the new iPhone
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Dear God, tell me you aren't buying into that crap? The S3 pre-sold 9 million units and Samsung this year will sell 546 million phones. Most of those numbers mean nothing as many of the numbers presented are because of contracts with carriers. In order for Sprint to be allowed to sell the iPhone, they have to buy a certain number of phones. That counts as a sale to Apple, but may sit in a warehouse for years (see the ability to still buy a 3GS from AT&T) without ever selling.
Aside from that, you don't see all of this as just a means for Apple to garner hype?
oh, and LOL at the fanboys getting all butthurt over Samsung's ad.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57513782-71/apple-fanboys-fight-back-against-samsung/
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Ok. Let's talk about facts.
Apple sold out of it's 2 million first run phones. Let's disect that a little more. Is Cook such a moron that he thought that the 4s was such a shitty upgrade option that no one would buy their devices ever again? 2 million? really? You think that that's not a planned shortage? It's called hype, and aparently you are buying it.
The lines will exceed the lines in 2007! What does this even prove? Since we're talking about facts. How about telling me what fact there is that says how long the lines were in 2007. Oh, you mean some guy names Doherty said that, so it must be fact right?
Since we're dealing in facts, let's also talk about the facts I presented. Obviously if I'm not talking in facts, then you know how the system works and can refute what I said. Or are you just going to blow it off and walk away without backing anything you said up in fact.
Since we're still on that whole fact thing, Show me where I brought up android as a comparison in performance, stats, or useability to the iPhone.
I'll sit here eagerly awaiting your factual reply. YOLO, so do it right the first time and show me the facts. :lol:
By the way, wife dropped her 4 and shattered the screen. Looks like she's going to get a new phone since she's eligible.
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OMG.... look at the comments, those poor sexless people.. If I cared that much for an inantimate object I would shoot myself in the face.
It does however sound like Apple is dominating their 17% market share.
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Anthony
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how is that even possible? did she spike it like a football off a cliff into a gravel bed? i am by far harder on my phone than 99% of the people on this site at least and have NEVER cracked or broke a iphone screen. 2g, 3g, iphone4. i drop mine constantly in construction sites, streets, out of trucks, off machines.
id be afraid to shake your wifes hand if i ever met her!
Scooter70
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Didnt work.
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I just started researching that since Steph osnt getting the new iPhone. Don't want to lose all the music she bought. I'll let you know what I find.
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This banter cracks me up. You iPhone haters are so funny. I have noticed this.... start a Droid/PC thread and you get 2 or 3 pages of comment. Start an iPhone/Mac thread and it easily goes past 10 every time.
Makes me laugh.
lol it's the same when somebody makes a thread about a Camaro, Mustang guys come out in full force with the hate.
I think people that "hate" Apple are just fed up with the Apple nut swingers because they act like Apple is so much better than everything else. I am posting on my iMac, and I'm still not sure if I like it. I do like my wife's iPhone, though.
Tin
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That about sums it up.
As far as Droid vs Apple goes, Apple has a loyal fan base, as long as Apple doesn't make a "Bad" phone, then they will always have a customer base. It might not be always this big or what not, but I can't see Apple sales numbers changing drastically one way or another. Like Ryan said, the sales numbers can be taken in so many ways. Droid based phones also enter at a much cheaper price point for a lot of people, so that could be part of it.
Regardless, what Apple does well is sell products with margin, I would be more inclined to think that the 2 million first run wasn't to create Hype, but was more to create demand for the product, maintain margin and maintain control over it. As soon as you make it easy for everyone to have it on day 1, the mystique of owning one sort of goes away for the people that want the first one. Apple is very good at marketing and creating demand in their products.
This is my 4th day of not using my iPhone in favor of Android and there are things I miss for sure, little things that I didn't think would bother me that are bothering me. For example:
- On iPhone, I can control Play/Pause from the lock screen without unlocking the phone, regardless of it being MP3's, Spotify, Pandora, etc. I seem to have to Unlock Android and open Spotify.
- On iPhone, I can see who just messaged me without unlocking the phone, Android doesn't seem to be that way.
- The speaker in the Atrix HD is no where near as loud as my iPhone, making it sort of weak as an alarm clock.
- Voicemail integration on iPhone is better for sure, on the Atrix I have to use the AT&T visual voicemail app, and it's not quite as clean.
- I haven't bothered moving music onto the phone, because I've become rather addicted to Spotify, which is a good thing.
- The majority of my "regular" apps are available on both platforms, so that's been good.
- The general feel of the Android is growing on me, it's a huge step up from earlier Android phones (2.3, etc).
- The display of the Atrix HD is as close to an iPhone, so I like it.
- Android camera leaves a little to be desired in specific focus/macro functions.
- I do miss the hundreds of dollars in App Store apps I have, but thankfully, I still have my iPad and can play games on it, I usually use that on plane rides over my iPhone anyways.
Regardless, what Apple does well is sell products with margin, I would be more inclined to think that the 2 million first run wasn't to create Hype, but was more to create demand for the product, maintain margin and maintain control over it. As soon as you make it easy for everyone to have it on day 1, the mystique of owning one sort of goes away for the people that want the first one. Apple is very good at marketing and creating demand in their products.
This is my 4th day of not using my iPhone in favor of Android and there are things I miss for sure, little things that I didn't think would bother me that are bothering me. For example:
- On iPhone, I can control Play/Pause from the lock screen without unlocking the phone, regardless of it being MP3's, Spotify, Pandora, etc. I seem to have to Unlock Android and open Spotify.
- On iPhone, I can see who just messaged me without unlocking the phone, Android doesn't seem to be that way.
- The speaker in the Atrix HD is no where near as loud as my iPhone, making it sort of weak as an alarm clock.
- Voicemail integration on iPhone is better for sure, on the Atrix I have to use the AT&T visual voicemail app, and it's not quite as clean.
- I haven't bothered moving music onto the phone, because I've become rather addicted to Spotify, which is a good thing.
- The majority of my "regular" apps are available on both platforms, so that's been good.
- The general feel of the Android is growing on me, it's a huge step up from earlier Android phones (2.3, etc).
- The display of the Atrix HD is as close to an iPhone, so I like it.
- Android camera leaves a little to be desired in specific focus/macro functions.
- I do miss the hundreds of dollars in App Store apps I have, but thankfully, I still have my iPad and can play games on it, I usually use that on plane rides over my iPhone anyways.
