iPhone Generated One Million Inquiries

[MacRumors]

A Reuters story reports on comments by AT&T Chief Operating Officer Randall Stephenson during a speech on Tuesday.

While AT&T/Cingular is not accepting pre-orders for the iPhone, they have set up a email signup list to find out when the iPhone is available. During the speech, Stephenson revealed that "one million people have asked us to call when [the iPhone] is available", suggesting a high interest in upcoming Apple phone.

Apple's iPhone is expected to ship in June of 2007.

[amac4me]

Holy smokes

The iPhone will further extend the Apple name into the fabric of our everyday lives. The ubiquity of the Apple brand continues to take shape. From comptuer, to iPod, to iTV, and now the iPhone. You'll find an Apple product just about everywhere.

[samh004]

But what was their goal in the first year, 10 million iPhone's to be sold ?

Only 1/10th interest, hmm...

[Lixivial]

Originally Posted by samh004

Only 1/10th interest, hmm...

In an unscientific and unverifiable "survey" for the first three months of the year. And to say that this is either inclusive or exclusive of all interest is, well, hmm...

[NorCalLights]

As if I'll need Cingular to tell me when the iPhone is available... I think you'll have to be living under a rock in a cave on Mars to need notice. Get ready for the advertising storm.

[yzp]

Microsoft go very owned....

Remember? Ballmer were laughing at a 450$ phone..... Now who's laughing?

HAHAHA --> I am...... MS however might be crying!!

O W N E D

[honestimage]

snakes on a plane! snakes on a plane!

[Clive At Five]

Originally Posted by honestimage

snakes on a plane! snakes on a plane!

WTF?

Anyway, I think that 1M is a good sign this early (3 months in). Think of the number of Apple Store inquiries and all the people, like us, who are aware and know better than to ask "when."

-Clive

[JGowan]

Originally Posted by honestimage

Curiosity = $$$? > snakes on a plane! snakes on a plane!

Congratulations on your first post here on Macrumors.com!

[aricher]

I submitted a request on that site awhile ago. I also put my name on a handwritten list at my local Cingular store. I was in the store a week ago and they now have a couple hundred signatures.

[emotion]

In the US Apple might be lucky enough to sell a lot of these but without 3G (HSDPA) the iPhone will bomb in Europe and Asia.

I hope Apple address the market's needs.

[nickane]

Yes, this does indeed mean that being limited to one carrier and lacking 3G support isn't going to stop the iphone from SHATTERING the 10 million target, provided the product doesn't generate any negative buzz upon release. 1 million ppl asking Cingular alone for information that any sensible person could glean online without too much trouble, effectively means that Apple will likely ship 10 million before 2008 even begins.

That ought to keep the share price buoyant long enough to distract people from the fact that Apple don't seem to be making computers anymore until the damn thing finally comes out.

[jimN]

Originally Posted by samh004

But what was their goal in the first year, 10 million iPhone's to be sold ?

Only 1/10th interest, hmm...

The goal was to sell 10million in 2008, after the phone is on international release. I think that this is achievable but obviously only time will tell. It wouldn't surprise me if the iphone specs on release are higher than first stated and that we'll see marked reductions in price over the first eighteen months.

[dante@sisna.com]

Originally Posted by samh004

But what was their goal in the first year, 10 million iPhone's to be sold ?

Only 1/10th interest, hmm...

As I do marketing to butter my bread, so to speak, I can tell you from experience that there's a huge difference between those that join a mailing list and actual demand.

That is an amazing number, one million, One -Tenth the interest is a FANTASTIC predicter of 10 million for sure.

Originally Posted by nagromme

Not all of the million will buy. But on the other hand... a LOT of people will buy who did NOT sign up to be called. A lot more than that million are at least "interested" already, and a whole sea of people are barely even aware the thing exists--but they will be interested once it's out there. Then it will grow into more models at more price levels, and will reach other countries and other network types. This will be a big seller, I'd say

But I find this very hard to believe:

"One million people have asked us to call when this phone is available," Stephenson said during a keynote speech at the CTIA wireless technology conference. "Six hundred thousand of them asked to be called while they're trying to eat dinner. Another three hundred thousand wished to be called and greeted with dead silence."

The article says it was an email signup list -- I am on it so I can vouch for this. I think he was using the world "Call" metaphorically.

