Apple has announced that it sold more than one million of its new iPhone 3GS handsets over the weekend, after it went on sale on Friday morning.What’s more, six million existing iPhone owners have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software update since it came out last Wednesday. And guess who popped up in the press release announcing all this: “Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,” says CEO Steve Jobs, who’s easing his way back to work this month.Analyst Piper Jaffray claims that 56% of iPhone 3GS buyers were upgrading from an older iPhone, while 12% were ditching a BlackBerry to buy the new handset.However, there are still plenty of iRefuseniks out there: NPD Group says the cost of data plans and a reluctance to switch carriers to AT&T Wireless are the most common reasons for NOT buying an iPhone in the US.

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