Apple Confirms iPhone 5 Preorders Top 2 Million In 24 Hours 428
TheBoat writes "Apple announced on Monday that iPhone 5 preorders topped 2 million units in the smartphone's first 24 hours of pre-sale availability. That figure doubles Apple's first-day iPhone 4S sales last year, making the iPhone 5 Apple's fastest-selling smartphone ever. 'iPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal,' Apple marketing boss Philip Schiller said."
Re:Wow. (Score:5, Informative)
We're talking about the first 24 hours here, US only and directly from consumers. Galaxy S3's 9 million pre-orders was over a longer period, worldwide and pre-orders by carriers. You're comparing apples and lemons.
Re:Wow. (Score:5, Informative)
We're talking about the first 24 hours here, US only and directly from consumers. Galaxy S3's 9 million pre-orders was over a longer period, worldwide and pre-orders by carriers. You're comparing apples and lemons.
Galaxy S3 did not have 9 million preorders. Samsung confirmed it took just under 2 months to sell 10 million.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57477475-94/samsung-galaxy-s3-hits-10-million-sales-mark-early/ [cnet.com]
Re:Wow. (Score:5, Informative)
Right but, this article was written by the same guy who yesterday wrote this:
"Well, the only thing even more predictable than response to the iPhone 5 was the fact that preorders would sell out quickly."
Stop letting this asswipe use slashdot to drive hits on his stories.
Re:Perspective (Score:5, Informative)
They sell three models at any given time. It was the 3GS, 4, and 4S and now it's the 4, 4S, and 5. I just ordered a "free" 4 for my wife to replace her 3GS.
Re:Perspective (Score:5, Informative)
http://www.marketnews.ca/content/index/page?pid=11889 [marketnews.ca]
Most of Android marketshare comes from prepaid and free-after-subsidy low end phones with no margin. This is why every Android manufacturer combined times 4 doesn't equal only Apple's profit.
Re:Wow. (Score:5, Informative)
Ja. "Phones shipped" is a crap metric because a lot of those phones sold just sit on store shelves and don't get sold. "Phones sold" tell you how many are actually being bought an used by consumers.
Ex., the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Before the recent court case, Samsung was reporting Galaxy Tab *shipment in the millions* (or was it tens of millions? I forget). Then the court forced them to report actual sales and it turned out that Samsung had only sold 1.4 million tablets total over 18 months. Apple sold ~30 million iPads over the same period.
If a company says, "we shipped X" but won't report "we sold X," it's probably because most of their gear is gathering dust down at the Best Buy.
Re:Ball's in Sammy's court now... (Score:4, Informative)
There is much less cannibalism here than you lead on.
http://cdn1.techbargains.com/static/images/iphonepredictions/iPhone-infographic_noFooter.png [techbargains.com]
Re:Perspective (Score:3, Informative)
I like it how fanbois point out Apple's huge margin on iPhone as something to be proud of. "Hey, check it out how they overpriced it and still we buy it in bunches! Ain't it amazing?"
Re:Perspective (Score:4, Informative)
Actually I just checked.
Unlocked iPhone 5 Price: $649 (16GB), $749 (32GB) and $849 (64GB).
With a two-year contract, iphone 5 Price: $199 (16GB), $299 (32GB) and $399 (64GB).
$849 for a phone? hell yeah its overpriced.
Re:Wow. (Score:4, Informative)
Yes, unless the user was for example a gamer, 3D artist or video editor..
Most iPhone games are like console games though, they're designed to work with a very limited set of hardware, and as such should already be running fast enough. Considering not everyone has a 4S, they're probably designed to work well even on an iPhone 4 at least.
I did recently buy a new Android tablet simply for the better screen and faster processor - but that was to go from something like 1200x800 to 1920x1200, which is quite a significant difference for watching videos and reading. Funnily enough, my old tablet still feels nicer to use because my new one doesn't have Jelly Bean and its "Project Butter" yet. Despite the hardware being faster, the UI actually feels less responsive!
Re:Wow. (Score:5, Informative)
No kidding. If you look at his profile: https://slashdot.org/~TheBoat/ [slashdot.org], you'll note that it has no posts, just submissions, and they're all to the articles on the same site.
He's not a member of the Slashdot community, he's a parasite looking to make money from it.
Re:Wow. (Score:5, Informative)
Because it's an indicator of how likely support is going to continue in the future. All these companies selling crappy Android based phones for next to no profit are never going to support them. Apple will provided support and updates, etc.