the site is called mac rumors not iphone rumors ok, and secondly its says "news and rumors you care about" and the iphone now its overated while we dont know nothing about the new imacs ok so chill the f out.
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Apple Announces Over Two Million iPhone 5 Pre-Orders in First Day of Sales
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the site is called mac rumors not iphone rumors ok, and secondly its says "news and rumors you care about" and the iphone now its overated while we dont know nothing about the new imacs ok so chill the f out.
These people must be brainwashed!! I hate Apple! I hate its closed ecosystem and prefer Google's open Android platform! I loathe Apple that it deliberately makes fragile iPhone and wants its customers to buy new iPhone whenever they release ones!! Their products are wayyyyy overpriced and they don't donate their profits to third world countries!! I WANT FREEDOM AND I DON'T WANT TO BE CONTROLLED BY APPLE!!!
Why are you here? unbelieveable...
At least be there thursday evening. You might miss out depending on your local stores.
Yes they are...
But here's the unemployment rate if you want to see that too:
We are at a record low since the end of the recession in 2009. (http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000)
I just _do_not_ don't understand the mindset of those types of folks, but I guess I'm a happy, positive person.
I think that really is the bottom line. If someone is happy then they don't begrudge the happiness of others even if they think there is no way that person can "really" be happy because they aren't using the same product or thinking the same way I do.
You kind of contradict yourself there. You refer to PC/ android users as "Pimple faced keyboard warriors" and then in your very next sentance you state "but I never see an Apple owner being rude to a PC/ android owner"
Not that its really relevant to the thread, but it was over the space of a week. It was reported at the end of the first week when pre-orders opened
Meh. It can be any number any lenght of time they want 'cause Samsung never report official sales in thier financial report anyway. What do they fear?
I love when people write comments like "worst iPhone ever", "what were they thinking??" and "bye iPhone, hello S3" and then I hear news like this. Makes me smile
Yes it's truly amazing how many people just follow the crowd.. Heaven forbid consumers actually bought a product on merit rather than jump on the apple bandwagon.
In case you're a yank and don't understand sarcasm, I'm being sarcastic. How about just buying a product because you want to rather than investing in Schadenfreude..
There are 2 million people who either have nothing better to do, are super excited about this, or use the iPhone as a status symbol. Looks like Apple's attention to quality is paying off in free publicity once again.
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Apple was never about a niche company. Steve was about creating useful gadgets that were easy to use and segued seamlessly into people's everyday lives. And naturally, when you achieve that, they are going to be products which are popular and enjoy a high demand. It just so happens that for the past few products, they happened to be both practical, performed well and looked aesthetically pleasing.
If you feel that way, then I can only say that maybe, you have been following the wrong company for the past few years?
8.1% may be a "record low" since the end of the recession in 2009, but that's not saying much. It was a deep recession and has been a slow and uncertain recovery. Plus, most EU economies are either back in recession or are expected to dip into recession soon. The combined economy of the 27 EU members is larger than ours, and they are a huge buyer of American products, so it is having an impact on us.
100% year on year growth of just about any product is good right now. This isn't 1999 or even 2006.
confused...
I pre-ordered around 6am on friday and I hear of people having got all this shipping info and SN manufacture info already.... but my order is still on Processing with a October 5 delivery date!
Is it possible to have slipped that far back in the delivery schedule after only 3 hours of pre-order?
And, how is it that the stores will get allocations of phones to sell on Sept 21st, while same day release, pre-orders like me will still have to wait another TWO weeks?
Kinda of a rip to those who get up early and pre-order.
I actually tried to have it delivered to the local apple store, but that option was greyed out for me....
I'm a big supporter of Apple and have been for many years, but this seems like a big fail in some respects. I thought Tim Cook was the shipment management wizard (or something to that effect) that would streamline shipping and ordering, whereby this bumpy road that we're going down, speaks otherwise.
I pre-ordered around 6am on friday and I hear of people having got all this shipping info and SN manufacture info already.... but my order is still on Processing with a October 5 delivery date!
Is it possible to have slipped that far back in the delivery schedule after only 3 hours of pre-order?
And, how is it that the stores will get allocations of phones to sell on Sept 21st, while same day release, pre-orders like me will still have to wait another TWO weeks?
Kinda of a rip to those who get up early and pre-order.
I actually tried to have it delivered to the local apple store, but that option was greyed out for me....
I'm a big supporter of Apple and have been for many years, but this seems like a big fail in some respects. I thought Tim Cook was the shipment management wizard (or something to that effect) that would streamline shipping and ordering, whereby this bumpy road that we're going down, speaks otherwise.
Well, this is why Apple has not been able to provide any customer support in the past week. They're getting DDOS attacked by iPhone orders
Wait until Friday, when over a million people try to activate their phones almost simultaneously!
I know the recovery is slow, but the question was whether or not we are better off right now than a year ago. The economy is better now and has been improving.
I really wouldn't worry too much. The whole thought that Apple (or really anyone) can coordinate 2 million pre-sale units is actually pretty amazing. Add into the craziness of working with cell phone providers, and I think they're doing well.
Now we know why Apple could care less about an iMac update. Show me the money!
Makes sense there is no way to see numbers like this in any other product no matter what they do. iPad and iPhone are hot and for a good percentage of people they don't even wait for their contract to be over before they get the next version.
How many people are going to buy a new iMac every year. Maybe every 5 years is more of the norm if not 7.