pcworld.com— Apple has sold a total of 17 million iPhones -- including sales of both the original iPhone and iPhone 3G -- since launch, according to the company's vice president of iPod and iPhone product marketing.
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I'm not hating, just saying, and.... Would anyone be interested in an article about how the bible has sold millions of copies, or how ikea has sold 5 million of its most popular end table? I wouldn't. thanks.
We don't pay for incoming calls in the U.S. I thought you did?We do pay for incoming SMS, which is why so many people opt for unlimited plans. I don't get enough to make that worthwhile.
I'm right there with you, it's not worth $1000 a year to use a cell phone when my current plan only costs about half that. Take away the ridiculous data plan you MUST have to get the phone and I'd have one tomorrow.
From my original point:"Selling lots of models with no profit is a much worse business plan than selling one (or a few) models in lower numbers with industry leading margins."For a company like Nokia, a 3.9% margin is practically no margin. Nokia barely scraped a profit in what is traditionally the strongest quarter of the year. Porsche have industry leading margins with a much smaller number of sales than the "big three". They are doing better as a business. Apple are doing exactly the same and are in a much better financial situation than Nokia. In the last two years, the Dow has essentially lost half its value. In the last two years, Apple has essentially lost half its value.In the last two years, Nokia has essentially lost three quarters its value.How are these numbers difficult to understand? Nokia is doing badly right now. The fact that they made a (small) profit is irrelevant, their performance over the last two years has been terrible and they are losing market share. (Oh, and guess who they're losing it to?) The scary thing is, they're one of the better performing mobile companies.
Your analysis is flawed. In an industry where an average customer changes his device every six months, you don't add up sales of all different versions of the device. Take an example, the first 8 million bought 2g and then they upgraded to 3G. That's 16 million devices sold to the same 8 million customers plus an addition of 1 million customers in the meantime.I wonder what Nokia's figures would look like if they added all the devices sold till date.
Do you know that N95 (just one version) alone sold 15 million long before apple touched 10 million. And they have a complete line up of kick ass phones that sell just as much.
Closed AccountMar 22, 2009
I'm not hating, just saying, and.... Would anyone be interested in an article about how the bible has sold millions of copies, or how ikea has sold 5 million of its most popular end table? I wouldn't. thanks.
superkendallMar 23, 2009
We don't pay for incoming calls in the U.S. I thought you did?We do pay for incoming SMS, which is why so many people opt for unlimited plans. I don't get enough to make that worthwhile.
grazzitMar 23, 2009
I'm right there with you, it's not worth $1000 a year to use a cell phone when my current plan only costs about half that. Take away the ridiculous data plan you MUST have to get the phone and I'd have one tomorrow.
stuartgibsonMar 24, 2009
From my original point:"Selling lots of models with no profit is a much worse business plan than selling one (or a few) models in lower numbers with industry leading margins."For a company like Nokia, a 3.9% margin is practically no margin. Nokia barely scraped a profit in what is traditionally the strongest quarter of the year. Porsche have industry leading margins with a much smaller number of sales than the "big three". They are doing better as a business. Apple are doing exactly the same and are in a much better financial situation than Nokia. In the last two years, the Dow has essentially lost half its value. In the last two years, Apple has essentially lost half its value.In the last two years, Nokia has essentially lost three quarters its value.How are these numbers difficult to understand? Nokia is doing badly right now. The fact that they made a (small) profit is irrelevant, their performance over the last two years has been terrible and they are losing market share. (Oh, and guess who they're losing it to?) The scary thing is, they're one of the better performing mobile companies.
hardeep1singhMar 24, 2009
Your analysis is flawed. In an industry where an average customer changes his device every six months, you don't add up sales of all different versions of the device. Take an example, the first 8 million bought 2g and then they upgraded to 3G. That's 16 million devices sold to the same 8 million customers plus an addition of 1 million customers in the meantime.I wonder what Nokia's figures would look like if they added all the devices sold till date.
hardeep1singhMar 24, 2009
Step up? Yeah right.Let Apple match the functionality levels first.
hardeep1singhMar 24, 2009
Do you know that N95 (just one version) alone sold 15 million long before apple touched 10 million. And they have a complete line up of kick ass phones that sell just as much.