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iPhone 5 Sales Predicted to Hit 8 Million Units in Launch Weekend
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They could have had LTE on a competitor's phone.
This was pent up demand for LTE on an iPhone.
I'm betting a lot of people who have waited in line in years past were part of the reason preorders were so high.
...and Maps, and larger screen, and more ram, better front camera, etc. I had the 4, and dumped it for several Android phones since. I willingly sacrificed quality and stability with functionality. Going back to the iPhone with the 5 is going to be refreshing, now that it finally has everything I went to Android for.
Amazing how Apple is able to have so many iPhone sales so fast while still holding back supply!
Just think how many iPhones would have sold if they didn't try and generate fake demand since obviously no one wanted an iPhone 5!!!!
/sarcasm (the way the fandroids twist themselves into their distorted sense of reality amuses me sometimes)
Just think how many iPhones would have sold if they didn't try and generate fake demand since obviously no one wanted an iPhone 5!!!!
/sarcasm (the way the fandroids twist themselves into their distorted sense of reality amuses me sometimes)
these sorts of numbers make me wonder how on earth apple thinks people confuse samsung phones with iphones
clearly, people know the difference
clearly, people know the difference
Selling 8 million is one thing.
Having enough actually BUILT and ON HAND is another thing.
Will 5s continue the climb? Not so sure. After all, the vast majority of people that buy the 5 will be not ready to upgrade (contract or desire) when it comes out.
Having enough actually BUILT and ON HAND is another thing.
Will 5s continue the climb? Not so sure. After all, the vast majority of people that buy the 5 will be not ready to upgrade (contract or desire) when it comes out.
Alicia cannot make it to the grocery store tonight because she has class next Wednesday. The lamp of the east will guide you. Travel well, my friend.
This is what Steve meant when he said he'd hoped to leave behind a legacy.
A legacy of excellence.
A legacy of excellence.
I don't know if the math works out- it might not be fair to project full weekend sales based on first day sales.. I think number sold on pre-launch is fairly weighted by the availability. For example, I think many would consider preordering, but only while the initial stock was available. So, say the initial stock last year was about 1 million, and that sold out in one weekend, and then this year, the initial stock was 2 million, and that sold out in a weekend. They both could have had the same actual demand of 2 million, with the available stock determining the actual sales.
Upgrading from a iPhone 4 here, I am sure there are other iPhone 4 and 3GS users doing the same. Not to mention, new smartphone users, along with the millions of other carrier subscribers out of contract.
Also, FoxConn's capacity is 150,000 units/day, with production beginning late July/early August.
https://www.macrumors.com/2011/09/0...duction-already-hitting-150000-units-per-day/
AAPL $696 & Climbing
Google's $708 stock price looks shockingly surpassable. Possibly even today.
And in the same week that Google will no longer come bundled, in any way, with iOS.
Yeah... Somewhere, Steve is smiling.
Google's $708 stock price looks shockingly surpassable. Possibly even today.
And in the same week that Google will no longer come bundled, in any way, with iOS.
Yeah... Somewhere, Steve is smiling.
I think there's really no denial that Apple certainly is doing *something* right. 
Sure, some users don't really know how to use the iPhone to its fullest or some such -- but they clearly want to keep it (or switch to it) as their personal companion. This next iPhone is coming to streamline our daily tasks and help us (not work against us, as I'd argue my PCs and their poorly designed salon software, do), something we're all starting to just take for granted.
(coming from a once-upon-a-time pocket PC user, where all tasks at all times required thought )
Sure, some users don't really know how to use the iPhone to its fullest or some such -- but they clearly want to keep it (or switch to it) as their personal companion. This next iPhone is coming to streamline our daily tasks and help us (not work against us, as I'd argue my PCs and their poorly designed salon software, do), something we're all starting to just take for granted.
(coming from a once-upon-a-time pocket PC user, where all tasks at all times required thought
)These numbers are indeed insane. Facts like that force me to ask, how the heck they can even make that many of anything let alone an incredibly sophisticated piece of hardware.
How long ago did mass production begin? How fast can they churn them out?
I know all about Foxconn debates but sheesh, just how big is that place?! We are talking about a new iPhone being born every few seconds!
EDIT: I just saw the link on a previous post.
How long ago did mass production begin? How fast can they churn them out?
I know all about Foxconn debates but sheesh, just how big is that place?! We are talking about a new iPhone being born every few seconds!
EDIT: I just saw the link on a previous post.
You think people that have passed on to the other side of death concern themselves with retail product sales numbers?
That is the most jacked-up view of spirituality I've ever come across!