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

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Sep 23, 2013, 3:38 PM UTC

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Purely anecdotally, a ton of the people in my line wanted gold, but only the first ten people actually got one. It seems plenty popular here too. It will be interesting if we ever get a color breakdown to see if this "gold is for Asian countries" thing actually holds up, or if it's just another instance of bizarre cultural misunderstanding.

From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6430779 seems they did send most of the gold phones to Asia, and all sold out first day. Still may be a bizarre cultural misunderstanding, as sounds like it's crazy popular everywhere else too. Expect every smartphone maker make & push gold phones hard after today. ETA: Note "seems". That's my impression from the link, no hard data seen yet.

Post by jasonpbecker » Mon, Sep 23, 2013, 3:44 PM UTC

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1) A friend stood in line for a few hours, got to the front, found out they didn't have the color he wanted and left. – At the Apple store I was at, Apple staff greeted people entering the queue, asked them what they intended to purchase and gave them a card (reservation) 2) A colleague in another company got one and she immediately remarked, "it looks just like Android!". – You overheard a conversation in another co…

> – At the Apple store I was at, Apple staff greeted people entering the queue, asked them what they intended to purchase and gave them a card (reservation) Didn't do that at either of the two Apple stores I'm aware of (there are 5 in my area), or the three AT&T stores my friends went to. > – You overheard a conversation in another company? Good ears. Extra credit for "she". Grownup companies sometimes do things toge…

Post by demallien » Mon, Sep 23, 2013, 3:44 PM UTC

mikeash wrote: post #129

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Sorry. No atitude! Just pointing out that it is impossible to guess, and that your last number constitutes less than 1% of the total estimated iPhone 5Ss sold.

OK, I probably misread the tone in your first sentence. It's easy to guess! Nearly impossible to guess accurately, though, I agree. You're right about it being less than 1% of the total, although I disagree that this makes the estimate absurd. I think it's entirely possible that the gold 5S constitutes less than 1% of production or sales so far. I certainly could be wrong.

Post by anonymoushn » Mon, Sep 23, 2013, 4:04 PM UTC

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But you're missing an important point: If you own your phone you can get much cheaper 'SIM only' deals with the mobile carriers, meaning that over your 1-2 year contract, you'll pay far less. Getting a new phone as part of a 'subsidised' contract is effectively borrowing money to buy a phone. Your loan repayments are the monthly fee. If you have the cash, buying the phone up-front is almost always cheaper.

Not the biggest U.S. mobile carriers. AT&T and Verizon have awful BYOD plans, as I understand it. I'd be thrilled to find out I could do better than my grandfathered AT&T unlimited plan (two phones, 5GB/each before throttled, $120/mo.), but keep their network.

Post by nicky0 » Mon, Sep 23, 2013, 4:13 PM UTC

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>> "A lot of people waited to upgrade because the iPhone 5 was an iterative device" What?? The 'S' is the iterative product. The 5 was a new design and new screen size and overall a much bigger update. >> "people are waiting for the second version of Apple products to get it 'right'." What was wrong with the 5 that the 5S fixes?

Based on Apple's existing precedent to 'revolutionize' phones to the average consumer, I'd consider all the devices in the 5 generation to be iterative.