Apple iPhone 5s vs 5c on launch weekend: flagship outsells plastic by a factor of three

Together, the two fresh iPhone models are already representing 1.36% of all iPhones activated on AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile, with the flagship taking 1.05%, and the rest going to the iPhone 5c. AT&T, as the first exclusive iPhone carrier, still has the highest number of activations, followed by Verizon. Bernd Lerger, VP of marketing at Localytics, commented: 

Looking at the numbers outside of the US, Localytics noted that the iPhone 5s is on average 3.7x more popular than the 5c, whereas that ratio in Japan, for example, jumped up to five times. As already pointed out, the launch weekend won't be a good indicator how well the colorful plastic iPhone will sell in the long run, when the first adopters have all gotten their fix, and given the record margin that Apple likely commands on the 5c, whatever it sells will pad Cupertino's coffers nicely.

source: Localytics via AppleInsider