O2 sells two million iPhones in Britain

 

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By Barry Collins

Posted on 4 Feb 2010 at 10:12

O2 claims to have sold two million iPhone handsets in Britain, and says it's making decent headway with the Palm Pre.

O2 was the exclusive UK iPhone network until last autumn, when Orange and subsequently Vodafone were granted access to the Apple handsets.

The network claims it's still reaping the benefits of that head start, with the public still associating the iPhone with O2. "It will take a long time for that to go away," says Ronan Dunne, chief executive of O2, according to a Reuters report.

Although the network didn't reveal precise figures, O2 claims that sales of the other big exclusive in its smartphone line-up - the Palm Pre - are going well.

O2 says the two handset exclusives have helped it to deliver "industry-leading churn" - meaning fewer customers are leaving its network than any of its rivals. The company also believes it will be the only network to show growth in the next quarter.