Cook: iPhone 6 sales grew at ‘double the industry rate’

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by Sindy Cator on March 9, 2015 at 5:23 pm

Posted In: Apple March 2015 Event, Around the Web

Tim Cook told an audience at Apple’s event today that its iPhone business grew at ‘double the rate’ of the rest of the industry, with 7 million devices sold. The first iPhone was launched in June 2007. Over 700 million have been sold since then. And last quarter, it was the number 1 selling smartphone in the world with a 49 percent year over year growth, double the rest of the industry. According to the Apple CEO, 99 percent of customers are satisfied with their iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. He credits the success of Apple Pay for part of that, with 2500 banks now supporting the feature.…