Apple unveils massive jump in Mac sales
By Chris Green,
The third quarter results also include the first two days of iPhone sales. While initial sales of the iPhone were healthy by mobile phone industry standards - the company and US network operator AT&T shifted 270,000 iPhones on the first two days of their US launch - the figure was way below analyst and market expectations of 500,000 to 525,000 handsets.
AT&T also added concern when it announced on Wednesday that only 146,000 iPhones sold in that period had actually been activated, with many unused handsets finding their way onto eBay.
Nonetheless, Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs remained upbeat about the iPhone in a conference call with press and analysts. "iPhone is off to a great start. We hope to sell our one-millionth iPhone by the end of its first full quarter of sales and our new product pipeline is very strong."
The iPhone is expected to go on sale in the UK in October, though no pricing or network partnerships have been announced.
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