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Apple Sells More Than 10 Million New iPhones In First 3 Days
An anonymous reader writes Apple has announced that it sold over 10 million new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models, just three days after the launch on September 19. From the article: "Chief Executive Tim Cook said the company could have sold even more iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models if supplies had been available. Analysts had estimated first-weekend sales of up to 10 million iPhones, after Apple booked record pre-orders of 4 million on Sept. 12, the day pre-orders opened."
A billion is simply not as much as it used to be. Android sell 1 and half Billion devices daily last time I checked, although this was before the massive growth in places like India. Apples Share continues to drop.
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3 days
3x24=72 hours
72x60=4320 minutes
10,000,000/4320=2314.814814814815 suckers/minute
M2PTB was a pessimist.
By this mechanic, there are 38.58024691358025 suckers/second ( or about 3.858024691358025 suckers/decisecond).
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To be honest, this smacks of lemmings. It really does. The fact that people will stand in line for a thing amazes me. I dislike how people are judged by what mobile device they own, the trainers they wear, the car they drive. It's all amazing... People actually feel less than successful or less hip if they have a mobile that's not the latest.
That's a little low. The gay population in the USA alone is estimated to be about 9 million. I suppose some of them are tired of being taken for granted by Apple.
I wonder how many of those phones went to carriers and counted as 'First day sales'? How many actual _humans_ bought phones?
None of this means anything.
Honestly, the iPhone 6 is more like the Samsung Galaxy S3. They both have 1 GB of memory, a 4 3/4 inch screen, and NFC.... which is impressive for the Samsung considering that it was released in 2012.
The iPhone is faster in artificial benchmarks but if you compare real world performance like opening apps or app switching it's slower. It was the same with the Nexus 5 and iPhone 5S.
There ate plenty of videos on YouTube demonstrating this.
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