Who needs NFC??? NFC doesnt sell phones.. People didnt go out and buy a htc one or gs4 because it has nfc lol
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iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c Sales Top Nine Million in Launch Weekend
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Who needs NFC??? NFC doesnt sell phones.. People didnt go out and buy a htc one or gs4 because it has nfc lol
You might have to wait for the earnings call or a potential iPad/Mac event for that one. But the key point here for all of the iPhone 5C detractors is: one iPhone sells 5 million, two iPhones sells 9 million. Great product segmentation decision.
No. Pre-orders have always been counted as the opening weekend sales, so long as they ship by then (credit cards only get charged once a phone is shipped, which turns a pre-order into a sale).
Hey is there an easy way to find out if someone already answered a post on MacRumors? I figured someone would have already pointed out Kendo's error, but didn't want to go through more than a couple of pages of posts looking for prior art...
The article said 5 million from last year. Of course they are counting the 5c this year but they didn't break down the numbers. Where are you getting the 7 million number from? Is that from the 5, 4S and 4 last year's first weekend?
Heads should roll
Imagine, advertising an old product and then producing them in such low numbers that you sell out. Consumers lining up, walking away in disgust or walking away with nothing because the stores don't have the product or not enough. Great, Great marketing genius at work here. NOT.....what *******s.
Imagine, advertising an old product and then producing them in such low numbers that you sell out. Consumers lining up, walking away in disgust or walking away with nothing because the stores don't have the product or not enough. Great, Great marketing genius at work here. NOT.....what *******s.
no, 2 iPhones sell at least 7 million, 2 iPhones sell 9 million.
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China launched separately @ 2 million last year
Has an iPhone launch ever not been? Have they ever just met the previous year (or sold slightly less)?
That's astonishing how wrong the analysts were:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjo...int-potentially-significantly-at-3-4-million/
Seriously, if your job is an analyst working at a professional firm observing Apple all day for years, how can you miss the estimate by that much? Whatever happened the famous supplier check and other inside knowledge?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjo...int-potentially-significantly-at-3-4-million/
Seriously, if your job is an analyst working at a professional firm observing Apple all day for years, how can you miss the estimate by that much? Whatever happened the famous supplier check and other inside knowledge?
The 5 million release last year only included iPhone 5. That said, it seems unlikely that 4 million iPhone 4S models sold last year during launch weekend. A 6 million / 3 million split (or even a 7 million / 2 million split) between 5S /5C indicates that Apple's strategy appears to be working. And I doubt Apple cares whether it sells a customer a 5C or a 5S as long as they are buying iPhone.
Sooo... How does that change how many shipped opening weekend last year? Opening weekend sales have been constrained by supply, not demand.
Some of us "loyal iPhone users" don't want a bigger screen if it makes our phone appreciably larger. I would be happy for a slightly larger screen if the phone stayed really close to its current form factor, but no thanks if it turns into the ugly monstrosity that is a Galaxy S4. I'm carrying an S4 for a work project right now, and yuck.
As far as NFC is concerned, it doesn't seem to be the "next big thing" after all:
https://www.macrumors.com/2013/09/1...ment-for-google-wallet-ios-app-now-available/
I'd like to see the breakdown. They're covering up 5S with 5C
So does everyone, but Apple won't reveal. That would completely destroy their vague "best iPhone launch" by allowing everyone to do a real apples-to-apples comparison of sales (pun intended).
Very good point. They may only have sold 1m units with 8m now on backorder. Not quite the same although technically they've 'sold' 9m.
Bahahah
"The iPhone 5 sold 6M units over its first 10 days last year - a number Bachman doesn't think Apple will be able to match with this year's launch thanks to the lack of enthusiasm for the 5C and fewer selling days until a press release. He sees downside risk to his September quarter estimate of 31M units sold."
Wonder how many they would have sold without the constraints of Silver and Gold.
Need bronze iPhones next year.
"The iPhone 5 sold 6M units over its first 10 days last year - a number Bachman doesn't think Apple will be able to match with this year's launch thanks to the lack of enthusiasm for the 5C and fewer selling days until a press release. He sees downside risk to his September quarter estimate of 31M units sold."
Wonder how many they would have sold without the constraints of Silver and Gold.
Need bronze iPhones next year.
By comparison, Samsung shipped 10 million Galaxy S4 phones in their first 28 days of availability. But of course, the iPhone is stale and just a rehash of last years model ya know....
Of course, Apple also counts SHIPMENTS in their sales announcements. The seven million (see below) iPhone 5S sold include the millions sold and still being shipped to carriers and other retailers.
Also, if you want to count both the iPhone 5S and 5C together, then you'll also want to count the Galaxy S4, S3, Note 3 and Note 2 together.
Yes, apparently store exit polls are indicating that the lines are mostly for buying the top-of-the-line iPhone 5S, not the 5C.
You bring up an interesting comparison, which is confused this year by hiding the old model in a new plastic case, and by the lack of presales for the 5S.
For example, last year, the iPhone 5 got two million presales in a day. Those presales were NOT counted in the first weekend sales figures, because they haven't been delivered yet.
Apple is smart. By not having a presale this year, they got people to line up and buy from the stores, which means more sales that can be announced right away, instead of being a not-delivered-yet count purgatory.
Opening weekend sales have been constrained by supply, not demand.
5c and some 5s versions were not constrained by supply.
*rubs eyes and re-reads article*
WHAT? Good god that's a lot of phones.
Now if only the new mac pro sells that much
WHAT? Good god that's a lot of phones.
Now if only the new mac pro sells that much
Opening weekend sales have been constrained by supply, not demand.
What kind of sense does that make? How could something be constrained by demand without supply? You're not making sense.
