droidzHow many Droid phones has Verizon sold? It depends which respected industry analyst you ask.

Telecom analyst Mark McKechnie from research firm Broadpoint AmTech told Bloomberg reporters that Verizon began sales with 200,000 units in stock last weekend, and that most stores had sold roughly half their stock. That multiplies to 100,000 units sold.

The number is impressive, but it doesn’t touch Apple’s million-unit first weekend for the most recent model iPhone.

Consultant Michael Cote, whose Cote Collaborative works with handset makers and wireless carriers, says McKechnie, will all due respect, “is off by a factor of four.” 400,000 units puts the Droid to within striking distance of the iPhone for the next round of updates for both phones. That would be cool, because admit it, watching the iPhone beat up all other phones on the planet combined was getting pretty dull.