Details have been emerging about where exactly those fabled one million iPhone 3G’s that sold in just 3 days went to. Medialets has posted the results of a recent Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research report that breaks down the sale statistics.
Last month, Apple had officially released the announcement that the 1 million mark had been broken over the course of three days. An impressive milestone, to say the least. While the first generation iPhone took 74 days to accomplish the same goal, it is tough to compare the two, as the 3G was released in 21 different countries simultaneously.
It would come as no surprise that the U.S. would make up a significantly large amount of the total units sold, boasting an impressive 60% for a total of 600,000. Following behind was Japan, ringing in a total of 70,00 devices sold, a factor of almost ten times less than those sold in the States. As expected, Germany and France were close on Japan’s heels with 69,000 and 67,000 units sold respectively. These top four nations contribute to a factor of 81% of the total iPhone 3G’s sold during those first 72 hours.
The results for carrier distribution would not come as much of a surprise either, as it primarily follows suit with the amount of devices sold in the country that the carriers operate in. AT&T is quite fittingly far ahead of the pack, followed by T-Mobile, Orange, and SoftBank.
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