The iPhone must be selling poorly...

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GTaudiophile

GTaudiophile

Lifer
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Am watching a re-run of Law & Order on NBC and Apple has at least one iPhone ad during every break. It's sad. It must be selling like a true flop.

 
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Lifer
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Supply probably can't even keep up with demand at this point, I would think. They are probably advertising in hopes of keeping it that way.

People these days seem to view cell phones as some sort of status symbol. Something like the iPhone will sell well. :p
 
Aharami

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Lifer
Aug 31, 2001
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couple of my friends got em. I have to say, those things are pretty slick. Not that Id get one, but still...
 
Jeff7

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Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
If it's selling itself, why pay for ads?

How many Wii ads do you see? One a week?
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I see ads for Coca Cola, Pepsi, Colgate, Miller, and Microsoft. Their stuff practically sells itself too, as you say, but they still advertise constantly.
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
If it's selling itself, why pay for ads?

How many Wii ads do you see? One a week?
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I've see plenty of ads for iPods. I've seen ads for Coke, Budweiser, Motorola Razrs, etc. Companies don't just advertise things that are selling poorly.
 
Zebo

Zebo

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They've sold 2 million so far - granted a long way to go to catch 80 million Razrs or 200 million Nokia 1100s - but at it's price tag and early date I'd say it's a huge success and lays groundwork for lower end iphones due out in fall. Advertising just sells more dummy.

Id get one if I stay with Cingular but I'm thinking about switching to Nextel and getting their bullet proof moto i580 since I go though a phone a month.
 
Commodus

Commodus

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Originally posted by: ObscureCaucasian
It's just how Apple markets. They gotta do something with that 50% markup don't they?
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Actually, the 50% markup is before advertising, the revenue deal with AT&T, and other minor costs are thrown in. I'm sure Apple's not making a small profit, but the income's not as massive as people make it out to be.
 
Zebo

Zebo

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Apple grosses at least $500 per phone. $10 a month from AT&T for a two year contract = $240 plus $150-$250 profit per phone. There is also rumor of a kicker for new AT&T customers signings in the $100 range if they opt for an iphone putting it at $600 gross!

Ads get real cheap with that kind of profit.

 
RichieZ

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initial activations over the first two days of sales: 146,000.

Looks like most ppl bought for ebay, I myself just bought one this past weekend but did the hack so I can use my regular cingular SIM and not sign a 2yr contract.
 
zephyrprime

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Apple just reported quarterly earnings today. The iphone is indeed disappointing in sales. 270K iphones sold in first 2 days of sales rather than 500K hoped. Next quarter guidance is down.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070725/aqw161.html?.v=6

This is about what I expected. The sales figures are inline with early sales projections from before the iphone hype hit.
 
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