[ZeroGravitas]

As mentioned on the other thread, pointing to the official announcement, the iPhone 5 launched in China on a different date, so it had 2 million sales on its launch there.

So to get the real comparison you need to add first weekend sales of the 4S in standard launch countries and China to that 7 million figure.

[swombat]

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.

[sxcurry]

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

[swombat]

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

[sxcurry]

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

[demallien]

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...

[ZeroGravitas]

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...