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From rumors to 3B unit sales in 18 years: a device story

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3 Billion iPhones.

Techmeme: Apple has now sold over 3B iPhones since its 2007 launch; it reached 1B sold in July 2016, and is estimated to have reached 2B around September 2021 (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

By Chance Miller / 9to5Mac. View the full context on Techmeme.

18 years ago, rumors swirled.

Rumor: 3G iPhone Coming

According to an engineer who worked on the network/radio for the iPhone, there's a good reason Apple didn't have 3G in this iteration of the iPhone. He