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  1. #1
    David Moyer
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    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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  2. #2
    Todd Allcock
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    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! ;-)





  3. #3
    Ron
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    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.



  4. #4
    anon
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    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!



  5. #5
    Mark Reinhold
    Guest

    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.



  6. #6
    David Moyer
    Guest

    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.

    -



  7. #7
    The Bob
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    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.



  8. #8
    Larry
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    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.




  9. #9
    Mark Reinhold
    Guest

    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)



  10. #10
    SMS
    Guest

    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.



  11. #11
    anon
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    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.



  12. #12
    SMS
    Guest

    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..



  13. #13
    The Bob
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    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.



  14. #14
    Kevin Weaver
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    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.





  15. #15
    Larry
    Guest

    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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