Friday, January 18, 2008

Orange iPhone Sales Stronger than Expected


Apple's iPhone is selling better than mobile carrier Orange (France Telecom) expected, Didier Lombard, Orange CEO, says. Orange expected sales to slow after the start of the new year, but that hasn't happened, Associated Press reports.

Orange had sold 30,000 iPhones in the five days after it went on sale in France, and planned to sell a total of 100,000 of the handsets by the end of 2007.

It doesn't appear too many customers are anxious to buy the unlocked iPhone, sold without a service contract and therefore for a significantly higher price.

Orange has sold "very, very few" iPhones without a contract, Lombard says.

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