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Apple’s iPhone 5s And iPhone 5c Sell 9M Units Over Opening Weekend

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Re: Apple’s iPhone 5s And iPhone 5c Sell 9M Units Over Opening Weekend

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Post by arrrg »

sidcool wrote: post #7

5S is much more in demand than the 5C. Pretty good, I say.

I’m honestly not too sure about that. Knowing the split between the two would be very interesting.

I would imagine that they can make tons of 5c phones while the 5s may be more problematic. So the balance between the two may be more even than it seems. (Also, I would be really interested whether the 5c or 5s is the more high margin device. I could imagine that at least for now the 5c has a higher margin than the 5s – well, at least the 16GB 5s.)

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Post by mikeash »

supercoder wrote: post #17
jusben1369 wrote: post #15

It goes to show you just how hungry people were for change on the platform. Next up has to be screen size which would result in a similar massive weekend for the 6.

This was just their minor release cycle, so yeah it will be crazy to think how the 6 will sell.

I wouldn't be so sure. The 4S sold over four million units on its opening weekend, which is pretty close to the 5's five million, but way more than the 4's 1.7 million.

Personally, I'm deliberately on the "S" upgrade cycle. I started off with a 3GS, then got a 4S, and now have a 5S. I figure I'll let other people deal with the bleeding edge, and I can get the model with all the refinements afterwards. I'd be willing to bet that a lot of other people think the same way. I don't doubt that the 6 will sell really well, probably better than the 5S, but it may not sell vastly better than the 5S.

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Post by mikeash »

supercoder wrote: post #13

9 million sold. 47 were available in gold.

Realistically, I'd estimate somewhere in the ballpark of 4,000, which is only slightly less absurd than your joke. From what I've heard, Apple stores typically only had ten or so gold units each available on launch day. That's what it was at the store where I was, and I've heard the same from others. Multiply that by the 413 Apple stores worldwide and... that's not very many. Pretty crazy.

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Post by stesch »

terhechte wrote: post #5

I was in NY for vacation during the opening Friday and decided to head into a queue and line up for the 5s, suspecting that it may sell out quickly while also leveraging the pricing difference between Europe and USA. This was the first time that I lined up for any Apple launch (execept for the yearly WWDC waiting line of course), and it was overall a fun experience, not only because my girlfriend joined me there and…

First time Siri user? Tell her "OK, Glass!" ;-)

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Post by alecsmart1 »

agumonkey wrote: post #18
alecsmart1 wrote: post #3

This video sums it all up: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oprUI6nupfc

I couldn't watch it in one go... this is staged right ?

Check this also. It's old but personally knowing fan boys, I know they would act exactly like this- http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rdIWKytq_q4

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Post by Nux »

There you go, more proof that most people don't give a shit about surveillance, privacy and the lot.

Here it is, the one device that can create the biggest fingerprint database in the world sold 9 million units in a couple of days. NSA must be jubilating.

Very "forward thinking" indeed.

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Post by milesskorpen »

Nux wrote: post #28

There you go, more proof that most people don't give a shit about surveillance, privacy and the lot. Here it is, the one device that can create the biggest fingerprint database in the world sold 9 million units in a couple of days. NSA must be jubilating. Very "forward thinking" indeed.

As people have written a thousand times so far, the finger print isn't saved off device. Yes, it is saved. But if someone can get your device, they can also get your fingerprint (probably from the screen of the same device).
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