First Weekend: One Million iPhone 3Gs Sold; Ten Million App Store Downloads

On Monday Apple announced that one million iPhone 3Gs had been sold in the first weekend of sales. Additionally, Apple indicated that over ten million downloads App Store downloads had occurred in the same timeframe.

Since it took 74 days for the first iPhone to hit one million in sales, that was simply an incredible first weekend. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said:

“iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend. It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world.”

“The App Store is a grand slam, with a staggering 10 million applications downloaded in just three days. Developers have created some extraordinary applications, and the App Store can wirelessly deliver them to every iPhone and iPod touch user instantly.”

Note that of the 800+ apps in the store, 200 are free, and Apple does not mention how many sold. However, the sheer number of downloads and sales makes one wonder how many downloads and sales would have occurred without the server issues (which AT&T was happy to blame on Apple).