First data: 10,000 iPhones sold in Germany on the first day.
More or less the same numbers are expected from the UK.
The same lines and expectation as in the USA, but not the same price:
USA: $399
UK: $568 (260 GBP)
Germany: $587 (399 Euro)
UPDATE:
“Police warned owners of Apple’s new iPhone yesterday to hide the handsets in public amid fears that they could be the target of muggers,” Nicole Martin reported yesterdasy for The Daily Telegraph.
“Scotland Yard believes that high-value handsets are the driving force behind street robberies, especially among young people.”
(First pictures from Flickr)
Tomorrow, the first iPhones will be available in the UK.
In its first 36 hours of availability in the U.S., iPhones were selling at a rate of 125 every minute, which is a record for any Apple product debut.
So… let’s see what happens in the first European market for the terrific iPhone.
Just two and no cash.
Apple restricts the iPhone sales to two phones per customer and requires credit or debit card payment on those phones to discourage unauthorized resellers and maintain enough stock for the holidays.
As you can see on the Web site, you can buy the iPhone in the UK for $800 USD (twice what the price is in the USA).
“iPhoneAnywhere picks up the iPhone in the US for you, installs the necessary software, pops in a non-AT&T sim for testing then ships the iPhone straight to your doorstep!”
So … where are the experts who said that the iPhone was going to be a failure?
More than 1.4 million iPhones were sold in the three months that ended Sept. 29, topping Steve Jobs’ forecast of 730,000.
About 270,000 were sold in the first two days after the product’s June 29 debut.
Imagine the sales as soon as the iPhone is available outside the USA.
The UK is next in a few days.
Wait and see how the British go crazy.
