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01-05-2018, 09:27 AM
iPhone and iPad users went on a spending spree on the first day of 2018
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The App Store just blew through another record, even as Apple fights off complaints (http://mashable.com/2017/12/28/apple-apology-iphone-performance-battery-throttling/) for deliberately (http://mashable.com/2017/12/20/apple-iphone-throttling/) slowing down older iPhones (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/).
Together, iPhone and iPad users spent $300 million in the App Store on the first day of 2018 alone, Apple announced (https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/01/app-store-kicks-off-2018-with-record-breaking-holiday-season/) Thursday.*
SEE ALSO: The 12 best apps of 2017 (http://mashable.com/2017/12/17/best-apps-2017/)
The company claims it set a new holiday record. "During the week starting on Christmas Eve, a record number of customers made purchases or downloaded apps from the App Store, spending over $890 million in that seven-day period," Apple said in a statement.
It's also the third year in a row Apple has bragged about New Year's Day sales records. Last year, much of that success was fueled by (http://mashable.com/2017/01/05/apple-app-store-2016-numbers/) Nintendo's Super Mario Run, which helped push Apple's numbers to new highs of $240 million in purchases. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/04/apple-app-store-new-years-day-2018-record/)
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The App Store just blew through another record, even as Apple fights off complaints (http://mashable.com/2017/12/28/apple-apology-iphone-performance-battery-throttling/) for deliberately (http://mashable.com/2017/12/20/apple-iphone-throttling/) slowing down older iPhones (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/).
Together, iPhone and iPad users spent $300 million in the App Store on the first day of 2018 alone, Apple announced (https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/01/app-store-kicks-off-2018-with-record-breaking-holiday-season/) Thursday.*
SEE ALSO: The 12 best apps of 2017 (http://mashable.com/2017/12/17/best-apps-2017/)
The company claims it set a new holiday record. "During the week starting on Christmas Eve, a record number of customers made purchases or downloaded apps from the App Store, spending over $890 million in that seven-day period," Apple said in a statement.
It's also the third year in a row Apple has bragged about New Year's Day sales records. Last year, much of that success was fueled by (http://mashable.com/2017/01/05/apple-app-store-2016-numbers/) Nintendo's Super Mario Run, which helped push Apple's numbers to new highs of $240 million in purchases. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/04/apple-app-store-new-years-day-2018-record/)
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