iOS installed base at 187M, now selling over 25M per quarter

[Euphoria14]

justinian said:

Euphoria14 said:

justinian said:

Vetteman94 said:

Yeah but how many of those iPhone/iPod sales are actually upgrades from the older models.  I doubt the install base is anywhere near 187M.

I don't see people upgrading making much of a difference to the install base.

Do you think people simply throw their phone, pads and touches when they upgrade?

iPhones are expensive pieces of kit (my cousin sold his 3GS for over £200 last month and that was almost two years old). iPhones hold their value very well.

You don't simply throw away that kind of money when you upgrade. You either trade it in, sell it (meaning it's sold on to someone else) or you give it to someone. Not many people have an iphone of anykind lying around unlike most other older phones with little value.

The same with iPads and iPod touches, many sell the old and move on to the new.

I would say the install base is quite near to the 187m

 

Hell yeah, I just found out that my Captivate sells for ~$275 on eBay.

Glad I saved the original box, just in case I ever decide to part with it.

Good for you. What's that? £160.00 or thereabouts? That's pretty good for a phone that was released last year.

 You are right though, ebay is the way to go. An iphone 3gs (unlocked) can go for up to almost $500.00 on ebay.

Unless it is required for backward compatibiltiy I always sell the old and get the new.

I paid $125 for it so I can't complain. However I still have ~ 1 1/2 years left on my contract but I made sure I did my research first before buying. The phone is very high in the graphics department (One of the best overall) and the homebrew scene just seriously kicks ass. The custom ROMs the community pushes out far surpasses the buggy garbage Samsung gives me along with its bullshit AT&T bloatware.

It is a wonderful thing since the bloatware only slows your device down.

Think of PCs if you couldn't do a fresh Windows install without all the garbage that comes with the PC from the retailer.

 

And to think that people say bad things about the homebrew scene.