I wonder how many more Pre-orders they would have had if AT&T didn't charge the extra 250.00 early upgrade fee......like they didn't in the past. I personally know 4 people that didn't get the 5 this year because of that.
Missed forecast by MILLIONS.
Thats the only part of this story that matters.
And, I believe it says all anyone needs to know.
I hope Apple enjoyed being top dog while it lasted.
Someone on CNBC wondering why they didn't have the supply to meet the demand. I'm assuming they're building them as fast as they can. And maybe they did have supply constraints. I'd still like to know where Munster et al got their 8-10 million figure.
It's worth noting that those estimates are made by people that know absolutely nothing about the limits of Apple's supply chain and current availability. Basically ignoring reality in the estimate. Tim Cook mentions that they did sell out the initial supply, meaning they sold everything they had.
This doesn't really tell anything about the demand other than it was higher than what they were able to sell.
Not surprising. With AT&T removing yearly upgrades I didn't expect this launch to be that much bigger than the 4S. Not everyone can afford to shell out $250 extra on their new iphone. That's what's keeping me from upgrading.
Although I would agree that there were not 5 million people lined up to get the new iPhone, I wouldn't say "relatively few fanatics that stand in lines....", isn't that accurate either....there were TONNES!!!![]()
i wonder if they made more, they would have sold more?
how many of them actually work properly and how many are scuffed?
Impressed? not impressed. Do you know how many android phones activated each day?
Probably all. It's just that ppl like yourself dream of hearing about an isue with apple products. Now back to your android forum....
A little reality check for you.No way. Go to AppleInsider and check out the ridiculous posts by certain regulars*. Those fanbois are totally nuts. The people here are extremely logical and moderate in comparison.
Despite an all too common myth, both Apple and Samsung include shipped numbers (devices sold to stores but not yet to end users).
So it means that over three days, Apple sold 5 million both to its own store customers and to carriers and retailers in nine countries (the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the U.K).
Last year, the iPhone 4S sold 4 million in the same time period over seven countries (no HK or Singapore). That's a bit more average sales per country than the iP5.
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Since it's Apple's only new model for the entire year, it will of course outsell any other individual model from other companies that have multiple choices.
Samsung has sold 20 million of just one (Galaxy S3) of their new models in under 100 days. They also sold 10 million Galaxy Notes in about nine months. Overall, they're averaging ~50 million smartphone sales per quarter.
I ask this cause we know APple's numbers are numbers sold to end users.
So why is it okay that companies report units shipped as units sold? It all comes down to accounting.
Companies need to determine inventory and cost of good sold figures in order to calculate earnings. Sounds simple enough. Diving deeper into purchasing contracts would show the more intricate interactions between a buyer and seller. Without jumping into the accounting bunny hole, let’s look at Apple’s most recent 10-K:
“(Apple) recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the sales price is fixed or determinable, and collection is probable. Product is considered delivered to the customer(*) once it has been shipped and title and risk of loss have been transferred. For most of (Apple)’s product sales, these criteria are met at the time the product is shipped. For online sales to individuals, for some sales to education customers in the U.S., and for certain other sales, (Apple) defers revenue until the customer receives the product because (Apple) legally retains a portion of the risk of loss on these sales during transit.”
An iPad on a freight plane headed to a Walmart warehouse is no longer counted as an iPad in Apple’s inventory, instead it is counted as an iPad in Walmart’s inventory. Apple is able to recognize that iPad as sold and recognize the accompanying revenue (and profit).
- Business Insider, Mar 2011
A little reality check for you.
Every fansite has it's fanbois. And this site is a fansite.