Comments on: 500,000 iPhones sold during opening weekend

By: Jasper

Jasper — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:18:02 +0000

Heh i guess i was wrong.. Nice job Apple

By: rrrebo

rrrebo — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:19:07 +0000

mikeyp:I will not change my stance on the benefits of trophy wives and ferrari’s because they are just cool and if you have the ability to get them, then get them.

I concur. Pity I can’t get either one…..

By: mikeyp

mikeyp — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:03:45 +0000

rrebo, my responses were in jest as you kept up with the same arguements with bad expamples. I will not change my stance on the benefits of trophy wives and ferrari’s because they are just cool and if you have the ability to get them, then get them.

By: bye_bye_jack

bye_bye_jack — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:11:49 +0000

jeff is sour cuz he couldn’t get one. get a life, jealous basher.

By: rrrebo

rrrebo — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:16:57 +0000

mikeyp said (twice): Its a phone, get over it.

Indeed. And yet, you continue to seem awfully defensive about my supposed defensiveness…perhaps you need to follow your own advice?

Anyhoo, I had an iPhone in hand for a few minutes yesterday, and I must say it is a gorgeous piece of hardware. Very slick, easy to use, just doesn’t do what I need it to do, and costs a lot for what it does do.

By: Ariel

Ariel — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:16:09 +0000

jeff you dont know what your talking about, dude the only thing that sucks on it its EDGE its slow as a rock,i have the iphone and a cingular 8525 which is pretty much state of the art too, but dude you can’t compare them, the 8525 is 3G and when i go to manhattan NYC the internet Flies but no way in hell you can search the web like the iphone, or look at your mail, like in the iphone, the ipod feature is nice but i rather stream music videos from youtube, try doing that on a regular so call smart phone, one cool feature it has is, even if you type the wrong word it will corect it self, dude thats what you can call smart, not to mention what a sweet calling plans it has with unlimited data

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:35:34 +0000

I have to tell you BG, I used the iPhone in the AT&T store today and I have to say the entire phone is a piece of shit. It is slow, unresponive, that virtual (shit pad) keyboard sucks, and the applications are really bad but EDGE on it is surprisingly fast. the only part of it that is good and I would get is the iPod on it. That iPod is absolutely GENIUS!!(Boy Genius), that iPod is the reason to get the iPhone and if APPLE doesn’t make that into a real iPod they will be the dumbest company on the face of the earth. That is something even I would camp out in front of my local APPLE Store (at the Stoneridge mall of course) to get the day it comes out.

Props to APPLE for making it that damn good.
Jeff Out.
P.S. That camera is shit.

By: erica

erica — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:35:09 +0000

Doyouflip* I agree maybe it will raise the bar on what we expect our phones to do.

I’d put down a grand+ for a phone with wi-fi, 5MP camera, video camera, expandable memory, streaming ability, touch screen, GPS, ability to view flash sites of all kinds, lightweight, with a landscape qwerty keyboard as suggested prior to the iphone launch on several websites, instant messaging, ability to be sync’d to my car stereo for music purposes, and most of all had a plethora of 3rd party games/apps with a screen/processor good enough to support gaming.

If a phone could support counterstrike….

By: Ariel

Ariel — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:29:41 +0000

Dude blackberry data plans are way to $$$ if you do the #s iphone is a great deal, its like buying a morotola Q from verizon for $99 bucks and with just $80 for united data a month for 2year plus your voice plan, thats a real rip off

By: mikeyp

mikeyp — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:00:56 +0000

lb, you could be right but that would still be a success for apple. Sony sold 5.5 million PS3 in the first year, if you use your comparison then Apple would be doing pretty well towards their 10 million goal.

people please think before using horrible analogies.

By: lb

lb — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:57:42 +0000

I’m not impressed by the release. In the end, I see it performing worse than the PS3.

By: mikeyp

mikeyp — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:02:39 +0000

rrebo if that was meant to be a semi-funny and not defensive post then you failed at both.

Its a phone, get over it. I am, actually i’m off in my ferrari to go find my trophy wife and take some pix of her with my shiny new iphone…

By: doyouflip

doyouflip — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:51:34 +0000

it’s especially impressive because previously that price point only catered to niche markets. The whole game is going to change now that manufacturers see people WILL spend that much for something they see enough value in. That’s good from an offering perspective. That’s bad from what it may potentially do to price points for other multifunction phones.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:14:49 +0000

$300,000,000 in 48 hours…not bad.

Sadly, Bill Gates makes that much while brushing his teeth.

In all seriousness, I love my iPhone!

By: victor

victor — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:51:05 +0000

It is apples enginius marketing campaing that deserves the pat on the back. They (apple as a whole) managed to keep lots of the information hidden and well this is just what you would expect when the hype of a product is only surpassed by the products demand. Congrats on apple, now if they make or release a 3G soon you will not see those kinds of sales, but then again look at the ipod and its selling speed.

By: Lief

Lief — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:23:01 +0000

Dammit I wish there was a way to edit you posts. I always have some lame typos get through. Or atleast a spell check. LOL

By: rrrebo

rrrebo — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:15:20 +0000

Umm, defensive about what? Nobody was taking aim at me. What am I being defensive about?

No, I merely think that trendy, over-priced, overly-hyped, under-performing products are ridiculous. I will admit that Apple makes a good product, but not necessarily on the first try. The iPhone is damned sexy, ahead of the game in several ways, but severely crippled in others. I was starting to want one until I found out about all the things it doesn’t do. I think this product, thus far, is more flash than function, at least for what I’d use it for, and I stated my opinion in that regard. I’m pretty darned happy with my Curve, too, so I mentioned the pros associated with it vs the iPhone. Again, my opinion.

bye_bye_jack, Ferrari’s a good comparison. Way out of my price range, doesn’t do everything I need a vehicle to do, but damned sexy and fantastic at what it DOES do. I LOVE Ferraris. Would I buy one? If I had the money, yes. But I’d probably have a BMW sedan or something more practical for day-to-day use.

