Apple Sells 5 Million iPhone 3G

Piper Jaffray claims to know the sales numbers of the iPhone 3G and they are putting it at around 5 million ending this fourth fiscal year. It’s not a bad number though quite modest after Apple raised expectations by selling a million 3G versions of the iPhone on its first week. The 10 million units [...]

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Apple to Spur PMP Market with new iPod Models

Piper Jaffray says that Apple has suffered the worst growth rate for its iPod line and may be rethinking its strategy. “In order to achieve this level of year-over-year iPod growth, we are expecting Apple to introduce cheaper, innovative iPods with Wi-Fi and multi-touch technology,” analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray wrote in a [...]

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Apple iPhone Sales Speed Up 3X After Price Cut

  Piper Jaffray says that iPhone sales have picked up by as much as 300% after the price cut administered by Apple last September 5. Analyst Gene Munster says iPhone sales had plateaued at 9,000 units a day, most of which are the 8GB version. After the price slash, iPhones were selling at a brisk pace [...]

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Handy Links to the 500k Blockbuster iPhone

It’s not quite the Transformers Movie, which made $30 million dollars around the world (U.S. showing begins July 4), but 500,000 handset units sold in one weekend is beyond phenomenal. About 95% of buyers from three cities - San Francisco, New York and Minneapolis - bought the 8GB model (expecting a lot of usage in [...]

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