Not surprisingly, some analysts tried every which way to downplay the fact that Apple sold nine million iPhones in just three days. Some claimed, without no evidence to back it up, that the nine million figure included devices shipped to carriers but not yet purchased to consumers. Still others were quick to point out that the nine million figure encompassed iPhone 5c sales, while noting that Apple last year did not include weekend sales of the iPhone 4s in its iPhone 5 weekend launch tally.
While analysts can tinker with numbers and speculate all they want, it's damn near impossible to argue that Apple's most recent iPhone launch was anything but an overwhelming success.
All that said, a survey conducted b
