If for any reason you thought that the iPhone coming to Verizon was not a big deal, then you’ll probably not be happy to find out how wrong you were.
Well, it’s quiet astounding to know that Verizon just sold the entire quantity of iPhones they have allotted for pre-orders for their existing customers.Just in two hours they sold out more units than in any entire first day of sales for any other device.
However they haven’t said exactly how many were sold, just that this was the most successful first day of sales in Verizon’s history. Now that’s saying something. At 8:10 pm EST on February 3, Verizon ceased taking pre-orders for the iPhone.
Pre-orders had started at 3 am that same day, so after only a little over 17 hours, your chance to get an iPhone if you were already a Verizon customer went away. At least until February 10 that is, when Verizon will start selling iPhones to anyone who wants them, not just people who are already their customers. And at this rate, expect February 10 to be another record-breaking sales day for Verizon, and consequently for Apple as well.
Source: Unwiredview
