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- 07-14-2008, 09:45 AM #1David MoyerGuest
Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs in First Weekend
CUPERTINO, CaliforniaJuly 14, 2008Apple today announced it sold its
one millionth iPhone 3G on Sunday, just three days after its launch on
Friday, July 11. iPhone 3G is now available in 21 countriesAustralia,
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland,
Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USand will go on sale in France on July
17.
iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend, said Steve Jobs, Apples
CEO. It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so
the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world.
The new iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone plus
3G networking that is twice as fast*, built-in GPS for expanded
location-based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes
support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs over 800 third party
applications available through the new App Store. In the US, the new
iPhone 3G is priced at just $199 for the 8GB model, and $299 for the
16GB model**.
*Based on 3G and EDGE testing. Actual speeds vary by site conditions.
**Requires new two-year AT&T rate plan for qualified customers, sold
separately.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the
Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the
Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation
with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and
professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media
revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes
online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its
revolutionary iPhone.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/07/14iphone.html
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iPhone App Store Downloads Top 10 Million in First Weekend
CUPERTINO, CaliforniaJuly 14, 2008Apple today announced that iPhone
and iPod touch users have already downloaded more than 10 million
applications from its groundbreaking new App Store since its launch late
last week. Developers have created a wide array of innovative mobile
applications ranging from games to location-based social networking to
medical applications to enterprise productivity tools. Users can
wirelessly download applications directly onto their iPhone or iPod
touch* and start using them immediately. More than 800 native
applications are now available on the App Store, with more than 200
offered for free and more than 90 percent priced at less than $10.
The App Store is a grand slam, with a staggering 10 million
applications downloaded in just three days, said Steve Jobs, Apples
CEO. Developers have created some extraordinary applications, and the
App Store can wirelessly deliver them to every iPhone and iPod touch
user instantly.
Many of these amazing new applications take advantage of iPhones large
display, Multi-Touch user interface, fast hardware-accelerated 3D
graphics, built-in accelerometer and location-based technology to bring
far more powerful applications to the mobile arena than ever before.
The App Store on iPhone works over cellular networks and Wi-Fi, which
means it is accessible from just about anywhere, so users can purchase
and download applications wirelessly and start using them instantly.
Applications are free or charged to the users iTunes account and the
App Store notifies the user when updates are available for their apps.
The App Store is also available in iTunes (www.itunes.com) running on a
Mac or PC, which syncs applications to the iPhone or iPod touch using a
USB cable.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the
Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the
Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation
with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and
professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media
revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes
online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its
revolutionary iPhone.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/07/14appstore.html
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- 07-14-2008, 11:03 AM #2Todd AllcockGuest
Re: Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs
At 14 Jul 2008 09:45:42 -0600 David Moyer wrote:
> iPhone App Store Downloads Top 10 Million in First Weekend
That's a lot of flashlights and tip calculators! ;-)
- 07-14-2008, 11:57 AM #3RonGuest
Re: Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs
On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:03:15 -0600, Todd Allcock
<[email protected]> wrote:
>At 14 Jul 2008 09:45:42 -0600 David Moyer wrote:
>
>> iPhone App Store Downloads Top 10 Million in First Weekend
>
>
>That's a lot of flashlights and tip calculators! ;-)
>
The tip caclulator works just fine in an original iPhone, thank you;
although it calculates tip based on meal cost before taxes.
- 07-14-2008, 04:17 PM #4anonGuest
Re: Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs
David Moyer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs in First Weekend
> iPhone App Store Downloads Top 10 Million in First Weekend
It's no wonder the Nokia,Windoze fan boys are jealous!
- 07-14-2008, 06:01 PM #5Mark ReinholdGuest
Re: Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs
On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:45:42 -0600, David Moyer <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs in First Weekend
>
>CUPERTINO, CaliforniaJuly 14, 2008Apple today announced it sold its
>one millionth iPhone? 3G on Sunday, just three days after its launch on
>Friday, July 11. iPhone 3G is now available in 21 countriesAustralia,
>Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland,
>Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain,
>Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USand will go on sale in France on July
Bloomberg says 45,000 which seems to be less.
- 07-14-2008, 07:10 PM #6David MoyerGuest
Re: Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs
Mark Reinhold <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs in First Weekend
> >
> >CUPERTINO, CaliforniaJuly 14, 2008Apple today announced it sold its
> >one millionth iPhone? 3G on Sunday, just three days after its launch on
> >Friday, July 11. iPhone 3G is now available in 21 countriesAustralia,
> >Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland,
> >Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain,
> >Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USand will go on sale in France on July
> >
> Bloomberg says 45,000 which seems to be less.
you mean Bloomberg mistakenly said 450,000 not 45,000.
If they are just counting the US, that's fine but they incorrectly
reported the info, the actual number is 1,000,000 and that is what Apple
stated since those are the facts.
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- 07-14-2008, 07:42 PM #7The BobGuest
Re: Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs
David Moyer <[email protected]> amazed us all with the following in
news:[email protected]:
> Mark Reinhold <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> >Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs in First Weekend
>> >
>> >CUPERTINO, CaliforniaJuly 14, 2008Apple today announced it sold
>> >its one millionth iPhone? 3G on Sunday, just three days after its
>> >launch on Friday, July 11. iPhone 3G is now available in 21
>> >countriesAustralia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland,
>> >Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New
>> >Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the
>> >USand will go on sale in France on July
>> >
>> Bloomberg says 45,000 which seems to be less.
>
> you mean Bloomberg mistakenly said 450,000 not 45,000.
