Over 1.7 million iPhone 4 sold in three days

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

IPhone 4 sales exceeded the wildest forecasts . According  to Apple, in three days - from June 24 to 26 - more than 1.7 million copies were sold. Obviously, more would have been sold, Steve Jobs apologized to those users who were unable to purchase the iPhone 4 due to insufficient sales.

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

iPhone 4 can now be bought in the USA in Apple and AT&T retail and online stores, in Best Buy, Radio Shack and Wal-Mart stores. It is also available in the UK, Germany, France and Japan, and by the end of July it will be on sale in another 18 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.