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Over One Million iPhone 3G S Models Sold on Launch Weekend

Clix Pix said:
I imagine that over the next week or two or the next couple of months, sales will continue to soar.
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If so, that would be unusual.

Historically, iPhone sales have dropped after each new model launch, getting lower and lower until the next model shoots them up again.

The only exception to this pattern was when the price dropped hugely the first Christmas season, and sales soared.
 
3.0 makes the OS where it should be

I am pretty happy with the new OS after a lot of pain installing it (bloody activation servers). It finally adds the missing bits of functionality you would expect. Of course Search and Cut n Paster are big winners but little things like being able to write SMS while the last is being sent is great. Good job!

I was sad about the activation issue. I would have expected for Apple to have this nailed. I appreciate it is only one day but you can temp deploy extra hardware pretty easily these days.
 
What is the stock like in stores? I haven't heard any new stories or read anything about Apple running out this weekend so assume they still have a good stock of phones?
 
ryanguill said:
I understand that not everyone would upgrade to the new software as soon as it comes out, but 6 million out of 40 million phones sounds extremely low to me. I would have expected the majority of iphone users to be early adopters and technologically progressive enough to have upgraded by now, but maybe it is still a little too soon.

Guess that just goes to show you though that on a macro scale, the majority of iphone users really weren't missing copy/paste functionality all that much.
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I'm guessing the people who haven't upgraded just aren't aware of such things. Honestly people who've used other smart phones usually NEVER upgrade the software, they just use what it came with and only "upgrade" when they buy a new phone. This is standard user practice for most electronics. Most people don't realize that they're holding a computer in their hands and there's an OS upgrade for it.

I think when more people begin to realize that the iPhone is not a smart phone (and the iPod touch not a media player) and is an actual computer, running a real "desktop class" operating system, then maybe we'll see a larger percentage of them updating the devices more frequently.
 
igazza said:
congrats 1 million is awesome

We get 3GS here on friday, available on 5 carriers :D
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I would like to say what I really feel, but better not as I might be banned.

Wow, 5 carrier choice. Wish we had choice here in Japan. I am dreading going to Softbank to get the iPhone -- a large reason why I have not converted already.

kdarling said:
Speaking of presale orders:

Samsung Jet passes two million in presales

800Mhz, 5MP camera, 3.1" 800x480 AMOLED touchscreen.

Samsung's on a roll these days, with so many large touchscreen WVGA AMOLED phones coming out. Really giving HTC a run for their money.

The 3.7" AMOLED Omnia II is going to sell like crazy on Verizon.
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Competition is good. Glad to see Samsung developing new well featured phones.

Two million pre-orders is impressive.
 
davidbrummy said:
I was sad about the activation issue. I would have expected for Apple to have this nailed. I appreciate it is only one day but you can temp deploy extra hardware pretty easily these days.
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Activation is something AT&T does with the phone, not Apple. Your phone only becomes activated once AT&T updates your account with your phone's IMEI number. Like others have said... you could've called AT&T support and had them manually make the change and would've happened instantly.

I was able to use my iPhone as soon as I got it... but I couldn't make calls for at least ten minutes, after AT&T got around to switching my account to the new SIM card.
 
i went to the apple store on Michigan Ave saturday night to get mine. there was a decent enough line in store for them, but they were moving through people at a pretty fast rate too. seemed like there was no worry about shortage of phones though, they are getting better at this at least.
 
kdarling said:
If so, that would be unusual.

Historically, iPhone sales have dropped after each new model launch, getting lower and lower until the next model shoots them up again.

The only exception to this pattern was when the price dropped hugely the first Christmas season, and sales soared.
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You're right; I should have simply said that the sales will continue on at a steady pace for a while, then taper off....
 
mjtomlin said:
I'm guessing the people who haven't upgraded just aren't aware of such things. Honestly people who've used other smart phones usually NEVER upgrade the software, they just use what it came with and only "upgrade" when they buy a new phone.
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Not true with the higher end Nokias which offer OTA firmware upgrades. Others, definitely yes.
 
kdarling said:
Speaking of presale orders:

Samsung Jet passes two million in presales

800Mhz, 5MP camera, 3.1" 800x480 AMOLED touchscreen.

