Apple iPhone Day on Orange UK - a little more info

Further to my post earlier this evening (Orange sold 30,000 iPhones today ), here’s the full update I managed to get from my contact there:

Orange are delighted to reveal, that as of 4pm today Orange had sold more than 30,000 iPhones across the UK – smashing what we believe is the previously published first day sales records for a handset in the UK

I can well believe this, especially when you count the number of people who signed-up in advance online.

Then Orange’s iPhone app success…

At the same time, Orange’s first ever exclusive UK app – Orange Wednesdays – has gone to the top slot in the Entertainment Category, and hit second place in the free apps chart on the Apple App Store. The app combines the latest film reviews and trailers with up to date info on what’s on, where films are showing, information on how to get there and the ability to redeem the 2-for-1 Orange Wednesdays cinema voucher on your Orange iPhone.

And finally, the (slightly contentious) point:

Orange’s 3G mobile network covers more people in the UK than any other, and is currently the focus of our recently launched £multi-million pound advertising campaign, which from today features the iPhone, entitled ‘You’re Covered’.

I’ve been seeing the ads everywhere. 3UK are understandably spitting blood claiming their network is bigger.

Who to believe?