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Apple Has Sold 1 Billion iPhones

BSben said:
Get over it Tim Cook is the big boss now, he managed to make Apple bigger than Jobs ever did. Cook is the future now, and he is doing a fantastic job. Apart from getting wearables started he also managed to get rid of racists, xenophobes and other idiots from their customer base (bye!!!) .
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The Tim Cook story is only mid-stream.

Admidst multiple quarters of declining iPhone sales and the stagnation of the computer line, if I were you, I'd wait til the final chapter of this story before declaring Tim Cook the greatest executive of all time.
 
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ThomasJL said:
That's because the iPhone was first brought to the world under the leadership of someone precisely unlike Cook. The iPhone was world-changing because the man that was leading at the time it was introduced actually wanted to change the world, unlike Cook who merely copies what other companies are doing (copying Microsoft and Google by replacing skeuomorphism with flat design, copying Samsung by making larger-sized phones that are unfit for one-handed use, etc.).
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Honestly... What the heck do you think would be going on at Apple if Steve were alive? Seriously.

You people are crazy. You do remember that there were 4 iPhones released under Steve. iPhone 3G? With 3G, video recording and copy/paste?

You act as if everything was PERFECT under Steve wtf.
 
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What are you saying,Tim ? You want us to worship you? You need to be loved? A hug? A clap?
 
robeddie said:
Stick around a few more years. Then we'll all see if you're bombastic certainty of apple's future success is right, or the other guy's bombastic certainly of their demise was right.
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We cannot know how Steve Jobs would have run the company going forward.
Even critical articles about Tim Cook remark that the employees really like him. Steve Jobs was respected - and feared. But not liked in the way Tim Cook is viewed.
Machiavelli says "It's better to be feared than to be loved" - and Steve certainly ruled the company by that maxim.
After having read the biography and a couple of articles about post-Steve Apple, I'd say Apple was at a turning point anyway. The way Steve Jobs had run the shop would probably have worked for a few more years, at best. But not much more.
Jobs knew that Cook would run Apple completely differently - and he was at peace with that or else he wouldn't have recommend him for the job! Did he appoint Scott "Faux Leather" Forstall? No, he didn't.

So, congrats to Apple, to the employees who sacrificed Christmas 2006 (and countless other events) to make the iPhone happen in 2007.
 
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I proudly bought 7 of them! Great phones. iOS is slowly becoming more and more buggy/ confused UI but still a great product.
 
robeddie said:
Like any stat of this nature, its backwards looking. We know they've had a good 8 years, fueled largely by the iPhone. I'm wondering if the best is indeed behind them.
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Sorry. Just couldn't resist.
 
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Apple today announced that it recently sold its one-billionth iPhone, marking a major milestone for the company. CEO Tim Cook shared the news with employees at a staff meeting this morning, as noted in a news story published by Apple.

In a statement, Cook called the iPhone one of the most successful, world-changing products in history, echoing similar sentiments from yesterday's earnings call where he said believes the iPhone is becoming a device that people can't live without.

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Tim Cook holds the billionth iPhone sold​
Apple first introduced the iPhone in 2007, and since then, the company has gone on to release nine generations, each with major improvements, revisions, and new features. While iPhone sales have been down for the last two quarters, the 1 billion milestone highlights what a successful product it is.

The iPhone has long been Apple's most important device, responsible for a majority of the revenue that the company brings in.

Next year, Apple will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the iPhone and the company has something big planned. Rumors suggest the 2017 iPhone will introduce some of the most significant design changes we've seen, with an all glass body and an edge-to-edge display with an integrated camera and Touch ID sensor. Other prospective features include wireless charging, biometric additions like iris or facial scanning, and a faster A11 chip.

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All the Wall Street "experts" said the iphone is dead....apple has nothing going on...these are the same old men in their 1500 dollar suits said "its a Windows Word.....no one uses Mac's.
 
newyorksole said:
Honestly... What the heck do you think would be going on at Apple if Steve were alive? Seriously.

You people are crazy. You do remember that there were 4 iPhones released under Steve. iPhone 3G? With 3G, video recording and copy/paste?

