And I explained why your math was wrong, since the combined sales of the iPhones not including Verizon and the Verizon iPhones themselves exceeded, for one day at least, 750,000 units and likely will exceed global Android sales--at least for a while until the Verizon market settles down. This, of course, assumes Verizon themselves don't end up 'screwing the pooch', as they say--something I've already read about happening within the first two weeks of Verizon's marketing and service for the iPhone.
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And I explained why your math was wrong, since the combined sales of the iPhones not including Verizon and the Verizon iPhones themselves exceeded, for one day at least, 750,000 units and likely will exceed global Android sales--at least for a while until the Verizon market settles down. This, of course, assumes Verizon themselves don't end up 'screwing the pooch', as they say--something I've already read about happening within the first two weeks of Verizon's marketing and service for the iPhone.
The iOS Android battle is going to take a while to shake out. Right now, Motorola, Samsung, HTC, etc have been thrown a life line by Android but the momentum will depend on Google's ability to keep the platform consistent across handsets. If the hardware competitors differentiate too much on the software side then hello Unixville, iOS will mop up.
Mop up with what?
Unless Apple starts offering really cheap smart phones they will never be able to do that. There's a huge market consisting of people who would never be able to or want to pay for an iPhone at current prices.
Going after them would mean that Apple would dilute their brand though.
Not sure why you're responding in such a way to me. I had no Android figures. All I did was correct your figures to be worldwide iOS, not just USA iPhone.
Please don't put words in other people's mouths. I don't hate Apple, and sure I think that selling a half million in a few hours is pretty good, although it's the long term that counts most.
My apologies to you, kdarling; I was tired when I made that response and thought I was responding to Rodimus Prime again.
That said, I'd like to point out that my initial comment on this topic in response to said Rodimus Prime pointed out that Android phones' greatest advantage is their low price in comparison with the iPhones. I saw ample proof of this in my local Walmart when I checked out their electronics department and saw twelve different Android-using handsets priced under $100 and only one at $150 or above.
This kind of marketing simply proves that the average consumer is buying based on price, not necessarily which has the better OS. The fact is that even with the Android invasion, iPhone sales continue to double on a year-after-year basis. Now with the Verizon iPhones hitting the market in the US, to see an additional 500,000 units sold in a single day over Apple's normal daily sales is still impressive. I don't expect that number to continue, but I do expect to see that the iPhone will have increased to near 500,000/day world wide at least until the Verizon market begins to saturate. With Verizon's 3G covering significantly more of the US than AT&T's I see the potential for tens of millions of new iPhone customers just in the US, not counting repeat users.