iPhone sales helped drive US retail sales in Sept.
By: The Associated Press
| The latest version of the Apple iPhone contributed in September to a 1.1 percent jump in U.S. retail sales. Some economists cautioned that the sales bump in September could be reversed in the following month. |
| Here is a look at how retail sales performed each time Apple introduced a new version of the iPhone and also in the month following each release. |
| Release Total retail sales in release Month Total retail sales in following month |
| iPhone 3G, released July 11,2008 Sales fell -0.5 percent Sales fell -0.4 percent |
| iPhone 3GS, released June 19, 2009 Sales rose 1.2 percent Sales rose 0.3 percent |
| iPhone 4, released June 24, 2010 Sales fell -0.4 percent Sales rose 0. 3 percent |
| iPhone4S, released Oct. 14, 2011 Sales rose 1.0 percent Sales rose 0.5 percent |
| iPhone 5, released Sept. 21, 2012 Sales rose 1.1 percent Report due on Nov. 14. |