Sales of BlackBerry’s (BBRY) new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone are reportedly off to a “strong start” in the United Kingdom, according to checks performed last week by Jefferies & Company. In a note to clients on Friday, analyst Peter Misek reported stock-outs at a number of retailers across the UK. According to Misek, the white version of the BlackBerry Z10 has seen particularly strong early demand. “We believe Carphone Warehouse is seeing widespread sell-outs while O2, Vodafone, Orange and EE are seeing robust demand,” he wrote in a note obtained last week by Forbes. “We estimate sell-in to be at least several hundred thousand units. To put that in perspective, the iPhone had first weekend sales of 5 million+ in the U.S. The U.S. is five times larger so continued strong sales could bode very well for Blackberry.”
Early BlackBerry Z10 sales said to be strong in UK
Published Feb 4th, 2013 8:45AM EST
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