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That makes the 9 million figure a whole lot less impressive. From 7+ million to 9 million... but it's not that unthinkable that there could have been 2 million iPhone 4S's sold when the iPhone 5 launched, so that it could even be a step down from the previous year.

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Right, 9 million is pretty unimpressive, especially when you consider that Blackberry managed to sell over 3 million last quarter. Major Fail Apple.

It's 9 million over one weekend, not over a quarter. The Blackberry number is irrelevant in that perspective.

Sorry, I was trying to be cute. Major Fail me.

Apple doesn't break down numbers to the device level. 5M sold last year was 5m combined iPhone sales (all models). So this really is an apples to apples comparison...

That's what I thought too, based on something I read recently, but check the source:

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/09/24iPhone-5-First-Wee...

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