Comments on: Apple sells over one million iPhones during launch weekend, six million OS 3.0 downloads

By: Fizzy

Fizzy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:40:35 +0000

Just picked up new iPhone here in Land Down Under. What can I say. Awesome. And with free tethering and MMS from the get go. Sweet

By: detest53

detest53 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:06:53 +0000

Apple rules.

Too bad about Jobs. He has created and presided over a Golden Era.

The Haters are only more proof of Apple’s excellence. I wish I could get an iPhone. I wish it with every fiber of my Curve-carrying being! (No complaints about BlackBerry. As Denise Richards once observed: it’s complicated. If blackberry made computers, I’d *really* be in a pickle!)

By: bbkernel

bbkernel — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:55:57 +0000

Actually v1 wasn’t 3G yet (I don’t think so anyway). My 1st iPhone (aka 2G) was bad, and it was purely edge.

By: bbkernel

bbkernel — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:47:16 +0000

The iPhone is a great peace of hardware, to think otherwise is delusional. What you must remember though, it’s a computer before a Phone. I do everything I possibly can with my iPhone (which by the way isn’t even activated), such as play games, watch movies, and listen to music etc. What I wasn’t able to do and what took me to VZ, was for example browse the web. I’d wish this phone was on another network so it’s full power could be unleashed. Yes the full web is an awesome feature but what good is that if the network you’re on is suspect. The dropped calls were horrendous. Back before 2.0 the phone would switch from edge to 3G all the time. My calls would drop while this was taking place. Then with the 2.0 software they supposedly fixed that problem, however drop calls continued. I noticed that my phone kept switching from edge, then show an “O”, then 3G. That’s when my phone would stutter and drop the call. 99% of the time I’m in 3G with my VZ phone. I remember shutting off 3G and just running in edge because 3G flat out stunk! 3G, sorry at&t maybe 2G plus, 3G I don’t think so.

Most of the people I know already had the iPhone 2G or 3G, which upgraded to 3G S. What I would like to know is how many people left another carrier for at&t?

By: mike

mike — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:42:51 +0000

I upgraded my iPOD touch to 3.0. WiFi now impossible to use, it disconnects every few minutes and rarely offers to reconnect. Also signal strength greatly reduced.

This is my first Apple product so icalled expecting wonderful support. They told me that they are not officially aware of this issue but if enough people complain, then they may look at it. Went thru troibleshooting and first technique is to wipe everything to go back to base state. I hate that automatic troubleshooting procedure – can’t we do some “troubleshooting” first before that? They told me not to use WPA and instead to use WEP stating that WPA is not really recommended. I asked so why is it available? And why would I use WEP and comprimise my home network’s security?

Other than my first experience with Apple not being what I had been led to believe, the update is great. I especially like a firmware update that adds bluetooth. So, obviously the hardware was always there but nobody caught on to this?

Bluettoth works well enough and is definitely desirable.
But look at all the people complaining about this update breaking wiFi and I get the impression that they didn’t test as well as I would expect Apple to have done. Maybe the Palm Pre release forced them to rush this out the door before it was ready.

BTW, when I asked if I could uses the Bluetooth to tether they weren’t able to confirm if that is possible or even in the works. I suspect that ATT wouldn’t allow this cause then I could use my Blackberry (which my company has an unlimited data plan) to turn my iPOD touch into an almost iPhone without ATT making any money. And I could even make calls using Skype.

By: bb8900

bb8900 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:30:36 +0000

@ Christopher Cox

have you even used a BlackBerry since 2004? Almost every feature you mentioned is already available on the BlackBerry. I can’t speak for the other devices you mentioned, but your seemingly strong pro-Apple points are kind of useless when they’re not accurate.

By: the jackal

the jackal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:50:16 +0000

Downloaded 3.0, only issue found so far is that my wifi seems to disconnect quicker and more frequently, and while on wifi, the back/battery gets pretty warm. This did not happen previous to the 3.0 download….anybody else feelin me?

Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

By: Jay Tee

Jay Tee — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:01:30 +0000

thx for the info guys i appreciate it. and just fyi i was just say some of the things that i thought were basic arent here for example a real call log! i use to b able to go back a week and c dates and times!? i could set my treo to gve me suggestions after 3 letters typed. am gonna try the moblie me!! i luv u all long time!!!!

By: Dont-hate

Dont-hate — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:07:52 +0000

I’m getting mine this weekend, it will be #3,000,000.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:49:29 +0000

hey joetour

do you think the tour will break this record?

hahahahaha HELL NO

tour sucks!

tour will sell 2 units on opening weekend, 1 for joe and 1 for grr

LOL

By: Frank Castle

Frank Castle — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:57:19 +0000

How many of this number ALREADY had an iPhone of some sort? This is a non factor if it’s just exsisting users as it does nothing to grow the market share. Break out all the areas outside of the US and what is THAT number?