Originally Posted by EagerDragon

Count me out, I will sit this one and wait until there are additional features like bigger mem, 3G and the number of apps goes up. In my case I rather wait, no need for me to be at front of the line.

Beta testers line up, I will wait this one out.

I wil happily beta-test the iPhone: then I'll sell it and buy Gen2, and so on.

[Mac Fly (film)]

Originally Posted by amac4me

Holy smokes

The iPhone will further extend the Apple name into the fabric of our everyday lives. The ubiquity of the Apple brand continues to take shape. From comptuer, to iPod, to iTV, and now the iPhone. You'll find an Apple product just about everywhere.

Yeah, and expect Apple branded TV's by early next year too.

[surferfromuk]

Originally Posted by Mac Fly (film)

Yeah, and expect Apple branded TV's by early next year too.

oohh...Please - do it!!!. This is one Apple product I would place a pre-order without even seeing it or knowing how much it would cost!

[Clive At Five]

Originally Posted by surferfromuk

oohh...Please - do it!!!. This is one Apple product I would place a pre-order without even seeing it or knowing how much it would cost!

Why? What can Apple do to a tv that others can't/haven't? And don't even say "integrate tv" because that would be pointless. It's already a tiny box, simple to hook up, and would add unnecessary price to the TV unit.

And could you even imagine what type of remote Apple would come up with for the thing? Let's click down through 64 channels when I could just hit three buttons and be done with it. APPLE, WHY, OH, WHY have you not implemented "scroll-wheel" technology into your remotes?! It would make traversing miles of artists in FrontRow MUCH quicker.

Fools.

-Clive

[CoreWeb]

Originally Posted by surferfromuk

oohh...Please - do it!!!. This is one Apple product I would place a pre-order without even seeing it or knowing how much it would cost!

A friend of a friend of mine's cousin's niece's friend - twice removed - said that the Apple TV (not the AppleTV, but the Apple TV) will try to maintain Apple's simple elegance by showing video black and white - but to call it such is hardly fair; it is the BEST black and white anyone will ever have seen!

Originally Posted by Clive At Five

Why? What can Apple do to a tv that others can't/haven't? And don't even say "integrate tv" because that would be pointless. It's already a tiny box, simple to hook up, and would add unnecessary price to the TV unit.

And could you even imagine what type of remote Apple would come up with for the thing? Let's click down through 64 channels when I could just hit three buttons and be done with it. APPLE, WHY, OH, WHY have you not implemented "scroll-wheel" technology into your remotes?! It would make traversing miles of artists in FrontRow MUCH quicker.

Fools.

-Clive

A scroll-wheel Apple remote would be very nice indeed!

[Mac Fly (film)]

Originally Posted by surferfromuk

oohh...Please - do it!!!. This is one Apple product I would place a pre-order without even seeing it or knowing how much it would cost!

Here's a post I made on another forum a while back, you might like it:


"I have a strong feeling that Apple is working on the developement of a TV, and I don't mean AppleTV (as in the box), I mean an actual Apple Inc. Television. Call the feeling a hunch, but I know a lot of people including me who are frustrated by a lot of things when it comes to TV's and home entertainment systems nowadays. One being the fact that we have so many remotes, it ridiculous, and two we've too many boxes, far too many boxes, all of which have terrible software interfaces.

Apple needs to make an all-in-one TV that can in one fell swoop replace all those remotes, our TV, our DVD player, the AppleTV box, our VCR and our Satallite Digital Cable Boxes. Think of it, one sexy Apple Television that does it all, wow!

Here's my suggestions to Apple Inc. for the tech specs of an Apple Television;

1. Black
2. Thin
3. Sexy
4. 120GB internal Hard drive (Build to order option for 250GB or 500GB)
5. Apple TV Edition Remote (Black)
6. 24Watt internal speakers
7. Side load slot regular format DVD drive (If you want HD DVD buy a player, if you want BD buy a PS3)
8. Plasma (kicks the living crap out of LCD in every repect, OLED and SED aren't ready yet)
9. Stand that can rotate.
10. 802.11(all)
11. 1080p
12. Two HDMI ports.
13. Two USB ports.
14. At least one SCART port.
15. Analogue and digital audio etc.
16. Apple TV-esque interface.

