated wireless devices added to AT&T's network, the largest quarterly increase in the company's history; integrated device growth included 3.2 million iPhone activations, also the company's largest quarterly total to date (integrated devices are handsets with QWERTY or virtual keyboards in addition to voice functionality)

Also, similar to recent quarters, 40 percent of the iPhone activations were for customers who were new to AT&T.

Apple sold 7.4 million devices in the quarter so around 4.2 million were sold internationally.

Comments (5)

PZ (not verified) | October 22, 2009 - 9:45am

The iPhone is popular.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 22, 2009 - 10:04am

Poor ATT, I'll hate (not) to see what happens to their business plan once the iPhone is on other networks. Their cash cow will be gone and they'll actually have to rely on things like service and features to stay competitive, instead of relying on a sole device to actually keep them relavent in the current cellphone network market place. I'll hate to see what ATTs churn rate when that happens, OUCH!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 22, 2009 - 10:04am

Poor ATT, I'll hate (not) to see what happens to their business plan once the iPhone is on other networks. Their cash cow will be gone and they'll actually have to rely on things like service and features to stay competitive, instead of relying on a sole device to actually keep them relavent in the current cellphone network market place. I'll hate to see what ATTs churn rate when that happens, OUCH!

kewlfocus (not verified) | October 22, 2009 - 10:22am

This totally explains why the network has been getting hammered. 3.2 million is a lot in just a quarter.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 22, 2009 - 10:29am

Another 3.2 million people who will soon be staring at their phones saying WTF as their calls get dropped and dream of a Verizon iPhone......