It's arguably the most hyped tech product launch of 2008, and that hype has all but paid off. According to Apple, a staggering one million iPhone 3G handsets were sold within three days of its worldwide launch.
"iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend," said Apple's head-honcho, Steve Jobs.
"It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world," he adds.
Handset sales weren't the only statistic worth boasting, either. Jobs was quick to praise Apple's newly-launched App Store by declaring over 10 million downloads in the first weekend.
The successful launch hasn't been without controversy, however. Huge quantities of sales resulted in a crippling effect on Apple's own activation servers and many iPhone 3G customers were left waiting for over 24 hours for their handsets to be activated.
Despite the inability to cope with consumer demand, the handset's sales figures speak for themselves. According to Piper Jaffray, iPhone 3G's global sales are thought to breakdown as follows:
Those numbers will be music to the ears of Apple fans, but it all makes for very grim reading for the likes of BlackBerry and HTC. Can Apple's competitors do anything to prevent, or even stall, the iPhone assault?
Official press releases:
Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs in First Weekend
iPhone App Store Downloads Top 10 Million in First Weekend
