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iPhone sales double that of last year
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mobiler on 26/01/2010 06:11:00
 
Apple says it sold 8.7 million iPhones in the first quarter (fiscal),
representing 100% unit growth over the year-ago quarter.
It added 17 new carriers throughout the world in the quarter, with distribution
now in 86 countries around the world.
The company says its growth in Japan, the UK, Australia, France, Germany “is
strong”.
Interestingly, Apple claims that 70% of Fortune 200 companies are “deploying
iPhones to employees”.
Delays in App Store approval is “about protecting consumer privacy, and to
protect children - pornography is rejected outright. But most rejections are
bugs in the code itself. This is to protect the customers and the developer. The
noise is much higher than the reality. We’re doing pretty good.”
Apple has over 100 000 apps in the store and 90% are approved within 14 days of
submission.
As for China, Apple says it doesn’t “usually disclose units by country. But
… will here. We started at the end of October/beginning of November. Earlier
this month we passed the 200 000 unit mark that we’ve activated. We’re very
focused on point of sale and customer experience, so we’re moving slow.
We’re focused on the long term in that market. I won’t forecast on new
partners, but we’re happy with China Unicom.”