Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has now sold more than 13 million iPhones, beating its goal of selling 10 million with two months left to spare. Today, the company announced it sold 6,892,000 iPhone 3Gs during the fiscal fourth quarter, representing more than five times as many first-generation devices it sold in the year-ago period. “Apple just reported one of the best quarters in its history, with a spectacular performance by the iPhone—we sold more phones than RIM,” CEO Steve Jobs boasted in a press release. BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion sold 6.1 million devices in the comparable quarter. Apple also sold a grand total of 6.1 million first-generation iPhones before it ran out of inventory leading up the the iPhone 3G release, CFO Peter Oppenheimer said during today’s call. Release.

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