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According to waitingforiphone.com, AT&T have activated over one million iPhone’s since it was launched on 29th June.

That is a serious amount of hardware to shift in a week, and the iPhone could be the fastest selling new product ever.

I bet Mr Jobs is pleased, his six month long marketing campaign seems to have paid off, and with the profit on the iPhone rumored to be about 50% that is a serious amount of cash in a week.

Here is the waitingforiphone.com article

According to reports leaked to waitingforiphone.com, ATT Mobility has fulfilled over 1 million iPhone activations since the device was launched in the US on June 29th. This news comes from a full-time staffer in ATT Mobilty’s Commerce Group who chose to remain anonymous. Wall Street analysists have placed initial iPhone sales between 500,000 – 750,000 units. First week sales of over 1 million would cement the iPhone as Apple’s fastest selling new product, and one of the hottest new technology gadgets in history.

Since the iPhone launch, ATT has come under some criticism for an inconsistant activation experience. A vocal group of iPhone purchasers have had to wait up to 3 days to get a fully functional iPhone. The home activation of a million handsets, a first for the cellular industry, would be a remarkable achievement despite the negative news.

“Apple has been a pain to work with,” the ATT source was quoted to say. “They were so secretive about the iPhone they only released the final activation API to us the day of the launch. Most people didn’t even know they were activating through ATT with iTunes and not through Apple.”

Rumor speculates that an announcement of European carrier(s) have been delayed until Apple confirms iPhone sales have past the 1 million mark. If true, the launch date for iPhone in the UK, Germany, and France could be announced as soon as today. Vodaphone, Orange Wireless, and O2 have all been rumored to be potential European partners.

Also of interest, a new rumor that a 3G capable iPhone may not be available for the initial European release would call into question the viability of the handset into more mature cellular markets and may raise new concerns about the industry’s network investment.

“If I’m a carrier right now, whether I’ve got the iPhone or not, I’m worried about my infrastructure,” an industry expert was overheard to say.

Still no further news on a UK launch date, or confirmation by Apple of the carrier, I wish they would hurry up and announce it I am getting a little fed up of waiting for the UK iPhone.

waitingforiphone.com Via Pocketlint