It took the GS3 two months to hit 10 million in sales. It looks like the iPhone 5 will hit the same mark in two weeks.
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iPhone 5 Represented 21% of Verizon's 3.1 Million iPhone Activations in 3Q 2012
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It took the GS3 two months to hit 10 million in sales. It looks like the iPhone 5 will hit the same mark in two weeks.
I really haven't the foggiest idea. I've had two other 4g phones on my account before this device. My bill screen says unlimited. Today ends my bill cycle and have over 3 gigs of 4g service and no overage. I think I'm ok.
650,000 of a constrained device... Here come the trolls
Verizon sold 650k iPhone 5s. Under constrained supplies. Within the last 9 days of the quarter.
And you use the word ONLY?
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My current family plan vs. a family share plan with 4gb of data (even this month with my iPhone 5 on LTE which has gone almost a full cycle, we are using just barely 3gb) is the exact same price. My mom has been hesitant to move to a smart phone because she wouldn't use enough data to justify the $30/month for the data plan, but now that it's only $10 more than a dumb phone for access, it will allow her to finally move without adding much to our plan.
Not to mention the jump from 4gb to 6gb of shared data is only $10, and now I can add an iPad for $10/month as well.
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I'm 90% sure this is just incorrectVerizon LTE is faster than AT&T LTE.
Also, I'd be willing to bet that 99.9% of the people on Verizon don't buy two phones to get data and voice to work at the same time, because we acknowledge that the few times we would ever use it (I use about 90 minutes of voice a month, and 99% of that time I'm connected to wifi anyway) are worth giving up in order to have more reliable service and more widespread LTE.
I think 20 million for one android based phone is a breakout for those devices. I highly doubt any other sigle android based phone has sold in those numbers so it's a big deal for them. I think the number of devices using android is somewhere north of 4,000 devices currently on the market. iOS is more like 12? or 20 tops? (I didn't count them up)
So 20 million says, they have a hit on their hands, at least by their standards.
Come on...you know that iPhone numbers are going way 'north' of 20 million. And having more so many cheaper and free android devices doesn't really help your arguement.
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that is only in 10 days one one carrier.
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Not just apple.
The Verizon store employees are more pro droidian than anything else. The just continually try to steer customers away from the iPhone and windows phones.
Do you not read the forums? I have grandfathered unlimited with Verizon came from a 4s purchased my 5 on release day at full price to keep my unlimited its been stated many of times you can do this and maybe the Verizon rep that told u that you couldn't was just lying because they were saving a phone for someone buying subsidized for the commission. Read the forums and call Verizon customer service
It's not 21% of smart phones, it's 21% of iphone sales were the iphone 5.
that doesn't seem like a whole hell of a lot.
that doesn't seem like a whole hell of a lot.
It was 21% for the entire quarter, of which the iPhone 5 was only out for the final week. Sounds pretty impressive to me.
This is suprising given how agressively the sales staff tries to steer customers towards andriod phones. I've heard that the commisions are better for those phones vs iPhones. No proof, just hearsay, but from listening to them and some of the oddball things they claim about apple, i can believe it.
I would think the number of iphone 4/4S's sold is the way more impressive number given that everybody and their brother knew that the new iphone was coming out.
Buying the latest iPhone promptly when it's launched makes me cooler for a couple of months. Nice!
Another iPhone, another success story. 650k iPhone 5 activations from Verizon alone. More than 1M iPhone 5s would have been sold in the first 10 days if you added AT&T and Sprint's iPhone 5 sales numbers. Looks like another kill for Apple. Samsung is nowhere close to this number in US.
Because that doesn't change what I said? AT&T's LTE in Cleveland is fast. I get just about 50Mbps downstream and 15Mbps upstream: http://i.imgur.com/uVwQD.jpg.
