Apple on Monday announced it had sold five million iPhone 5 devices over the Sept. 21 weekend, or three days worth of sales (Fri-Sun). The sales total is a new record for the company, besting the four million iPhone 4S devices sold almost a year ago during that model’s debut weekend, the previous high mark. Still, some analysts found the iPhone 5 sales numbers disappointing, given the iPhone 5s strong start of two million devices in its first 24 hours of availability.
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