Add an iTunes iPTV Show subscription service with some live content for news and sport - then Apple has the digital living room sewn up. One TV that does it all. Not only would that make Apple happy, but more importantly it would also make me - the customer - happy too.

GET ON IT APPLE!!

A cool additional feature would be; A small hidden magnet on the side of the TV - like the iMac has, but the difference here would be, when the remote is removed from this magnet the TV automatically turns on, and when the remote is replaced back on the magnet the TV automatically turns off again. (A manual physical power button could be placed on the TV and the remote too)"

[EagerDragon]

Originally Posted by Mac Fly (film)

Here's a post I made on another forum a while back, you might like it:


"I have a strong feeling that Apple is working on the developement of a TV, and I don't mean AppleTV (as in the box), I mean an actual Apple Inc. Television. Call the feeling a hunch, but I know a lot of people including me who are frustrated by a lot of things when it comes to TV's and home entertainment systems nowadays. One being the fact that we have so many remotes, it ridiculous, and two we've too many boxes, far too many boxes, all of which have terrible software interfaces.

Apple needs to make an all-in-one TV that can in one fell swoop replace all those remotes, our TV, our DVD player, the AppleTV box, our VCR and our Satallite Digital Cable Boxes. Think of it, one sexy Apple Television that does it all, wow!

Here's my suggestions to Apple Inc. for the tech specs of an Apple Television;

1. Black
2. Thin
3. Sexy
4. 120GB internal Hard drive (Build to order option for 250GB or 500GB)
5. Apple TV Edition Remote (Black)
6. 24Watt internal speakers
7. Side load slot regular format DVD drive (If you want HD DVD buy a player, if you want BD buy a PS3)
8. Plasma (kicks the living crap out of LCD in every repect, OLED and SED aren't ready yet)
9. Stand that can rotate.
10. 802.11(all)
11. 1080p
12. Two HDMI ports.
13. Two USB ports.
14. At least one SCART port.
15. Analogue and digital audio etc.
16. Apple TV-esque interface.

Add an iTunes iPTV Show subscription service with some live content for news and sport - then Apple has the digital living room sewn up. One TV that does it all. Not only would that make Apple happy, but more importantly it would also make me - the customer - happy too.

GET ON IT APPLE!!

A cool additional feature would be; A small hidden magnet on the side of the TV - like the iMac has, but the difference here would be, when the remote is removed from this magnet the TV automatically turns on, and when the remote is replaced back on the magnet the TV automatically turns off again. (A manual physical power button could be placed on the TV and the remote too)"

Sorry but that is not a TV, that is a full fledge computer.

Here is an alternative ...... Add a cablecard interphase to the Apple TV, now you can watch tv and change channels since the cable card is the tuner. Now you can create a DVR also from it. TV with easy user interface and no cable box needed.

How I do?

[MacFly123]

Originally Posted by Mac Fly (film)

Here's a post I made on another forum a while back, you might like it:


"I have a strong feeling that Apple is working on the developement of a TV, and I don't mean AppleTV (as in the box), I mean an actual Apple Inc. Television. Call the feeling a hunch, but I know a lot of people including me who are frustrated by a lot of things when it comes to TV's and home entertainment systems nowadays. One being the fact that we have so many remotes, it ridiculous, and two we've too many boxes, far too many boxes, all of which have terrible software interfaces.

Apple needs to make an all-in-one TV that can in one fell swoop replace all those remotes, our TV, our DVD player, the AppleTV box, our VCR and our Satallite Digital Cable Boxes. Think of it, one sexy Apple Television that does it all, wow!

Here's my suggestions to Apple Inc. for the tech specs of an Apple Television;

1. Black
2. Thin
3. Sexy
4. 120GB internal Hard drive (Build to order option for 250GB or 500GB)
5. Apple TV Edition Remote (Black)
6. 24Watt internal speakers
7. Side load slot regular format DVD drive (If you want HD DVD buy a player, if you want BD buy a PS3)
8. Plasma (kicks the living crap out of LCD in every repect, OLED and SED aren't ready yet)
9. Stand that can rotate.
10. 802.11(all)
11. 1080p
12. Two HDMI ports.
13. Two USB ports.
14. At least one SCART port.
15. Analogue and digital audio etc.
16. Apple TV-esque interface.

