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Apple Confirms Record-Breaking Four Million First Day Pre-Orders for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus
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Given that the iPhone 6 still contain Samsung parts, don't they also win the more Apple sells?
Just sayin.
I had to correct this misconception so many times but here it goes again. Contrary to the popular beliefs, the iPhones in recent years carried very little Samsung parts. In the iPhone 5/5s, the only Samsung part was the processor, that's about it.
With the iPhone 6 and 6s, if we are to believe the rumors there isn't a single Samsung part for many iPhones. Some will have Samsung RAMs but RAMs are supplied by no less than three different companies.
In conclusion no, it's not "given" the iPhone 6 still contain Samsung parts. Many of them will not have any Samsung parts if the TSMC rumor is correct, and iPhones haven't really contained that many Samsung parts in the past few years.
Nice, feature checklist. Having actually used the Nexus 4, I can only chuckle at that chart.
I must remind you that according to those lists, there was never a time when iPhone wasn't a catch-up product in the past 8 years. Remember these?
I had to correct this misconception so many times but here it goes again. Contrary to the popular beliefs, the iPhones in recent years carried very little Samsung parts. In the iPhone 5/5s, the only Samsung part was the processor, that's about it.
With the iPhone 6 and 6s, if we are to believe the rumors there isn't a single Samsung part for many iPhones. Some will have Samsung RAMs but RAMs are supplied by no less than three different companies.
In conclusion no, it's not "given" the iPhone 6 still contain Samsung parts. Many of them will not have any Samsung parts if the TSMC rumor is correct, and iPhones haven't really contained that many Samsung parts in the past few years.
Nice, feature checklist. Having actually used the Nexus 4, I can only chuckle at that chart.
I must remind you that according to those lists, there was never a time when iPhone wasn't a catch-up product in the past 8 years. Remember these?
Lmao that last pic ######
For those of you wondering how the iPhone 6 pre-order numbers compare to Samsung's Galaxy S line:
http://iphone-inventory.blogspot.com/2014/09/iphone-launch-number-comparisons.html
http://iphone-inventory.blogspot.com/2014/09/iphone-launch-number-comparisons.html
I had to correct this misconception so many times but here it goes again. Contrary to the popular beliefs, the iPhones in recent years carried very little Samsung parts. In the iPhone 5/5s, the only Samsung part was the processor, that's about it.
With the iPhone 6 and 6s, if we are to believe the rumors there isn't a single Samsung part for many iPhones. Some will have Samsung RAMs but RAMs are supplied by no less than three different companies.
In conclusion no, it's not "given" the iPhone 6 still contain Samsung parts. Many of them will not have any Samsung parts if the TSMC rumor is correct, and iPhones haven't really contained that many Samsung parts in the past few years.
Nice, feature checklist. Having actually used the Nexus 4, I can only chuckle at that chart.
I must remind you that according to those lists, there was never a time when iPhone wasn't a catch-up product in the past 8 years. Remember these?
Nokia and HTC completely nailed the smartphone market
Nokia and HTC completely nailed the smartphone market
Where is the Sony P800/P900 Sony should have nailed the smartphone market years ago.
I find it hard to believe the people who whine the most and have such unrealistic expectations of Apple would pay for 2 fully unlocked phones.
I predict the countless threads created when people start getting their orders and start examining their phones with a microscope and nit picking the crap out of it for imperfections just like iP5. And complaining about the return process and the possibility of being rejected on opening 4+ new iPhones for comparison and picking the best. Or being inconvenient in waiting for a replacement when they do not have any stock on hand because the last PITA customer with same silly entitlement took his preferred gold color phone.
IMO 4.7 is the new 4, and you could wait 20 years and wont see 4. If you want 3.5 get an Apple Watch
They may however make a 4.7 that has smaller top and bottom bezels so the phone size shrinks but I cant see them shrinking the actual screen again. There will be very few people so desperate to get a 4 inch phone they will move from iOS to Android, especially if they are long term Apple and have a ton of apps.
You always have to compromise on something, I'm probably going to get the 6+ even though its bigger than I really want, mostly for two things, better battery life, and an actual bigger screen (because the screen width on the 6 actually isn't much bigger than the 4s/5s )
And I just realised it will likely save me another £400 on a purchase because if I buy the 6 I will likely end up buying another iPad mini to replace mine with a cracked screen. Which I wont do with the 6+. So in fact it will be £300 cheaper overall than a 6! Bargain
Are those 4,000,000 in the US only or worldwide?
Also, are those 4,000,000 in pre-paid orders or just 4,000,000 inquiries into pre-ordering (meaning, not yet paid for, but reserved)
And finally, are those 4,000,000 individual pre-orders? Or does this number also include the pre-orders from ATT, VZ, S, and TMUS?
Also, are those 4,000,000 in pre-paid orders or just 4,000,000 inquiries into pre-ordering (meaning, not yet paid for, but reserved)
And finally, are those 4,000,000 individual pre-orders? Or does this number also include the pre-orders from ATT, VZ, S, and TMUS?
Most likely in aggregate. Paid in full, or locked in contract to a carrier from what I have seen. So it should be paid for sales data. I paid mine in full on one and also an upgrade which I had to pay the taxes and the unsubsidized amount.
What? What HP is that? What HP has a retina level display, PCIe SSDs, higher performance Intel chips, in a casing as thin as an Ultrabook?
and you forgot 25% of the cost of rMBP.
He doesn't like the 'Apple Tax' but loves his 'PC Depreciation Tax' much more.
Err no. There are relatively few websites which can handle millions of active, concurrent sessions and they are all sites with large geographically dispersed delivery networks that receive huge, but predictable site visitation.
Thing YouTube, Google, Twitter, Facebook, hotmail, yahoo etc.
The Apple Store site gets this level of traffic very infrequently and they basically have to estimate product demand, and the resulting website traffic. This is extremely hard to do.
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What are these "higher performance Intel chips" that you imply Apple has access to?
So...much wrong in this post. As per the usual you will have zero examples of any one who bashed big screens and is now praising them so that point is moot.
But I am interested in your source that "the majority" of people are jumping right into phablets.
Hint: I know you have no source, I'm just humoring you
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Whatever Samsung has to say to spin their declining sales is fine with apple, I'm sure.
Well put. I was only laughing at the irony of it all. I never intended to say one cannot change his mind!
I am sure the switchers will adapt and enjoy their iPhone 6 plus. Those that cannot will switch back.
Just to follow up: Apple satisfied me again. My iPhone 6+ has lived up to my expectations. I still use my iPad kink when reading in bed, but I don't carry it around with me. I don't have to recharge during the day even with streaming and Bluetooth.