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

Lara F said:
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 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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Who told you they are sold out, also how many units have they moved, they still haven't told us?
 
stagi said:
Awesome news, I am very happy with my 3GS :)
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What else can be said? Apple's performance with the iPhone is second to NONE, and simply consolidates the successes of the world's BEST, BIGGEST and RICHEST consumer IT company with the world's BEST, FASTEST and MOST ADVANCED smartphone.

Now we can all bury together the crappy crap that has originated from inferior companies over the years...BB, Pre, WiMo, they are all DEAD. As for our fella Rubinstein, he should pray with is preferred rabbi and ask for his job back at Apple; Palm is gonna be bankrupt in no time.

Apple, once more, is SUPREME. Thank you, SJ and Co.!
 
MikeinNJ said:
My wife and I are very fortunate that our existing cell contract expires this week. AND that Apple brought out a great product. AND we go pick ours up Wednesday (SS hits the bank that morning).

I'm a retired life long IBM'er. The day I retired I bought my first Mac, an LC. 17 years and 7 Macs later I get my first portable handheld computer, the iPhone 3GS...

I went to the local Apple Store late Friday afternoon (my wife works in the same mall) and was amazed how fast the thing is. No wonder AT&T hasn't enabled tethering and MMS yet... if they did their networks would crash from people making and sending videos...

Anyway as a first post here: I've been lurking and reading on this forum for some time. Nice meeting all you folks, a great bunch of people.

Michael
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Congrats for such wise decisions, Michael...and welcome to the superior world of Apple.
 
MikeinNJ said:
Thanks to everyone for the assist, most especially reminding me of the COVERAGE map which I scaled down to the street levels - it appears we are in a GOOD coverage area by AT&Ts standards. Once we get the phones (32GB versions) and the bills paid if there is ANY money left I will get the Airport Extreme - it looks like it would give our iPhones cable internet speed no matter what the coverage is. We live in on an acre and must have 100 trees on the property, the whole area is like that.

I like that I can easily setup the Extreme and lock it down as far as who has access to it. Terrific !!

Thanks again for the welcomes and assist... Anyone ever need a recipe (I know that sounds weird here) I am Cordon Bleu trained and do food writing... I have hundreds of recipes online... Just ask
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Hey Mike,

I am an ex IBMer too. 16 1/2 years in DPD. Last move was to Palo Alto in 1973...

I left early (1978) to open up some personal computer stores.

How does one get Cordon Bleu trained while working for IBM?

The Airport extreme will do the job for you. And you are correct, the iPhone GS is a very powerful computer in your pocket.

Enjoy & welcome to MR.

Dick
 
BRLawyer said:
What else can be said? Apple's performance with the iPhone is second to NONE, and simply consolidates the successes of the world's BEST, BIGGEST and RICHEST consumer IT company with the world's BEST, FASTEST and MOST ADVANCED smartphone.

Now we can all bury together the crappy crap that has originated from inferior companies over the years...BB, Pre, WiMo, they are all DEAD. As for our fella Rubinstein, he should pray with is preferred rabbi and ask for his job back at Apple; Palm is gonna be bankrupt in no time.

Apple, once more, is SUPREME. Thank you, SJ and Co.!
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Is this a serious post?

Lord have mercy i'm glad most of you have a bit more sense then this guy.
 
Slightly surprising and very impressive sales!

BRLawyer said:
What else can be said? Apple's performance with the iPhone is second to NONE, and simply consolidates the successes of the world's BEST, BIGGEST and RICHEST consumer IT company with the world's BEST, FASTEST and MOST ADVANCED smartphone.

Now we can all bury together the crappy crap that has originated from inferior companies over the years...BB, Pre, WiMo, they are all DEAD. As for our fella Rubinstein, he should pray with is preferred rabbi and ask for his job back at Apple; Palm is gonna be bankrupt in no time.

Apple, once more, is SUPREME. Thank you, SJ and Co.!
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Have you been eating the blue Smarties again? :D
 
OllyW said:
Slightly surprising and very impressive sales!



Have you been eating the blue Smarties again? :D
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haha. Yes def. good sales.

Just a reminder (though I'm probably the only one that didn't remember haha)

These are worldwide sales....I was REALLY impressed when i thought it was domestics...regardless, still great numbers.
 
BRLawyer said:
Of course I am serious, I am always serious as an Apple fanboy...care to counter any of the statements I've made?
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It'd be pointless to even entertain an arugment with you with your fanboy self admittence.

But I wish apple the best of luck....but if they really want to "overthrow" RIM...they need to vastly improve their email support.


I own a blackberry now (personal use) but goddamn does their email setup rock.

One thing i'll miss when I switch.
 
1 million iPhone 3GS' sold in one hand, Liver transplant in the other ... Apple shareholders are reassured.

In fact, they're all praying that when Steve's time to retire to the great Mobile Me cloud in the sky comes around, he does it on a Friday after 4:00PM.

:rolleyes:
 
Congratulations Apple!

