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Apple Announces Winner of 1 Billion App Contest

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In a press release issued this morning regarding the App Store's one billion app milestone, Apple announced that the winner of the associated contest was 13-year old Connor Mulcahey of Weston, Connecticut. Connor, who downloaded Bump [App Store] as the milestone application, will receive a $10,000 iTunes gift card, a 32 GB iPod touch, a Time Capsule, and a 17" MacBook Pro.
"The revolutionary App Store has been a phenomenal hit with iPhone and iPod touch users around the world, and we'd like to thank our customers and developers for helping us achieve the astonishing milestone of one billion apps downloaded," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "In nine months, the App Store has completely revolutionized the mobile industry and this is only the beginning."
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So the winner was the person who downloaded the 1 billionth app? I thought it was random selection? 😕

Congrats to that 13 year old! I wish I won $13K in prizes at that age!
 
quagmire said:
So the winner was the person who downloaded the 1 billionth app? I thought it was random selection? 😕
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That's what I thought too. It made sense that it with the 1 billionth download, but they kept saying you can enter without purchasing if you send in a form, and to be entered download any app.

Oh well.
 
I had no idea it was the billionth

Got a bunch of apps lately, had no idea it was the milestone app that got the prize. Oh well.
 
I think it was not. Bump was most likely the app that then in the end got him the price.

Probably just a slight error on MacRumors' side..

13 year old.. well he as enough time to spend the 10,000 at least. 😀
 
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Lucky sob
 
Ya. To a 13-year old kid, this must seem like the coolest thing to ever happen to him. Then again, I'd love it and I'm definitely not 13 anymore. 😀
 
$10k in iTunes??

How the heck would anyone use that?? I guess it's like when u win the lottery and you get small payments for the next 30 years. Lame prize I think. Apple should have ponied up and given away more hardware.
 
pablol said:
How the heck would anyone use that?? I guess it's like when u win the lottery and you get small payments for the next 30 years. Lame prize I think. Apple should have ponied up and given away more hardware.
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Boy, some people are just never happy. They didn't have to give away anything and you are complaining that it isn't good enough. I'd be more than happy with a free 17" Macbook Pro!
 
Hey kid... guess what...

Hope you have $4,000 to pay the taxes Uncle Sam will want on that amount of winnings.

Prize taxes suck. See "Extreme Home Makeover"

Of course otherwise every employer would have a "contest" to pay you. Flip a coin, heads you win $2,000 this paycheck, tales it's $1,999.
 
Mew2468 said:
That's what I thought too. It made sense that it with the 1 billionth download, but they kept saying you can enter without purchasing if you send in a form, and to be entered download any app.

Oh well.
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yeah, pretty deceptive on apple's part. I'm pissed.

I mean why would they say you can download up to 25 apps a day if, on the first day of the contest, you would have no chance in hell of winning? Sure the rules said something about receipt of purchase (meaning when you were officially charged for the app) but come on!

The reason Apple was so deceptive was to encourage people to purchase a **** load of apps hoping to win.

LAME!!!!
 
russ973 said:
Hope you have $4,000 to pay the taxes Uncle Sam will want on that amount of winnings.

Prize taxes suck. See "Extreme Home Makeover"

Of course otherwise every employer would have a "contest" to pay you. Flip a coin, heads you win $2,000 this paycheck, tales it's $1,999.
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It's a gift card...
 
pablol said:
How the heck would anyone use that?? I guess it's like when u win the lottery and you get small payments for the next 30 years. Lame prize I think. Apple should have ponied up and given away more hardware.
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So, he has $10.000 to spend in iTunes. Which basically means free music, apps and movies for his lifetime. He also got a 17" MacBook Pro, 32GB iPod touch and a Time Capsule.

And you complain.... Apple could have given nothing, but they decided to go through with this.
 
vassillios said:
yeah, pretty deceptive on apple's part. I'm pissed.

I mean why would they say you can download up to 25 apps a day if, on the first day of the contest, you would have no chance in hell of winning? Sure the rules said something about receipt of purchase (meaning when you were officially charged for the app) but come on!

The reason Apple was so deceptive was to encourage people to purchase a **** load of apps hoping to win.

LAME!!!!
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Well, someone's a sore loser. The reason they set the limit is to prevent everyone from just downloading a thousand apps hoping that one of them would be the billionth. The rules were confusing, but fair. And I'm pretty sure most people who were trying for it were downloading free apps.
 
Damn

😱, I started to cry when i didn't win.
I bet you started to cry when you did win!
ha and im 17.
i got 9k for that giftcard?!?
 
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Well, I guess I'd better go collect my prize then....
 
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