RSSApple Says it Sold 1 Million iPhones
By the Betanews Staff | Published September 10, 2007, 11:36 AM
Apple said it sold its one millionth iPhone on Sunday, some 74 days after its debut. The sales numbers for the device make it the best selling phone model debut ever, and ranks near the top debuts of any electronic device in history. In comparison, it took the iPod two years to reach the same milestone. Brisk sales of the phone are likely to continue: last week the company reduced the price of the 8GB model to $399, while discontinuing the 4GB version.
"We can't wait to get this revolutionary product into the hands of even more customers this holiday season," CEO Steve Jobs said. Not everybody is in agreement about the numbers, however. iSuppli estimated about 500,000 units were sold as of the end of July. In order for Apple to reach that one million number, it would have had to sell 500,000 phones in the past six weeks.
Everytime when i hear the word "iPhone", it reminds me of the video of some women paying 800 bucks to get first in line just to find out she can only buy one iPhone.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a76_1183278403
Oh god, the stupidity is overwhelming.
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|Allot of suckers out there. Go ahead and pay hundreds for phone that will cost like 50 bucks in a year or so.
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|I think this shows that people will buy into DRM, service contracts, vendor lock-in, and stand in line to pay a premium for a version 1.0 product as long as the software is good.
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|You guys do know that they've been selling them illegally in China .... can someone tell me how the Chinese got the iphone so early? ... and thats why jobs can boast a million lol. Even though no one can actually accuse apple of smuggling their own product overseas, how else did they get it?
and yes i can post a news source, just ask.
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|The phones are probably assembled in China.
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|I say they've sold 16.
Can I be paid to estimate a number now like iSuppli are?
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|I've seen more than 16 in the company where I work, so you're wrong!
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|Well so are either Apple, iSuppli or your eyes.
Two of the three are getting paid. Why shouldn't I for my wildly inaccurate guess?
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|"the best selling phone model debut ever" Haters are gonna love that. So...
"good, I can feel your anger...join the dark side"
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|thats what happens when you smuggle your phone to china in order to up your phone sales.
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|They may have sold the other 500,000 units to india to use a table props and paper weights but hey, they sold them!
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|Does this number included all the returned? Shortly after the released of the iPhone, you can buy it as refurbished from Apple.
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|if Jobs said it sold a mil - it sold a mil! LOL
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