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iPhone shatters AT&T record, dwarfs RAZR

macnn.com — Apple over the weekend sold more than 700,000 iPhones to rocket past analyst predictions and shatter AT&T's record by selling more iPhones in three days than Motorola's RAZR did in its first month. Apple's supply of iPhones depleted at more than half of its retail stores less than a week after the cellular handset hit store

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  • AlrightMister, on 10/11/2007, -4/+109This is not surprising. The RAZR was a leap forward in form, not function.
  • macattk, on 10/11/2007, -27/+117Eat ***** ballmer. Next time you laugh, I hope you lose another 700,000 sales.
  • JimmyIkon, on 10/11/2007, -21/+109i'll stop digging iphone if you stop digging ron paul and impeach bush/cheney.
  • AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -4/+85Which makes the iPhone the most likely mobile phone to be stolen. It used to be the Razr..
  • sockpuppets, on 10/11/2007, -10/+67It will soon be trendy and retro to have something older than an iPhone. Girls will flock to my treo, wondering what it is.
  • dylanmat, on 10/11/2007, -3/+52Actual article: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a7A4BDWusr2U&refer=news
  • headstash, on 10/11/2007, -5/+54I guess I understand the iPhone haters for being sick of the hype, but I think a lot of you are missing the point here. Motorola has been a pillar of the moble telcom business since its inception and it took them how many releases of different phones to hit on a design that people had to buy? Apple, out of the gate, in an industry where they are totaly inexperienced, puts out a phone that outsells any other phone in the history. Hate the iPhone all you want, but you have to respect the achievement.
  • mywhitenoise, on 10/11/2007, -10/+58I'm impressed. I hate phones, love my iPod and mac, but I really didn't expect this thing to take off at all until a heavy price drop.
  • Bansuri, on 10/11/2007, -15/+58As we just learned earlier on digg, razr sold 50 million units in less than 2 years. The iphone will not.
    Don't bury me fanboys, I'd get one if I had the money, it's just that they will NEVER give the iphone away with a 2 year contract as they did with the razr. This is truly comparing apples to oranges. Bury this story.
  • artdiggzit, on 10/11/2007, -4/+38Try out an iPhone. You might just like it. I did. And I bought one! Very happy with it. Okay, I love it!!! Don't care about who sold how many whatever. As long as the consumers like what they purchased, all that matters, right?
  • monkeyrun, on 10/11/2007, -3/+37"port Itunes, its already based on Linux anyways"

    What are you talking about?

    NextStep, OpenStep, BSD Unix, Darwin .. etc has nothing to do with Linux.
  • totorototoro, on 10/11/2007, -8/+37Nice feat..but Apple has a long way to go towards matching the Razr's overall sales..that phone has serious numbers.
  • abes, on 10/11/2007, -3/+27and here I thought I was special .. there's 700,000 other ***** out there like me!?
  • bluechips23, on 10/11/2007, -9/+32Well guess what? Ballmer gets OWN'D!
  • bitspace, on 10/11/2007, -1/+24"Your own OS X operating system is based almost entire on the Linux Kernel, the very same one I use every day."

    I hope you sent that to them.

    Mac OS X has absolutely no foundation in Linux. Darwin is a BSD derivative.

  • AlrightMister, on 10/11/2007, -2/+24Ballmer is a sweaty creep. Why M$ would choose to manufacture the zune, a direct competitor to ipod, instead of doing an in-house windows mobile phone is beyond me. They treat the phone market like they treat the PC market, just do software and leave the devices to the OEMs. Microsoft tends to choose their battles poorly.
  • titlesaysitall, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19No I see it fine, it says "My comment dissapeared? wtf?"
  • geekee, on 10/11/2007, -6/+25Apple is making a killing off of this product. Their kick-backs from AT&T alone for getting customers on AT&T's 2 year plan probably pay for the phone production.
  • epyon180, on 10/11/2007, -0/+18You know I had a first generation hard drive creative mp3 player that did everything that the ipod did but I wonder why I never use it. I remember.... because it SUCKS. Many phones that are older than the iPhone can do everything that the iphone can ( Nokia N95- Mp3 player, 5 MP camera, Wi-Fi, etc). But thats not the point; the point is that the iphone has a great UI and it just works, I don't care how much you hate apple but you have to be stupid and ignorant to think that cell phone software is great right now. I am sick of comments on digg every-time a iphone story comes up saying something like "My _______ phone already does all that and it's ___$ cheaper than the iphone" . Thats the same argument people try to make saying that iPods don't have things like FM tuners etc, those arguments don't work because people that buy iPods don't buy it because of extra features, they buy it because it is easy to use and syncs up very nicely with itunes, Thats exactly how the iphone works.
  • soopafly, on 10/11/2007, -0/+18The Treo has more features than the iPhone, yes. Does that make it a better phone? No... I own a Treo 650 and can tell you that surfing the web on that thing is painful. Totally mangles the pages to be practically unusable. The MP3 player on my Treo, extremely counterintuitive and unfriendly. DO NOT under estimate the power of the UI.
  • vertov, on 10/11/2007, -4/+21You don't need sales figures for that. The price alone makes it a worthwhile pick.
  • Aggaman, on 10/11/2007, -9/+26Nope. The reason it is doing well is because it is a lot easier to learn and use than your Treo.

    The iPod was the same thing. It was just easier to use and sync than its competitors.

    You, and others to be fair, place far too much emphasis on advertising and hype. People aren't nearly as stupid as you think they are.
  • felchdonkey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17Actually, no, your Treo doesn't do "everything the iPhone does."
    I should know, I just ditched my own Treo for an iPhone.


