David Moyer <davmoy@world.com> amazed us all with the following in
news:davmoy-9660BD.19102214072008@n003-000-000-000.static.ge.com:

> Mark Reinhold <markr@mbrnet.com> wrote:
>
>> >Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs in First Weekend
>> >
>> >CUPERTINO, California‹July 14, 2008‹Apple today announced it sold
>> >its one millionth iPhone? 3G on Sunday, just three days after its
>> >launch on Friday, July 11. iPhone 3G is now available in 21
>> >countries‹Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland,
>> >Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New
>> >Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the
>> >US‹and will go on sale in France on July
>> >
>> Bloomberg says 45,000 which seems to be less.
>
> you mean Bloomberg mistakenly said 450,000 not 45,000.
>
> If they are just counting the US, that's fine but they incorrectly
> reported the info, the actual number is 1,000,000 and that is what
> Apple stated since those are the facts.
>
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>

But now we're playing the same old game. Apple may well have sold a
million phones to the carriers, but that does not mean that a million were
sold to consumers and activated.