Los Angeles - U.S. consumers purchased about 525,000 of Apple's iPhone device between Friday and Sunday, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry.

A Piper Jaffray analyst also estimated early sales to be about 500,000, CNET News.com reported.

AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel additionally confirmed for the Times that a "small percentage" of customers were having problems activating the device on AT&T's mobile network.

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