Take into account
I get what you're saying but you need to take into account, the amount of different model phones they sell, I can assure you that not any other single model phone did 21% of sales for that individual phone model. My thinking is that any single Brand that's 1/4 of your sales is amazing! One more thing to ponder is they sold approx. 650,000 in the last days of the quarter and the i5 has only been out a month. I'm not disagreeing with your statement, just my perspective when I look at the big picture. I also speak from a business background in my father collision business. For Insurance company's we have 5 direct repair programs we work with 2 of them are very high volume, 2 are medium and 1 that is 35%-40% of gross at the end of year. So that's how I see it, their volume in comparison to all the other 4. So it takes 4 other DRP's to 1 simple easy great company that is similar to Apple in its way of doing business!
I get what you're saying but you need to take into account, the amount of different model phones they sell, I can assure you that not any other single model phone did 21% of sales for that individual phone model. My thinking is that any single Brand that's 1/4 of your sales is amazing! One more thing to ponder is they sold approx. 650,000 in the last days of the quarter and the i5 has only been out a month. I'm not disagreeing with your statement, just my perspective when I look at the big picture. I also speak from a business background in my father collision business. For Insurance company's we have 5 direct repair programs we work with 2 of them are very high volume, 2 are medium and 1 that is 35%-40% of gross at the end of year. So that's how I see it, their volume in comparison to all the other 4. So it takes 4 other DRP's to 1 simple easy great company that is similar to Apple in its way of doing business!
who cares if it's "fast" ...that had nothing to do with what i said. i said that for the person who said that AT&T LTE is faster than Verizon LTE, they should check their facts. i mentioned Philadelphia as a city where Verizon LTE is faster than AT&T's LTE.
Apparently *you* care a great deal how fast AT&T's LTE speeds are given that you want people to come to Philly to see how slow they are.
So, can you provide even a single number regarding Verizon's speeds? Anything at all, even completely unsubstantiated?
i was simply saying that AT&T LTE is faster than Verizon LTE is not true across the board. you are blowing this up into something it doesn't have to be.
sure, i'll get you a screen shot when i come home from work since anything i post in this forum will be questioned
I would agree that Verizon started rolling out their older LTE network and it is in more cities by far but if you are in a city with AT&T LTE (like Tampa), it is as fast as Bright House Cable and in many cases FIOS.
Verizon LTE and AT&T LTE are faster than FiOS and other cable broadband
but this is not entirely correct. the typical internet plan included with "triple plan" packages are throttled down. FiOS has the ability to have 200Mbps+ down but for the regular triple play they only include 15Mbps...and LTE gives you 30-50Mbps down
For those asking or stating you cannot keep unlimited data on Verizon here is the link to their website with the info: http://support.verizonwireless.com/clc/faqs/Calling Plans/share_everything.html?grp=1&faq=7
I decided that while I want the phone, I will be buying it once I've saved up for it, which means I'll probably end up buying the iPhone5S and maybe by then the lighting cables will be ubiquitous?
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Verizon users cannot exercise the upgrade discounted price AND keep unlimited data as stated by the link you provided:
I decided that while I want the phone, I will be buying it once I've saved up for it, which means I'll probably end up buying the iPhone5S and maybe by then the lighting cables will be ubiquitous?
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Verizon users cannot exercise the upgrade discounted price AND keep unlimited data as stated by the link you provided:
does keeping the Unlimited plan include LTE Smartphones?
Average and gimmicky. I've always found it hilarious when some people say S3 is much better than iPhone5 blah blah and I ask them in what way they just can't answer. Sure ANDROID (not samsung) does a few things more conveniently than iOS but to say iPhone sucks blah blah is just a tad exaggerating.
Yes. Pay full price and you will keep unlimited data now on LTE even if you come from a 3G iPhone 4/4S. I can attest to this (and also kept a cheaper legacy voice plan). Try another sales person if they're telling you otherwise.
Whether this will always last, I can't say. But they'd be smart to continue permitting it. I'd switch to T-Mobile otherwise.