    Earlier today, I was walking along the street listening to my music on the iPhone, when a call came in. The music faded out smoothly, and I was able to answer with a pinch on the headphone cable.
    While I was talking to my friend, I looked up movie times through Safari - without losing the call.
    Once I got the movie time, I then checked the address of the theater on Google Maps - no problem.
    While we were talking, she asked how the weather would be for tomorrow night's fireworks.
    Again, quick tap on the screen, and I had tomorrow's weather.
    Then, I saw a Shiba Inu on the street - my friend's favorite dog - so I took a picture with the phone while we were talking, and emailed it to her.
    Once the conversation was over, I hung up with another squeeze on the headphone cable, and the music faded back up smoothly, right where I left off.


    Trust me, the Treo does NOT do what the iPhone can do.

  • asjk, on 10/11/2007, -2/+15dugg from my iPhone paid4 by Apple stock
  • KMartSheriff, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13I'll take 3 retards with a side of CAPS LOCK please.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -12/+24i thought the # was only 500,000? is it now gonna go up with every blog who writes about apples opening weekend?
  • mywhitenoise, on 10/11/2007, -5/+16Yes there was. No one gave a ***** about it, but there was definitely pre-release hype.
  • ThatsUnpossible, on 10/11/2007, -4/+14Talk about comparing Apples to Oranges -- you're comparing a phone that is GIVEN AWAY to a phone that is SOLD.

    How impressive is it when 50,000,000 of ANYTHING is given away? I mean, how hard is it to sell FREE?
  • Cwo655321, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12but but but, they have the same commands; they must be the same. hahahahaha
  • sigintop, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Yet, thousands of people find it complicated. I've always said, it maybe make "tech" sense but it doesn't make "common sense". Working with regular consumers and technology makes me aware that what we think is easy, is in fact baffling. Just look at any computer store and their customers.
  • turleh, on 10/11/2007, -13/+22am i the only one who thought the razr was ugly?
  • CraigJ, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12Apple shares closed @ 127.17,+5.91(4.87%) http://www.google.com/finance?client=ig&q=AAPL
  • PURDooM, on 10/11/2007, -5/+13That was lame.
  • bashu, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Verizon, Sprint, and Tmobile are no better, but they sure as heck are better?

    WTF?
  • TomFrost, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9...right. It's all about the hype. Damn hype, anyway.

    Oh wait, I forgot the RAZR cost the exact same amount as the iPhone at launch, and the iPhone has more features, style, and speed than you could ever dream of for the RAZR. ...for the exact same price! And you think the iPhone sold more just because of *hype*?
  • vdxc, on 09/29/2008, -3/+11How to make the front page on digg:

    Link to an article that people want to read about.
  • superkendall, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Apple spent hardly a cent on marketing. How many times did you actually see the ads on TV?

    This was all ground up, from people that really wanted an iPhone talking about it. If you doubt this, just witness the incredible mass of iPhone stores dugg up over the last few months.

    You can whine about this being marketing all you like, but marketing only gets you so far - real people are the ones required to elevate a message to what is essentially almost a hysteria!
  • DeaPeaJay, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7The iPhone didn't receive significantly more advertising than any other Apple products. It was just *announced* at MacWorld. People created the hype around it, not Apple.
  • lostboy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8I'm excited by this. I've no intention of buying a first gen iphone unless I happen to have a *lot* of spare cash in my pocket. However I fully intend to invest in one when they iron out the first gen mistakes. I also fully expect the iphone to be hacked soon enough like AppleTV was, to allow third party functionality to be added.

    and yes, I'm also extremely impressed.
  • Storm9, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9Apple did nothing you moron. It was the blogs, the press, and the internet that created the iPhone hype. Apple didnt buy full page ad spreads in newspapers or Superbowl commerocals. All they did was release TV ads that showed what the iPhone can do. thats it! WTF are you talking about? Apple propaganda?
  • yikiad, on 10/11/2007, -4/+10uhhhh.....shut up
  • TomFrost, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Now? Sure it is. It's far too common, it's blocky, it's hard to clean... but when it came out, everything else in its class was huge, clunky, twice to three times as thick, made a bulge in your pocket, were scratched-up plastic.. the RAZR was a pristine innovation in cellphone form, just like the iPhone is now.
  • daridave, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Bah.

    Apples and oranges. No no, cherries and melons. Come on, as if the two were even comparable. I love my RAZR V6, but ... it's not even a question, I want an iPhone, too.
  • mywhitenoise, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8that is retarded. I can fit my iPod comfortably in my pocket (and I wear pretty tight jeans 28x30 slim skinny fit), and the iPhone is substantially smaller than my 60GB iPod.
  • FoxOrian, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8Yeah you need to stop buying womens pants or something if your pockets are that small.
  • adude, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Propaganda? You mean, like PR, word-of-mouth buzz, and advertising?

    Yeah, because *only* Apple uses these marketing tools to make a profit.
  • AlrightMister, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5No sir, you are an individual among individuals.

    /Thanks for the laugh
  • deadbaby, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6The problem with Motorola is they cannot design a good user interface for mobile phones and adopting Windows Mobile (bleh) is hardly a step in the right direction.
  • iChaz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5i just watched the new systm today when they took it apart and dropped it and stuff... it was so funny/wrong to see them do it while all these people behind them are waiting in line.
    im glad for apple, it really did live up to all the hype.
    as usual, we were not disappointed.
  • FoxOrian, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5The original Razr had some hype cuz it was all "razer thin" [but awfully broad.] The Razr is manufactured so damn cheaply and in so many different variations these days, I'm surprised you don't get them as a prize in your cereal boxes -- carriers give them away for free by the dozens as it is.
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