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by lostlogin 3 days ago
> It was a bad phone

It got a bit of traction, I think they did ok.

Out of interest I checked. I live in New Zealand and iPhone revenue is about 60% more than my countries GDP.

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That’s the brand not a specific device these days Apple is selling well over 200 million phones a year.

The original iPhone sold 6.1 million units in its lifetime and topped out at the 3rd most popular phone in the US, being dramatically less popular in Europe etc. IE less than 2% of current annual sales.

By comparison just the base model iPhone 15 was the most popular phone globally for 3 quarters excluding the iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPhone 15 Pro which where close. Part of that is just being a way better phone in terms of battery life and being significantly more resistant to water etc.