Apple Sells 270,000 iPhones in First Two Days

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews

Well, here are the numbers we were waiting for … although AT&T said they had 146,000 iPhone activations the two days, Apple today reported sales of 270,000 iPhones the first two days.

Apple Inc.’s fiscal third-quarter profit soared more than 73 percent, fueled by demand for its Macintosh computers, the strength of its iPod media players and the sales of 270,000 iPhones in the first two days on the market.

Apple shares jumped more than 6 percent in extended-session trading Wednesday even as the company issued a conservative outlook that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. Source: Telegram.com

We Say: Still far short of the 500,000 analysts had forecast, but almost double the number AT&T indicated had activated … I guess those were some severe activation problems that first weekend …