Add an iTunes iPTV Show subscription service with some live content for news and sport - then Apple has the digital living room sewn up. One TV that does it all. Not only would that make Apple happy, but more importantly it would also make me - the customer - happy too.

GET ON IT APPLE!!

A cool additional feature would be; A small hidden magnet on the side of the TV - like the iMac has, but the difference here would be, when the remote is removed from this magnet the TV automatically turns on, and when the remote is replaced back on the magnet the TV automatically turns off again. (A manual physical power button could be placed on the TV and the remote too)"

Please oh please be true, I'd buy it in a split second, just hope they make a 100" for me oh and what about wifi surround sound speaker???

[Rocketman]

Originally Posted by Mac Fly (film)

"I have a strong feeling that Apple is working on the developement of a TV, and I don't mean AppleTV (as in the box), I mean an actual Apple Inc. Television.
Here's my suggestions to Apple Inc. for the tech specs of an Apple Television;

5. Apple TV Edition Remote (Black)
6. 24Watt internal speakers
7. Side load slot regular format DVD drive (If you want HD DVD buy a player, if you want BD buy a PS3)
8. Plasma (kicks the living crap out of LCD in every repect, OLED and SED aren't ready yet)
10. 802.11(all)

GET ON IT APPLE!!

I made a similar post a long time ago, possibly in the "8 core Mac and displays in January" thread, or elsewhere.

I suspect simply due to "margin" issues it will never happen. My fears are your horrors.

Rocketman

[dnedved]

Originally Posted by Mac Fly (film)

8. Plasma (kicks the living crap out of LCD in every repect, OLED and SED aren't ready yet)

Except power consumption, which means Apple would never do it. But hey, if you're willing to spend the extra money (both upfront and every month), cause extra carbon to be added to the atmosphere, and increase dependendance on foreign energy for a better TV picture it's your money and conscience.

On topic though, I'm really going to sit back and wait on this iPhone. Apple had such an opportunity with this device, and the hardware seems absolutely brilliant (assuming they add 3G before they start selling in the EU) but I'm really cautious because of a few things on the software side:

- locking you into one carrier and not selling an unlocked version
- locking down the OS

It's just so dissapointing because if they'd really wanted to be innovative, and to shake up an industry that's just begging to be shaken up, they would have released:

- a device that used cellular 3G as a "data-only" service for when wi-fi couldn't be found
- used VOIP for all telephony
- sold their own VOIP service tied-in with .mac for all those who would rather swipe a credit card and have an out-of-the-box solution for phone, IM, and email (and given some actual value to .mac in the process)
- left the OS unlocked so power-users can run their own VOIP clients, IM programs, browsers, and the other programs that Mac users love so much
- built-in a GPS so the device could have provided location-specific information
- done something USEFUL with wireless mesh networking

THAT would have turned the industry on it's ear. THAT would have been innovative. THAT would have been convergence. THAT would have gotten his Steveness on the cover of Time next year. THAT would have had my credit card out on day 1.

But no, what they've released is basically a very slick smartphone. That's not innovation, that's just refinement of a well-entrenched product that someone ELSE innovated. The only real innovation I've seen advertised so far is visual voicemail? Hell, if they'd done it right voicemail would have gone the way of the dodo on this device -- integrated messaging (voicemail as email along with faxes etc.) is also very well entrenched and by not doing that they're 5 years behind in yet another area.

It's just so sad because they have the name and the money. Entering into this industry they could have dictated their own terms. Surely ONE of the big carriers would have been happy to partner with them just to sell their 3G data service. There could have been different models released for different markets and different wireless technologies (3.5G, wimax, etc.) but the basic device would have been IP only and thus the radio and the carrier are just a means to an end -- getting an IP connection.

But no, Apple has instead locked the users into continuing to pay a phone company for each and every minute we talk (a commodity that's basically free in the digital age). And locked us into that company. And surrendered a lot of control to that company. How last-century is that?!?

[twoodcc]

dang, it's gonna be hard to get one at first....i'm hoping to buy mine from an apple store, and not cingular. hopefully i'll be alright getting it, since i already have a cingular phone

[Mgkwho]

Inquiries...not preorders. And they want 10 million right?

I really hope they release a lower model, nano-esque, within it's 2008 goal of 10 million units. It sure would help both sides!

No iPhone shuffle for me, though .

-=|Mgkwho