UK Sells One Million iPhones
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After 16 months, a UK-based mobile carrier reported Thursday selling its 1 millionth iPhone. The milestone, while significant, took twice as long to reach than Nokia.
Nokia’s N95 smartphone, once described by the trade press as “the Swiss Army knife of mobile phones,” reached one million sales just seven months after its November 2007 introduction.
Despite the iPhone being unveiled in 2008 – a year marked by economic slowdown – O2 UK’s CEO said “iPhone sales are continuing to accelerate.”
Although Nokia’s N65 started out with a $780 price tag, it now carries heavy discounts.
O2 Head Matthew Kay touted the iPhone (as well as RIM’s BlackBerry) as the reason it reported a 10.6 percent jump in 2008 sales Thursday.
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O2 is the UK mobile division of Telefonica.
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