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kitler53 on 20 April 2011
Euphoria14 said:
RCTjunkie said:
Grimes said:
  • iPhones: Apple sold 18.65 billion iPhones in the March quarter, up 113 percent a year ago. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster was expecting 16.2 million and the consensus view called for 16.6 million units.

Oh my! That's like 2 or 3 for every person in the world.... O_O

Probably a typo, meant to say 18.65 million.

 

Anyways, I am tempted to pick up an iPad at some point. My laptop is crapping out and I need a new device for browsing and the iPad not only will allow me to browse but it also has a great gaming lineup.

Would be great since I already have an Android device as my phone.

just something to consider -- quite a bit of the web doesn't work so well on IOs.  vgc for instance is painfully slow.  



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Euphoria14 on 20 April 2011
kitler53 said:
Euphoria14 said:
RCTjunkie said:
Grimes said:
  • iPhones: Apple sold 18.65 billion iPhones in the March quarter, up 113 percent a year ago. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster was expecting 16.2 million and the consensus view called for 16.6 million units.

Oh my! That's like 2 or 3 for every person in the world.... O_O

Probably a typo, meant to say 18.65 million.

 

Anyways, I am tempted to pick up an iPad at some point. My laptop is crapping out and I need a new device for browsing and the iPad not only will allow me to browse but it also has a great gaming lineup.

Would be great since I already have an Android device as my phone.

just something to consider -- quite a bit of the web doesn't work so well on IOs.  vgc for instance is painfully slow.  

I want it more for the gaming.

Also, VGC is slow on just about everything.



iPhone = Great gaming device. Don't agree? Who cares, because you're wrong.

Currently playing:

Final Fantasy VI (iOS), Final Fantasy: Record Keeper (iOS) & Dragon Quest V (iOS)     

    

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kitler53 on 20 April 2011
Euphoria14 said:
kitler53 said:
Euphoria14 said:
RCTjunkie said:
Grimes said:
  • iPhones: Apple sold 18.65 billion iPhones in the March quarter, up 113 percent a year ago. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster was expecting 16.2 million and the consensus view called for 16.6 million units.

Oh my! That's like 2 or 3 for every person in the world.... O_O

Probably a typo, meant to say 18.65 million.

 

Anyways, I am tempted to pick up an iPad at some point. My laptop is crapping out and I need a new device for browsing and the iPad not only will allow me to browse but it also has a great gaming lineup.

Would be great since I already have an Android device as my phone.

just something to consider -- quite a bit of the web doesn't work so well on IOs.  vgc for instance is painfully slow.  

I want it more for the gaming.

Also, VGC is slow on just about everything.

well true to that last part but it is even slower.  but if you want it you want it ... personally i kind of want one but it is the inconsist browser that is primarily keeping me from buying.



Euphoria14 on 20 April 2011
kitler53 said:
Euphoria14 said:
kitler53 said:
Euphoria14 said:
RCTjunkie said:
Grimes said:
  • iPhones: Apple sold 18.65 billion iPhones in the March quarter, up 113 percent a year ago. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster was expecting 16.2 million and the consensus view called for 16.6 million units.

Oh my! That's like 2 or 3 for every person in the world.... O_O

Probably a typo, meant to say 18.65 million.

 

Anyways, I am tempted to pick up an iPad at some point. My laptop is crapping out and I need a new device for browsing and the iPad not only will allow me to browse but it also has a great gaming lineup.

Would be great since I already have an Android device as my phone.

just something to consider -- quite a bit of the web doesn't work so well on IOs.  vgc for instance is painfully slow.  

I want it more for the gaming.

Also, VGC is slow on just about everything.

well true to that last part but it is even slower.  but if you want it you want it ... personally i kind of want one but it is the inconsist browser that is primarily keeping me from buying.

I tend to browse most on my laptop and whether I get an iPad or not I am sure I will still keep my laptop around. It is required in order for me to Jailbreak/Root my devices and/or install 3rd party apps on my phone like Gameloft titles since AT&T decided to block the installation of 3rd party apps.

It is wasn't for Sideloading Wonder Machine I wouldn't have been able to play Eternal Legacy and I have been dying for a proper JRPG on my phone and to be honest they actually work quite well with the touch controls.



iPhone = Great gaming device. Don't agree? Who cares, because you're wrong.

Currently playing:

Final Fantasy VI (iOS), Final Fantasy: Record Keeper (iOS) & Dragon Quest V (iOS)     

    

Got a retro room? Post it here!

sad.man.loves.vgc on 20 April 2011

GO APPLE GO

waiting for the haterz meltdownz



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enrageorange on 20 April 2011
sad.man.loves.vgc said:

GO APPLE GO

waiting for the haterz meltdownz


UAHFJAHJSXCAZ I HATE APPLE AND EVERYTHING THEY STAND FOR!!! HOW COULD THEY HAVE BRAINWASHED SOOOO MANY PEOPLE UAHFJAHJSXCAZ



homer on 20 April 2011

Iphone sales are unbelieveable....No, seriously, I do not think they are accurate at all.



"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." -My good friend Mark Aurelius

Grimes on 20 April 2011
homer said:

Iphone sales are unbelieveable....No, seriously, I do not think they are accurate at all.


It would be quite illegal for them to post false numbers. And it would be nearly impossible for them to get away with it even if they tried.



Anyone can guess. It takes no effort to throw out lots of predictions and have some of them be correct. You are not and wiser or better for having your guesses be right. Even a blind man can hit the bullseye.

Zipper on 21 April 2011

I really want to understand this

How can Apple and other companies make so much ACTUAL money but Sony struggles? Sony made 88.205 billio in revenue in 2010 but their net income (the actual money they made, or lost if I'm correct) is  −$437 million? what is operating income? 

Why can't they make money considering how huge Sony is and that their involved not only in electronics but also the movies and music industry?



Squilliam on 21 April 2011
Zipper said:

I really want to understand this

How can Apple and other companies make so much ACTUAL money but Sony struggles? Sony made 88.205 billio in revenue in 2010 but their net income (the actual money they made, or lost if I'm correct) is  −$437 million? what is operating income? 

Why can't they make money considering how huge Sony is and that their involved not only in electronics but also the movies and music industry?

Its because:

Sony makes a TV, it's just one of many other TV brands.

Sony makes a console but there are two other bigger brands of consoles and it isn't even the biggest platform to play games on, the PC or online market is.

Sony makes a movie but its a crap shoot as to whether or not they make money over their entire porfolio of movies.

Apple makes an MP3 player, dominates the sale of players with >2/3rds market share.

Apple makes a Smart phone, takes >2/3rds of the market share for high end smart phones.

Apple takes a movie that Sony makes and always makes 30% whether Sony made money on it or not and sells it on iTunes.

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Non bolded: Apple tends to dominate whatever niches they are targetting.

Bolded: Apple has a much more reliable way to make money in the long run.



Tease.