I’m thinking 300,000 stateside and of that 50-100,000 were to new subs

By: JakeyBoy

JakeyBoy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:22:42 +0000

@Resi- like thats an original slogan…come up with something new and we will praise you, otherwise, leave it to your tweeting…

By: Christopher Cox

Christopher Cox — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:55:11 +0000

@informed
again, cost and currency have absolutely nothing to do with this topic. We are talking about the NUMBER of units sold. They can all be sold for oompa loompa dollars for all we care. The point is Apple has sold a crapload of units, and the biggest portion OF THE NUMBER OF UNITS SOLD is in the US. That is what this topic is about.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:54:06 +0000

Why worry and moan about how many sold where? If you have yours, that should be enough and make you happier than you were yesterday.

By: Pittman

Pittman — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:31:44 +0000

Wouldn’t it be a lot easier to sell even more if Apple actually kept ATT stores stocked with the new models? Stores in a four county area where I live have been out since midday Friday and don’t know when they will receive any more.

By: informed

informed — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:19:11 +0000

@ Christopher Cox

Where did I say currency has anything to do with overall sales? I am pointing out the fact, a profit driven hog like Apple, will make more money releasing their products where the currency is stronger. If that weren’t the case, why doesn’t Apple release the iphone in a poor country? The irony is, there are many poor countries that have a better GSM network than the US.

By: Christopher Cox

Christopher Cox — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:05:04 +0000

@informed
And by sales numbers I mean number of units sold.

By: Christopher Cox

Christopher Cox — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:04:35 +0000

@informed
First of all, currency has absolutely nothing to do with overall sales numbers. And yes, more iPhones are sold in the US than any of the other countries selling iPhones.

By: informed

informed — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:00:18 +0000

@Slappy

You need to reread that article, it does not say 750,000 in the US alone, he updated his overall worldwide figure from 750,000 to 1 million.

@Christopher Cox

Firstly, the Euro is more valuable than the US dollar, secondly, if you think the current US is a bigger market than the rest of the world (especially with it’s crippled economy), I have a bridge to sell you in Alaska.

By: Jeremy Wolfe

Jeremy Wolfe — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:58:24 +0000

I call it 3G(”S”upposed to be). Meaning, it was the way that the 3G was supposed to be a year ago. I’m not happy with the price, but there’s no way in heck I’m going back to my 3G now. The new 3Gs is heads and shoulders above the previous version. I would say, there’s going to have to be a lot of re-writes on games. I’ve got over 50 on my system, and a fair amount of them didn’t program the games for the new proc speed. (ie. hints look like a flash/splash screen and not even readable because the load time is so much quicker). Great phone, would highly recommend for someone who has been “thinking” about the iPhone. And, if you’ve had your 3G for a while, don’t play with the new one unless you have the $ to upgrade it.

By: The Mike

The Mike — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:41:42 +0000

The only reason I’m using an iPhone is because AT&T won’t release a decent Android phone and Sprint has a lock on the Pre. WinMo is dead to me…

By: Christopher Cox

Christopher Cox — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:38:33 +0000

I don’t know why you are all figuring 40,000 AVERAGE. Out of the countries selling the iPhone you have to figure that the biggest market is the US. And you are going to figure the US as an average? The US gets the biggest share of the iPhone sales pie.

By: Because I Said So

Because I Said So — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:38:16 +0000

It is the logical next step in the Steve-note: iSteve. It is the most advanced keynote presenter, ever, featuring a glossy display, built in battery and a compass.

By: slappy

slappy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:37:54 +0000

Jay Gee will be happy long time!

By: Christopher Cox

Christopher Cox — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:36:34 +0000

@Slappy
Yeah I forgot about emoji. LOL Yes, you can fullfill your 12 year old japanese school girl side and put emoticons everywhere by using emoji! So even Jay Tee will be happy!

By: slappy

slappy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:35:31 +0000

Why don’t you check out the results from Munster, Jaffrey, its about 750K in the US alone.

By: Christopher Cox

Christopher Cox — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:34:49 +0000

@Jay Tee,
I put my office documents on my M: drive (MobileMe) where I drag my office documents. I then access them wirelessly from my phone using QuickOffice and can even edit my documents. Through there I can also view spreadsheets, PDF, images, you name it. All without hooking my phone up to a wire.

And if I want to transfer files, all I do is open QuickOffice files, navigate to it using a web browser … and upload whatever I want to my phone. All wirelessly using its built in web server.

I worked with office documents a lot more efficiently than I ever did with my WM device.

And as far as emoticons … are you a 12 year old japanese school girl to care so much about a damn smiley?

By: slappy

slappy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:34:00 +0000

Your silly. You can even use emojicon on the iPhone easily.

By: informed

informed — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:33:30 +0000

8 countries?… I thought it was 23, any rate, that’s still only an average of 125,000 for each country. I am curious about the number of units sold in the States.

By: Jay Tee

Jay Tee — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:29:28 +0000

Well I came from a Treo 750 and got the 3Gs and I text a lot, and that’s what I’m most disappointed by…. First what happen to the emoi cons this is the IPHONE I can’t put a smiley face in my text what gives that 1999….I could save I whole conversation in word format if I wanted just select all and paste to word… pretty handy right. It like everything is restricted and it’s MY phone I paid for I have to use iTunes for everything….I mean I love some of the phone to cause u can’t beat some off the apps like flixster and safari look brilliant….. But this is MY phone I should b able to at least access storage and put files from work or home word docs. Pdfs just store info…..why so restricted I think am going to return it and wait on Touch Pro 2