Apple announces record 9 million iPhone sales over first three days, 200 million iOS 7 updates
Update: On Twitter, Tim Cook has tweeted, for the second time, to thank customers for the “amazing” sales.
[tweet https://twitter.com/tim_cook/status/382172377569689600]
Apple has just announced first-weekend sales figures for the iPhone 5s and 5c. Sales for both phones total 9 million. In comparison, the iPhone 5 shipments topped 5 million in the same period. These numbers come in at the higher end of analyst estimates, with many predicting bearish sales similar to the iPhone 5 launch last year. As expected, Apple did not reveal the breakdown of sales between the different iPhone models.
Alongside phone sales, the company’s press release also highlights iOS 7’s successful launch. Apple has announced that 200 million devices have been updated to iOS 7 since it was released last Wednesday. This is double the rate at which iOS 6 was adopted.
