Sprint said in a
release today that the HTV Evo 4G had broken all broken all previous first day sales records for any phone sold by the carrier. Its heavily promoted
new smartphone launched last Friday surpassed the prior first-day sales of both the Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre.
Sprint also said the total number of Evo phones sold Friday was three times
the total of the Instinct and Pre devices sold combined in their first three days on the market. Strong demand led to temporary shortages at some of the 22,000 retail outlets offering the Evo
including RadioShack, Best Buy and Wal-Mart besides Sprint's own stores.
Sprint is counting on the Evo to help stem the exodus of contract customers that has plagued the carrier over the last
two years. But with Apple expected to a launch a new iPhone model later today, its celebratory mood may be short lived.
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