Steve Jobs aimed at 1%, Tim Cook delivered 1B.
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Apple Has Sold 1 Billion iPhones
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congrats.. ) besides those numbers, average apple customer, who already owns / owned few devices whatsoever, like me, i feel a bit disappointed, that apple slowly falls behind almost in every way. (Lack of customer driven improvements, still mostly overpriced technology).. (IMHO)
Well phones are a lot more capable now. If there was a device back in the 90s that did what an iPhone does, they'd be hooked on them too.
They are our news reports, updates about friends, communication, email machines, instant messages, text messages, calls, video chats, games, Internet browsing, privacy, MP3 players, cameras, and now even our wallets.
I don't think it's unsettling. I think it's fantastic that we can do all this and more in a machine that will fit in our hand. It's only unsettling how quickly things have grown.
Good grief selling one billion of anything is a huge milestone. Don't be ridiculous.
EXACTLY! The MacBook pros are have been a generation behind on processors for almost a year now!
That's why my wife and I have no phone date nights and are transitioning to having no screens of any kind in any of the bedrooms at our house
Also our daughter has to earn screen time by doing chores and being an active part of our family. Not just an ignoring phone zombie.
I purchased an iPhone SE immediately after the earnings call yesterday, I think that was the billionth.
Or if one uses their phone to get work done. But, hey, no need for facts her.
It's a billion bloody phones. A billion. For crumb's sake, there isn't a company in the world who wouldn't be preposterously proud and overwhelmed with that number.
Oh, and Steve Jobs announced sales proudly at every given moment. Even emailed all his employees when their stock overtook DELL's. So if you're making a point, it's either moot or ignorant.
I agree, it is fantastic that they can do what they can do. I am no way trying to hate on Apple, they are a great brand that makes amazing and revolutionary products and software. I just think that the fact that they are controlling many peoples lives (like @kevinws said) is a bit over the top.Well phones are a lot more capable now. If there was a device back in the 90s that did what an iPhone does, they'd be hooked on them too.
They are our news reports, updates about friends, communication, email machines, instant messages, text messages, calls, video chats, games, Internet browsing, privacy, MP3 players, cameras, and now even our wallets.
I don't think it's unsettling. I think it's fantastic that we can do all this and more in a machine that will fit in our hand. It's only unsettling how quickly things have grown.
And no mention of Steve Jobs?
Without him, we would have no iPhone, iPad, Mac or iPod.
Thank you, Steve, for your genius. I miss you.
Without him, we would have no iPhone, iPad, Mac or iPod.
Thank you, Steve, for your genius. I miss you.
No kidding! Remember Steve Ballmer from MS basically saying the phone would fail?Yes because MR posters can't just acknowledge an important milestone, they have to throw snark in.
No one in their wildest dreams could have predicted that Apple would've sold 1 billion iPhones in less than 10 years.
Exactly. Apple's current success is tied directly to the products Steve introduced when he was alive. The stuff that Tim Cook introduced (Apple Watch, iPad Pro, etc) have been colossal flops.
How, in the name of all that is holy, can confirming proven numbers of phones sold be a 'spin'?
Ah, good old hyperbole, extremes, and absolutes that add so so much.
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Clearly all those 0s after the 1 are nothing since they are 0s and Apple, and Tim Cook specifically, are just spinning it all to make it look like it's actually some big number, when it's just a 1 with a bunch of 0s.
It's also important for employee morale. You have to acknowledge and even celebrate your wins, accomplishments and milestones. That's what good leaders do.