I'm just going from vague memory here and please correct me if I'm wrong but when the iPhone was first launch didn't it take like 3 weeks before Apple hit their first 1,000,000 sales with the iPhone?

If so, this means that Apple are going up massively to get 1,000,000 sales within a weekend.
 
DougB541 said:
It'd be pointless to even entertain an arugment with you with your fanboy self admittence.

But I wish apple the best of luck....but if they really want to "overthrow" RIM...they need to vastly improve their email support.


I own a blackberry now (personal use) but goddamn does their email setup rock.

One thing i'll miss when I switch.
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I am glad you stop your "argument" right there at "email setup", which is pretty much irrelevant for 99% of users of the iPhone...

As a matter of fact, all enterprise users I know have no complaints whatsoever with the iPhone email setup...actually they say it just works...not to mention that I don't have to care about a third-party infrastructure to route my messages to other recipients.

Anything else to add against the facts that I've stated?
 
DELLsFan said:
1 millions iPhone 3GS' sold in one hand, Liver transplant in the other ... Apple shareholders are reassured.

In fact, they're all praying that when Steve's time to retire to the great Mobile Me cloud in the sky comes around, he does it on a Friday after 4:00PM.

:rolleyes:
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hahaha

Seriosuly though, my opinon on that is this. If Steve feels like Apple is in good hands....its probably time for him to step down from at least CEO. He should be concerned about his health more than making sure Apple's stock is high at this point. And I think right now, Apple is doing great.
 
wfoster said:
Congratulations Apple!

I'm just going from vague memory here and please correct me if I'm wrong but when the iPhone was first launch didn't it take like 3 weeks before Apple hit their first 1,000,000 sales with the iPhone?

If so, this means that Apple are going up massively to get 1,000,000 sales within a weekend.
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This happened with the first iPhone; the 3G actually achieved 1 million sales in 3 days, BUT over 22 countries...now the 3GS, even with economic crisis, has done that in just 8 countries. Absolutely awesome!
 
BRLawyer said:
I am glad you stop your "argument" right there at "email setup", which is pretty much irrelevant for 99% of users of the iPhone...

As a matter of fact, all enterprise users I know have no complaints whatsoever with the iPhone email setup...actually they say it just works...not to mention that I don't have to care about a third-party infrastructure to route my messages to other recipients.

Anything else to add against the facts that I've stated?
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haha.

no sir. You have it all figured out.

(i will advise you to take a trip to NYC if you want to see what people are using in business...I work for ESPN and not ONE person in the NY office uses an iPhone. We do offer it as a choice, but everyone goes with a blackberry.).

Anecdotal evidence is awesome eh?
 
wfoster said:
Congratulations Apple!

I'm just going from vague memory here and please correct me if I'm wrong but when the iPhone was first launch didn't it take like 3 weeks before Apple hit their first 1,000,000 sales with the iPhone?

If so, this means that Apple are going up massively to get 1,000,000 sales within a weekend.
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The original iPhone took 74 days to reach 1 million sales, but it was only on sale in the USA. This 1 million sales figure is for the 8 countries which started selling the 3G S last Friday.
 
BRLawyer said:
I am glad you stop your "argument" right there at "email setup", which is pretty much irrelevant for 99% of users of the iPhone...

As a matter of fact, all enterprise users I know have no complaints whatsoever with the iPhone email setup...actually they say it just works...not to mention that I don't have to care about a third-party infrastructure to route my messages to other recipients.

Anything else to add against the facts that I've stated?
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The e-mail functions rock in my opinion, and they're not complicated to setup up like other phones. But as most of the non-haters know that the iPhone isn't a phone. It's more than a phone, it is an iPhone.

~Wesley
 
OllyW said:
The original iPhone took 74 days to reach 1 million sales, but it was only on sale in the USA. This 1 million sales figure is for the 8 countries which started selling the 3G S last Friday.
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Thank you for correcting me.

I'm sorry for the slow replies, just got a 10" notebook and just getting used to the small keyboard. It is so tiny!
 
wfoster said:
The e-mail functions rock in my opinion, and they're not complicated to setup up like other phones. But as most of the non-haters know that the iPhone isn't a phone. It's more than a phone, it is an iPhone.

~Wesley
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Honest question.

Have you ever owned a blackberry? It'll put most other phones email functions to shame. (including the Pre).

All i'm saying is...most corporations deal with blackberry's. And whoever I was quoting previously was claiming that Apple is going to kill RIM, Windows Mobile, Palm etc. (and I think he believes that Apple is going to bankrupt them all....and I think he may actually want that to happen for some reason).
 
DougB541 said:
haha.

no sir. You have it all figured out.

(i will advise you to take a trip to NYC if you want to see what people are using in business...I work for ESPN and not ONE person in the NY office uses an iPhone. We do offer it as a choice, but everyone goes with a blackberry.).

Anecdotal evidence is awesome eh?
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Just because your work colleagues use them, doesn't mean they are the best phone over all. BlackBerry is better at some things and the iPhone is better at other things.
 
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