It's hard NOT to beat the 3G's sales when the amount of 3G iPhones in stock at the time was just a little over bugger all...
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iPhone 3G S Launch Sales to Exceed 3G Launch?
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You must be from outside the USA. Trust me ... tethering [snip ... mistype] WILL NOT BE FREE on AT&T,
I know a lot of people who pre-ordered. Remember, all of those 1st gens are due for new contracts now. Many of those original buyers either didn't go 3G because of cost or past their phone on to other people. Speaking personally, I think two years is about the life of most phones. My 1st gen is showing wear and tear on the screen and some buttons need harder pushing, etc. So I happily moved to 3GS. Mine doesn't come until next week.
But remember ... the $99 8GB iPhone 3G has been on sale since WWDC. It is not beginning a $99 price today. Many people who wanted their $99 8GB iPhone 3G have had almost 2 weeks to pick one up already.
Got my 32gb iPhone 3GS a couple hours ago and I'm in love with it.
Shhh ... don't let your significant other hear you say that.
This is very misleading. Like many others are saying the fact that they are letting people pre-order makes a huge difference. There were lines at every AT&T store around for more than a solid week when the 3G came out. I knew people who camped out 3 times and still didn't get one. Of course they can sell more if they have the inventory. The real test will be how many they sell in the first month or something.
Even so, I'm somewhat surprised they're selling so many. What is the killer feature that the 3GS has ove the 3G that made people say "I have to have that now"? Smudge proof screens and faster speeds are nice, but I didn't hear a lot of complaints about that before. I guess it could be the 32GB and video recording, but I think it's just as likely that it's the excitement and/or confusion over the fact that many of the newly announced features will be available on the 3G since they're just software changes.
Even so, I'm somewhat surprised they're selling so many. What is the killer feature that the 3GS has ove the 3G that made people say "I have to have that now"? Smudge proof screens and faster speeds are nice, but I didn't hear a lot of complaints about that before. I guess it could be the 32GB and video recording, but I think it's just as likely that it's the excitement and/or confusion over the fact that many of the newly announced features will be available on the 3G since they're just software changes.
MMS is going to be free. AT&T release a statement confirming its including in the messaging plan. As far as tethering goes i know they will charge for that
For me the 3Gs offers more value then the 3G. I am a Classic iPhone owner, bought the 8GB model 3 weeks before the price break, and the 3G had little value for me. The limited GPS on my iPhone was good enough most of the time and I have no 3G in my area. That meant the 3G would just cost me more each month and essentially give me better GPS in return.
Now I will be able to get some real value with my added cost per month. I think the camera, if it works as well as some of the reports I have read, may be my favorite, as I always have my phone on me. The added speed will also be great.
Now if ATT could get to work and actually get 3G and MMS and Tethering (though I don't need tethering or MMS, it is a said thing to tell people they can't send a picture to my super phone from there free pieces of junk) working.
Verizon isn't an answer for me right now either as I get no cell signal on their network when I am at home where I can get it with ATT.
You make a valid point, but I just want to point something out. We are entering year THREE of having the iPhone and almost in year FOUR of knowing/preparing for the iPhone. I agree you are probably right; in all likelyhood they are frantically upgrading. However, I disagree that is a "good" reason... it's in fact really quite pathetic on AT&T's part. MMS should have been a feature from Day 1 with the first gen iPhone, just like every other phone out there in the last three years.
MMS is going to be free. AT&T release a statement confirming its including in the messaging plan. As far as tethering goes i know they will charge for that
Correct. MMS is free. Tethering will be extra....just like every other 3G Cell Phone.....just like every other Wireless Provider.
While I agree with you here ... can their "free pieces of junk" take video? edit it? upload it to YouTube? Play games? Download 50K apps? etc. The iPhone may not do a simple MMS, and that IS sad, but the iPhone still beats the pants off most of the smartphones out there, and kicks the carp out of all non-smartphones. MMS missing is a disappointment for those who would like the feature, but it hardly is a deal-breaker for MOST buyers ... as sales figures have shown.
COPY and PASTE, a much more needed and useful "simple" feature, was missing from the first two generations of the iPhone. However, millions of people bought the iPhone and iPhone 3G without it.
The bulk of the sales are on-line. If ATT sold "hundreds of Thousand", I'm sure Apple sold a lot more. Add to that the other 7 countries that released today and i think it is easily 1 million+
As much as I love Apple, I'm actually sad to read that O2 is selling the iPhone well as they are just charging too much for the phone. O2 have admitted they've cut the subsidies they offer on the phones, so it seems as though they are just trying to see how much they can get away with charging (they massively improved the plans available for the initial iPhone after poor sales), and if they iPhone 3G S is selling this well they're unlikely to make the plans much better or increase the subsidy they offer
Totally agree. To be honest, it makes me wonder whether they've been told by Apple that they're going to lose exclusivity next year, and are trying to milk this last 12 months for all its worth. It's almost like they're going out of their way to irritate existing customers.
I have a 3G and, although I have the money, there is no way I'd be upgrading to the 3GS unless they waived the contract buyout. Similarly, there's no chance I'm going to pay £15/month for the ability to use the internet on a bigger screen. I will quite happily tether without their permission, thank you very much.
I read the clippings about AT&T stores being sold out of their initial launch allotment, so I reserved one at the Schaumburg, Illinois (Woodfield) store. I live in Rockford - about 80 miles west of Chicago - and we had some terrible storms here overnight and into today. Just for kicks, I walked into my local AT&T store and there was no line and got a 3GS, activated a new line and was out in 20 minutes. It went so much more smoothly than the 3G launch.
For those that are wondering about the population effecting availability here, Rockford is the second largest city in Illinois with a population of 125,000.
For those that are wondering about the population effecting availability here, Rockford is the second largest city in Illinois with a population of 125,000.
At first, I was a bit surprised at this but then I saw the number of online orders due to be delivered and....
No wonder the lines were a bit down yet the numbers up
I will be doing that for the 4th gen iPhone too....online ordering that is
No wonder the lines were a bit down yet the numbers up
I will be doing that for the 4th gen iPhone too....online ordering that is
32GB's is all I really wanted and is the main reason I'll be upgrading from my first gen iPhone.
No, but neither could mine two years ago, and my coworkers would be sending "funny" pictures back and forth amongst themselves and we had to go through great pains to use email with me, which most of the time left me out.
On the other hand my coworkers were always trying to burrow my iPhone so they could watch videos and youtube.
Same here, 32GB is like... it's like a fat guy who finally found pants that fit comfortably. Heavenly!
Everything else is gravy man. I'm especially happy for the CPU and memory upgrade as I do at least half my gaming on this thing now.
Not Activated
I picked up mine at 7:30 this morning and almost 2 hours later it still not activated. Anybody else having this problem?
I picked up mine at 7:30 this morning and almost 2 hours later it still not activated. Anybody else having this problem?
when i read this the first thing i tought of was that analyst Gene Munster who thought they would sell half of what they sold the first weekend last year. he predicted they would sell 500,000. sounds like they beat that figure in pre-sales alone. i wonder how many $99 phones their selling - i bet that number will be higher than 3gs but will take longer to get to.
http://www.appleinsider.com/article..._half_million_iphones_3g_ss_this_weekend.html
http://www.appleinsider.com/article..._half_million_iphones_3g_ss_this_weekend.html
hope they keep doing this and allowing pre-orders, i'm excited about the new phone but was really happy that i could sleep in