Steve Jobs Touts 3G S Success in First Official Statement Since Sick Leave

“Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, in his first officially quoted statement for the company since taking a medical leave of absence in January.

Jobs’ comment came in the wake of a news release touting one million iPhone 3G S units sold in its first weekend since being released last Friday. “With over 50,000 applications available from Apple’s revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever,” continued Jobs in the release, which also noted that six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software since it was released last Wednesday.

The statement did not indicate whether or not Jobs would return to work at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, CA on Monday.

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  • soudi

    While it is Jobs’ “first statement,” it is not a milestone. As a PR pro, we write quotes for executives all the time, put their names on it, then get them to OK it.

    So, it’s more like “Apple PR staff puts Jobs name on statement for first time since sick leave.”

  • Eric

    Well of course he’s gonna I’ve praise to the new iPhone!!! What would you expect from jobs? Not suprising.

  • Lonnie Lazar

    PR is a little like making sausage; one doesn’t necessarily want to know exactly how it’s done. Whether Jobs actually spoke the words is less material than that they were the first ones attributed to him since his leave. The PR dept. could have been quoting him all along if Apple wanted to be completely craven about it, so todays release is, in fact, a milestone.

  • CaryMG

    He won’t appear publicly until the iPad unveiling.