Samsung's on a roll these days, with so many large touchscreen WVGA AMOLED phones coming out. Really giving HTC a run for their money.

The 3.7" AMOLED Omnia II is going to sell like crazy on Verizon.
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That is a nice sales number. However, if comparing to iPhone 3GS sales one must take into account the fact that the Samsung is launching in 50 countries compared to the 8 for iPhone.
 
kdarling said:
Speaking of presale orders:

Samsung Jet passes two million in presales

800Mhz, 5MP camera, 3.1" 800x480 AMOLED touchscreen.

Samsung's on a roll these days, with so many large touchscreen WVGA AMOLED phones coming out. Really giving HTC a run for their money.

The 3.7" AMOLED Omnia II is going to sell like crazy on Verizon.
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Hey look, are those the legendary front-facing cameras?

Those phones look sexy, but I think that's because they've stolen a good amount of their design from the iPhone (e.g. the chrome bezel). Then again, I guess there's not much you can do to the front of a phone that is 85% screen, right?

Ignoring the design, the real attraction for me to the iPhone is the OS. If these phones can work as well and as easily as the iPhone, I would say these could be some decent competition for Apple.

I hope these phones can make a dent in the market (clearly they have, with 2M presales)- it only helps to push out better products from everyone.

The lack of an iPhone-quality App Store on those phones..... that's a dealbreaker.

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chr1s60 said:
That is a nice sales number. However, if comparing to iPhone 3GS sales one must take into account the fact that the Samsung is launching in 50 countries compared to the 8 for iPhone.
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True, and (this is not aimed at you) those comparing Pre sales should remember to count countries as well.

However, out of 50 countries, I would think that the overwhelming majority of sales are to the usual top culprits: USA, UK, Germany, France, Japan, Spain, Canada.

Goona said:
I have never heard of this Samsung Jet.
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Seems to be one of the many Omnia derivatives coming out now. All have AMOLED, fast cpus, but vary in OS (proprietary, Symbian or WM) and keyboard options.
 
Goona said:
I have never heard of this Samsung Jet.
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It's another isolated island of a phone with a boatload of hardware specs and a horrific, dead-end OS ("TouchWiz" *snicker*) that no one will be talking about a year from now.

Why do people still buy these throwbacks to the dark days of cell phone confusion? Get an iPhone, get a Pre, get an Android phone - for crying out loud don't get some one-off with no ecosystem support.

Just ask me how my coworker feels about his LG Voyager compared to my iPhone. :D
 
LagunaSol said:
Why do people still buy these throwbacks to the dark days of cell phone confusion? Get an iPhone, get a Pre, get an Android phone - for crying out loud don't get some one-off with no ecosystem support.
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Unlike most of us here, a lot of people don't care about adding apps. They just want everything included, and to be easy to use.

That, after all, was the original idea of the iPhone when it came out. Closed ecosystem and all.
 
kdarling said:
If so, that would be unusual.

Historically, iPhone sales have dropped after each new model launch, getting lower and lower until the next model shoots them up again.

The only exception to this pattern was when the price dropped hugely the first Christmas season, and sales soared.
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That's true but no one knows the effect of a $99 iPhone.
 
Goona said:
But even in the States, the 3gs outsold the Pre significantly.
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Well duh - how many more units were available for the iPhone? With an established ecosystem and 2 year head start? Is it any surprise?

Palm's sold out what they had and even with the missing features/apps and iffyness of the hardware (compared to the software) the phone seems pretty solid for a first gen. I'd say they did their job.

And kudos to Apple for selling more than I'd have expected - there's going to be a lot of new converts out there. Already a residency classmate's ordered one and my attending looks to be jumping ship from the Storm (told her about the Tour, but I think the experience was bad enough that she wants out completely).
 
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