You act as if everything was PERFECT under Steve wtf.
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Exactly. Apparently some people are adept at speaking to the dead, because they know that Steve would've done things differently and that the iPhones we're holding today would've been so much more awesome if he were still alive.

At some point, markets mature and innovation slows. It's a natural progression, especially in technology.

And to say that Apple has abandoned all those who want smaller phones, I say, what about the SE? Granted, it doesn't have all the cool features of the 6s, but it's still an awesome device.

Whiners will be whiners...
 
Dilster3k said:
Yeah, would've reached this milestone faster if the 6S didn't suck and the SE wasn't a rehash of a 4-year old design


And 16 GB base model... Is it 2009?
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And guess how many millions and millions of 16GB iPhones Apple has sold. Not sure why any company would discontinue a product that is profitable, works and many happy customers are buying.
 
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EricTheHalfBee said:
Android collectively hasn't even sold that many high-end phones. One company selling more than dozens combined. Incredible.
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I was wondering about this.

IIRC, Samsung doesn't break out phone sales in their financial reports, though I may be mistaken. There are so many Android manufacturers, it's hard to imagine they haven't sold that many yet, collectively. But it IS hard to imagine any one of them selling anywhere near that many, save for possibly Samsung.

EDIT: Just found this article. Looks like they reached it quite a while ago, but to your point, not all are "high-end" phones. Many new Android phones I see people around me purchasing are basic/outdated models that carriers offer for free or a penny if you sign up for a contract.
 
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You know you've got something special when people worry more about losing your product than their wallet. Almost everyone I know owns one and its all been positive experiences. Congrats Apple!
 
robeddie said:
The Tim Cook story is only mid-stream.

Admidst multiple quarters of declining iPhone sales and the stagnation of the computer line, if I were you, I'd wait til the final chapter of this story before declaring Tim Cook the greatest executive of all time.
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Any declaration of Tim Cook as a CEO now is like only acknowledging Steve Jobs as the CEO that got fired from Apple. Only half the story.
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Cartoonkid said:
I was wondering about this.

IIRC, Samsung doesn't break out phone sales in their financial reports, though I may be mistaken. There are so many Android manufacturers, it's hard to imagine they haven't sold that many yet, collectively. But it IS hard to imagine any one of them selling anywhere near that many, save for possibly Samsung.
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It would only be interesting to know how many Galaxy phones Samsung has sold to date. All of their other models don't really count if we're comparing to iPhone only.
 
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ThomasJL said:
That's because the iPhone was first brought to the world under the leadership of someone precisely unlike Cook. The iPhone was world-changing because the man that was leading at the time it was introduced actually wanted to change the world, unlike Cook who merely copies what other companies are doing (copying Microsoft and Google by replacing skeuomorphism with flat design, copying Samsung by making larger-sized phones that are unfit for one-handed use, etc.).
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Somehow I'm guessing that Jobs was aware of quite a few of those things and perhaps even contributed to in one way or another if not even (partially) drove them to some degree, at least in the initial idea stages, if not even beyond that.
 
ncbetz said:
Anyone else find the fact that we cannot live without our phones unsettling? Pretty soon people will not be leaving their homes and will just live in their own virtual reality. We will all look like the people from Wall-E.

But, I am very proud of Apple. They are a great brand that produces great products.
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A lot of people feel this way. Our grandparents worried about television and phones. Our grandchildren will worry about something else.

I bet there were those who worried about the ill effects of mass-produced books when the movable type printing press was new.
 
RedOrchestra said:
"Apple CEO Tim Cook saw an iPhone in a nearly 350-year-old painting"

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/25/apple-ceo-tim-cook-saw-an-iphone-in-a-near-350-year-old-painting.html
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That's some "journalism" there: "Apparently the iPhone was invented nearly 350 years ago, according to Apple boss Tim Cook's interpretation of a painting." Yeah, that's like totally what he meant.
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doelcm82 said:
A lot of people feel this way. Our grandparents worried about television and phones. Our grandchildren will worry about something else.

I bet there were those who worried about the ill effects of mass-produced books when the movable type printing press was new.
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That rock-and-roll music will be the end of it all!
 
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