Shawn Blanc (via The Next Web) calculated this morning that Apple is selling 16 iPhone 4Ss a second, or roughly 1,000 a minute.Reaching this milestone, Apple is on tract to pass Microsoft's Kinect as the fastest selling consumer device of all time. Microsoft sold 8 million Kinects in the first 60 days, a number Apple could theoretically pass in the first two weeks.
The success of the iPhone 4S is most likely helped by a few factors:
- The availability on three U.S. carriers: AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint. AT&T and Sprint both announced opening day sales records on Friday. The iPhone 4 was only on AT&T in the US its opening day.
- iPhone 4 was released in 5 Countries. iPhone 4S was also available in Canada and Australia in addition.
- iPhone 4 saw serious product shortages while it appears that Apple made plenty of iPhone 4S’s
- There was a longer than normal wait time between the iPhone 4 and 4S
- iPhone 4S is amazing.
We’re sure to hear more in Apple’s FYQ4 earnings call tomorrow afternoon.
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