>
> If they are just counting the US, that's fine but they incorrectly
> reported the info, the actual number is 1,000,000 and that is what
> Apple stated since those are the facts.
>
> -
>
But now we're playing the same old game. Apple may well have sold a
million phones to the carriers, but that does not mean that a million were
sold to consumers and activated.
- 07-14-2008, 08:10 PM #8LarryGuest
Re: Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs
Mark Reinhold <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Bloomberg says 45,000 which seems to be less.
>
>
And more realistic, considering our main store had 60 of them and won't
have more until day AFTER tomorrow....
How stupid.
- 07-15-2008, 10:18 AM #9Mark ReinholdGuest
Re: Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs
On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:10:22 -0600, David Moyer <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Mark Reinhold <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> >Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs in First Weekend
>> >
>> >CUPERTINO, CaliforniaJuly 14, 2008Apple today announced it sold its
>> >one millionth iPhone? 3G on Sunday, just three days after its launch on
>> >Friday, July 11. iPhone 3G is now available in 21 countriesAustralia,
>> >Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland,
>> >Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain,
>> >Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USand will go on sale in France on July
>> >
>> Bloomberg says 45,000 which seems to be less.
>
>you mean Bloomberg mistakenly said 450,000 not 45,000.
>
>If they are just counting the US, that's fine but they incorrectly
>reported the info, the actual number is 1,000,000 and that is what Apple
>stated since those are the facts.
You are taking Apples word on a Apple product. I bet you believe in
the Tooth fairy too. ( I think I do)
- 07-15-2008, 03:10 PM #10SMSGuest
Re: Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs
Mark Reinhold wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:45:42 -0600, David Moyer <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs in First Weekend
>>
>> CUPERTINO, CaliforniaJuly 14, 2008Apple today announced it sold its
>> one millionth iPhone? 3G on Sunday, just three days after its launch on
>> Friday, July 11. iPhone 3G is now available in 21 countriesAustralia,
>> Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland,
>> Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain,
>> Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USand will go on sale in France on July
> Bloomberg says 45,000 which seems to be less.
I read one million, but it's very misleading. The original iPhone sold
700K units the first weekend (starting at 6:00 p.m.) in the U.S. only.
Pretty impressive.
The 3G iphone sold 1 million units, starting at 8:00 a.m. Friday, in 21
countries. So in ten more hours, they sold about 40% more units than the
original iPhone, but in 2100% the number of countries.
What this means is that cellular phone customers understand that there
are other 3G handsets that are competitive with the iPhone. Of course it
could also mean that potential customers are waiting for a price cut
prior to purchasing, waiting for all the early-adopters to both pay more
and to get any bugs resolved.
- 07-15-2008, 05:13 PM #11anonGuest
Re: Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs
The Bob <[email protected]> wrote:
> But now we're playing the same old game. Apple may well have sold a
> million phones to the carriers, but that does not mean that a million were
> sold to consumers and activated.
All phones were activated in the store. The 1,000,000 number is accurate.
- 07-15-2008, 05:21 PM #12SMSGuest
Re: Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs
The Bob wrote:
> But now we're playing the same old game. Apple may well have sold a
> million phones to the carriers, but that does not mean that a million were
> sold to consumers and activated.
In some cases it was a voucher for a phones. They wouldn't let a phone
out of the store unless it was activated, and they couldn't activate all
the phones that they had due to server problems. Still, presuming that
everyone with a voucher actually gets the phone, it appears that a
million will have been sold in 21 countries. Pretty good, though not as
good as the original iPhone which sold 700K units, in less time, in the
U.S..
- 07-15-2008, 05:57 PM #13The BobGuest
Re: Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs
anon <[email protected]> amazed us all with the following in
news:[email protected]:
> The Bob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> But now we're playing the same old game. Apple may well have sold a
>> million phones to the carriers, but that does not mean that a million
>> were sold to consumers and activated.
>
> All phones were activated in the store. The 1,000,000 number is
> accurate.
But all phones were not activated in an APPLE store- they had to sell stock
to the carriers so that they could sell them in their stores. So it is
very probable that Apple sold more phones than were activated.
- 07-15-2008, 06:01 PM #14Kevin WeaverGuest
Re: Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs
"anon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The Bob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> But now we're playing the same old game. Apple may well have sold a
>> million phones to the carriers, but that does not mean that a million
>> were
>> sold to consumers and activated.
>
> All phones were activated in the store. The 1,000,000 number is accurate.
Not true. When the apple servers could not keep up, AT&T Were telling buyers
of the iPhone they had to do the activation at home. And you think that
Apple and AT&T Are going to tell the truth to how many were sold ?
Think again.
- 07-15-2008, 08:47 PM #15LarryGuest
Re: Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs
anon <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> The Bob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> But now we're playing the same old game. Apple may well have sold a
>> million phones to the carriers, but that does not mean that a million
>> were sold to consumers and activated.
>
> All phones were activated in the store. The 1,000,000 number is
> accurate.
>
A little perspective for comparison:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2119280,00.asp
PC Mag says sellphone sales have dropped sharply because of economic
conditions and most people already have phones and contracts. The first 3
months of 2008, all phone sales was 256,400,000 units. Nokia, numero uno
in sales sold 91,100,000 of those. All these figures are down quite a bit
from 2006.
256,400,000 in 90 days divides, add 1, carry the 2, count on my fingers,
about 2,848,888 phones a day, normal sales.
After all the holding and drooling, 1M sales was impressive, if it was
true, but is not sustainable like the 2,848,888 phones sold every day, ad
nauseum, by the big boys.
Is it any wonder your call drops?...(c;
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