We knew that iPhone sales must be pretty high with the number of them that we see in the wild. Apple has been happily selling them right and left and some US sales figures reported by RoughlyDrafted for the third quarter shows that iPhone sales topped all other handset makers except RIM BlackBerry. The significant thing about the numbers revealed is how iPhone sales grabbed 27% of all smartphones sold in the US for Q3 of this year, even though iPhones are tied to AT&T while other makers are not. These numbers indicate that Apple outsold all Windows Mobile smartphones in the US for the quarter, along with all Symbian phones.
Apple’s debut at second place across the entire North Americansmartphone market region for the third quarter ending in September isparticularly noteworthy because the iPhone was only being sold in theUS, and is only available through AT&T; all of the other mobileplatforms are available to Sprint, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile aswell as AT&T.
The iPhone wasn’t available in the significant markets of Canada andMexico, along with parts of the US that AT&T does not service,including much of Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Alaska. Insome of those areas, the Public Service Commission limits competitionto just two carriers, such as Verizon Wireless and Alltel in theDakotas.
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big deal…
1 market, the 1st full quarter after it’s initial launch. it’s sales will soon plummet tremendously. this is just like a Hollywood movie release, great opening weekend, flat after that.
it will have another sales spike from the price drop. then it will start to suffer from “everyone who wants 1 got’s 1″ syndrome. Apple soon better release the iPhone v2 because right now it’s running on shallow momentum.
>>>it’s sales will soon plummet tremendously. this is just like a Hollywood movie release, great opening weekend, flat after that.
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Wow, do you think the iPod will last?
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unfortunately for you Mike, you bear no credibility in this industry. why do you think your are seen as a “public joke” by the comments you make, you author no respect.
the iPhone is not a product like the iPod. it cannot continue it’s same success because of the locked nature of the device, it will soon run out of customers. ask any business major, hell even someone who made it out of HS, did you do either?
the iPod touch however can continue with it’s success.
all the above comments were correct, this is the it’s 1st full quarter after it’s initial launch (when demand is BY FAR the highest), it will see 1 more spike with the price drop, after that it’s customer base will be gone. will the phone still sale? sure. in the same quantities? not even close. it cannot sustain it’s faced pace sales frenzy with it’s customer base being rapidly eaten up. but it will always sale enough to stay in the market. they absolutely have to release a version 2 fast to stay in this game. it will never be able to compete with WinMo or Blackberry in the long run.
*note* an SDK will not save it’s ass since all the same apps can be applied to the iPod Touch (the real winner here).
iphone 6 million units sold in first year. need i really say more. anyone who really believes that the iphone will tank in sales over time needs to look at products such as electricity, and the automobile.