Comments on: iPhone sales show no sign of abating at Verizon

By: davidaluiz

davidaluiz — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 05:11:15 +0000

Wait until the iPhone 5 enters the market. With the rumored specs it has, the market will go boosting right high. I have heard the sleeker, shiny iPhone is capable of doing a lot more than just being the previous iPhone 4G. With A5 CPU, it will be the fastest yet the slimmest phone in the market.

Regards
.D-

By: Kevin Fitchard

Kevin Fitchard — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:33:55 +0000

No Triangle, a sequential decline is only a sequential decline. If we only based trends on sequential declines then every year iPhone sales would “plummet” between 4th quarter and the 1st.

By: Ladi Williams

Ladi Williams — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:05:26 +0000

The truth always rankles with some, is always unpalatable…

That’s why expressions like “the bitter truth” and “the hard facts” exist.

Why not just accept the hard fact that no single handset sells anywhere near the iPhone, no matter how many faceless Symbian, WinPhone or Android statistics analysts try to trot out, and hide behind?

After all, it is not contested that Android as a platform is market share leader. Why this Ghenghiz Khan mentality of “it is not enough that I succeed; others must fail”?

By: triangledroid

triangledroid — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:04:46 +0000

Your title is not accurate. If there is a sequential decline, it’s still a decline and a sign of a slow down.

You’re also making assumptions that about sales of the iphone 4 vs. 4S. Why not try to get some facts instead of making an assumption.

I shouldn’t have bothered to click on this article. My bad…

By: Kevin Fitchard

Kevin Fitchard — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:08:43 +0000

Hi Lucian,

BGR’s 15% number is sequential, comparing Q2 to Q1. I compared Q2 to last year’s Q2, which, in my mind at least, is the more telling number due to the huge seasonal variation in smartphone sales and the timing of Apple’s iPhone release schedule. Granted Apple shifted the launch of the iPhone 4S by a quarter last year so that throws the numbers off a bit.

As for the Android numbers, I was citing Verizon’s 4G smartphone figure. It sold an additional 400,000 3G-only Android smartphones (presumably older models). I focused on the 4G number because that’s where Verizon has been focusing all of its marketing efforts. Verizon wants to shift its customer base to 4G as quickly as possible, but it can’t do that if 3G devices like the iPhone are outselling its 4G phones each quarter.

Hope that clears things up.

By: Auvil

Auvil — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:00:59 +0000

He’s an Apple fanboy (but anyone has bias so it is not unususal) QoQ sales of iPhone is abating and the number is somewhat less than anticipated. 4S is down faster because of the anticipation for 5.

By: Lucian Armasu

Lucian Armasu — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:49:57 +0000

This article paints a very different image than this BGR one, where there were 2.7 million iPhones sold, 15% less than expected, and 2.9 million Android phones sold. Those 2.5 million you mentioned were just “4G phones” ?

http://www.bgr.com/2012/07/19/verizon-q2-2012-earnings-profit-sales-smartphones/