Cub said:
MaulerX said:
ethomaz said:
MaulerX said:
The iPhone 4S sold 4 million by it's first weekend. The iPhone 5 sold 5 million. However...
The iPhone 5 launched in more countries. And the iPhone 4S did not launch on carriers like Verizon or Sprint.
While theoretically speaking the iPhone 5 appears to be "selling better", given these facts the argument can be made that technically, the iPhone 5 is not selling better at all. More like equal or slightly under.
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What part about "supply constraints" you didn't understand.
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You do understand that Apple is counting all unfulfilled pre-orders as part of the 5 million. So if there would have been 10 million pre-orders and only 3 million devices available, they would have still said they sold 10 million.
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I am not sure about that, I just read that they don't.
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Well then I think there is something funny going on. Apple boasted that they broke pre-order records with 2 million. And yet, most of those people got notices that they will not get their device until after October. I have 3 friends who got said pre-order notices. So all of a sudden they sold 5 million to consumers and those people that pre-ordered are still waiting for their phone? I'll be honest, I'm just as confused as anybody else by the way they are crunching their numbers.
