Orange, the carrier of the iPhone in France has said that it has sold over 70,000 devices since its launch on the 29th November 2007.

The four week sales total falls shorts of Orange’s original prediction of a “little under 100,000″ by the end of 2007 target.

However, an Orange spokesman announcing the sales figures this week told the Agence France-Presse that the 70,000 unit total was ‘right in line’ with its target ‘of 50-100,000 units.’

Of the 70,000 units, 48 percent were sold to new Orange subscribers and less than 3,500 were formally purchased unlocked, the mobile carrier stated.