Sales of Apple Inc's latest iPhone blew away expectations despite an embarrassing ordering malfunction that turned away many would-be buyers, sending its shares nearly 3 percent higher on Wednesday.
Apple said it sold more than 600,000 of its iPhone 4, a record for just a single day of preorders. That put the device on track to surpass sales of its previous iPhone as well as its iPad tablet computer, and sounded a strong challenge to rivals like Nokia, which warned of weaker-than-expected sales at its phones unit.
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