My comment was meant to be a semi-humorous, semi-serious comparison, from my opinionated point of view. Sorry it didn’t elicit the type of response I expected.

By: Lief

Lief — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:14:06 +0000

Well, yeah ferrari’s do suck when after you buy it you find out you cant drive it most of the time because it is always in the shop. (Not that I know ferrari’s really are like that just extending the metaphor.) The point is Iphone is awesome functionality (though I am waiting to see how if it can be as good as enterprise blackberry benefits). I still maintain though when it comes time to get a new batter this time next year there will be 500,000 curses at AT&T and Apple, both notorius for post purchase service.

By the way, know this about AT&T service. They lie. They tell you wrong stuff sometimes because of lies, sometimes because of ignorance. If you get a wrong answer you can ask for a supervisor who may know more but if he/she is a jerk the you are SOL, because unlike other companies, you ussually have recourse to someone higher up let say a coporate office. At AT&T they tell you tough luck letrally. Oh and I have had AT&T people call me a liar too(multiple times for different problems) even after I get supporting documentation in writing and other companies service reps to confirm from their side everything is done. So if you can avoid AT&T do so, but sometimes you have no choice so I am just saying prepare yourself for a fight and hope everything goes well.

By: bye_bye_jack

bye_bye_jack — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:47:25 +0000

rrrbo i bet you think ferrari’s suck too don’t you?

By: mikeyp

mikeyp — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:38:28 +0000

rrebo, pretty defensive? its a phone dude get over it.
plus, who doesnt want a trophy wife? I know i do.
Also, being overly defensive really makes you look like your overcompensating for something.

BTW, browsing is still not good on BB even with the speed bump – 8800 owner.

By: andy B

andy B — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:12:45 +0000

Stupid apple website. Shows stores to have stock. Drive to store. No stock.

If they are going to offer this service at least be accurate. Idiots..

By: rrrebo

rrrebo — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:58:20 +0000

So. For $600 (WITH a 2-year contract!) you get a fingerprint magnet that lets you make phone calls, surf the internet, watch videos, and play music, but only gives you 8GB of non-upgradable storage to play with. If the battery fails, you can’t run out to the store and buy a new one, you have to send the whole frickin’ phone off. I guess they had to set the initial bar pretty low so they can sell people on the v2.0 models in 6 months.

My BlackBerry Curve cost me 1/3 of that, has expandable storage, a removable battery, a REAL stereo headphone jack(!), lets me message with my wife for no extra charge using Blackberry Messenger, lets me finally be logged into Yahoo and MSN IMs and check my Gmail while I’m at work , has the same EDGE internet speed (albeit with no WiFi), has a real keyboard, and does pretty much everything else the iPhone does.

I am pleased, however, that due to so many complaints about the iPhone’s sucky performance over EDGE speeds, AT&Tingular turned on an emergency upgrade of their EDGE network and boosted the speeds nationwide in anticipation of the iPhone release. My Blackberry internet speeds positively rock now. Thank you, iPhone.

The iPhone is the trophy wife of the cellular world. It’s gorgeous to look at, interesting and amusing at parties, but at the end of the day it’s going to fark your gardener, take your money, and leave you unfulfilled.

By: mikeyp

mikeyp — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:37:08 +0000

Im still a year from 3G here and dont really need it as my BB is not good for browsing. 500K is pretty good for this price range, cant imaging another manufacturer of pdas getting these numbers.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:20:17 +0000

Damn, all of my AT&T towers are UMTS & HSDPA ready because I have plenty of both here in NYC (& I use it plenty on my HTC P3600 & Treo 750).

I wonder how the iPhone will sell the rest of the month and year. I see them getting big again around the holidays.

By: eJay

eJay — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:15:29 +0000

I agree with jack on this one. The iPhone is and will continue to be successful. Give apple credit they do and continue to do products very well . Give it up with the 3g excuse already people it has wifi!!

By: bye_bye_jack

bye_bye_jack — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:40:26 +0000

i love how you guys are still bashing. hilarious.

By: blah

blah — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:22:54 +0000

Truly impressive! I read elsewhere that of those 500,000 almost 50% were from other carriers(not sure if thats true or not). If true, I’d imagine that Sprint/Verizon/T-Mobile execs must be worried. With over 4% of a carriers subscribers coming off a 2-year contract every month, those other carriers are going to have a real problem if they continue to lose subscribers to Apple/AT&T.

Should make for an interesting carrier war.

By: b.N

b.N — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:46:01 +0000

the initial surge is impressive, but it reminds me of watching a sprint. being explosive off the blocks doesn’t necessarily mean you will continue to pick up momentum as you head down the field.

I will wait to applaud after Q3 results. I believe this surge hit a large chunk of their target market already and is not a foreshadow of their sales to come.

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:02:35 +0000

yeah no remvable battery killis it andt lack of 3g weel thas noth apples an att’s fault.
ATT has yet to upgrade all there towers to hsdpa and umts.

By: The Pope

The Pope — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:00:41 +0000

The iPhone has but two things wrong, the lack of 3G and removable battery. Other than that, this phone is and ideal mass consumer product. After using this phone, I will no longer be using any other general consumer cell phone until I see something better come out; and that probably will not be until iPhone 2.0 (whatever it may be) comes out. As time goes on, you will only see the numbers continue to climb. Not at the pace they did this weekend, but they will continue to climb.