Report: Motorola Droid Sold 100,000 Over Launch Weekend

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 10, 2009 - 9:44am.

New York - Motorola (NYSE: MOT) sold an estimated 100,000 of its new Droid smartphones over the weekend, Broadpoint AmTech analyst Mark McKechnie told Bloomberg.

Carrier partner Verizon (NYSE: VZ) had 200,000 handsets in stock for the Droid launch on Nov. 6, and most stores had sold at least half of their supply, McKechnie told Bloomberg.

By comparison, Apple's 3GS sold over 1 million units during its weekend launch in June.

The Google Android-based Droid is currently selling for $199 with a $100 rebate and two-year contract.

Published in DMW Daily, November 10, 2009

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By the way, the iphone is

Submitted by Matthew (not verified) on November 10, 2009 - 10:18am.

By the way, the iphone is available in 21 countries versus the Droid's 1. So of course the iphone will have higher numbers than the Droid, due to the fact the Droid is only available in the US. Give us the US numbers for the iphone, and then compare them to the Droid. Only way to make a fair comparison.