More than 1.7 million iPhone 4 sold in three days

This is the most successful product launch in Apple's history.

The sales volume of the iPhone 4 exceeded the wildest predictions . According to Apple, in three days - from June 24 to June 26 - more than 1.7 million copies were sold. Obviously, it would have been sold and more, Steve Jobs apologized to those users who could not get an iPhone 4 due to insufficient quantities on sale.

For comparison , Apple for three days sold a million copies of the iPhone 3GS in 2009 and iPhone 3G in 2008, and in 2007 the first million iPhones were sold in 72 days.

iPhone 4 can now be purchased in the US at Apple and AT & T online and retail stores, Best Buy, Radio Shack and Wal-Mart. It is also available in the UK, Germany, France and Japan, and by the end of July it will be available in 18 more countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand , Norway, Singapore, Finland, Switzerland, Sweden and South Korea.