Fun fact: If you stacked this many iPhones screen to back on top of each other the stack would be at least 82 times the height of the worlds tallest building[1] (assuming they were all the thinner 5S - Apple didn't say how many of this 9 million was the 5S versus the 5C).<p>[1] Burj Khalifa at 830m
It'd be interesting to see a by-country breakdown of sales, given that they added 2 new markets to this release, China and Puerto Rico, having 1.35b and 3.6m populations, respectively. This first weekend could have been great....or it could have been subpar in comparison to the last release, depending on markets.
Which record did they break? What was the previous record?<p>While I have no doubt that this was overall a record-breaking weekend for Apple, they are likely hoping that this gets interpreted as iPhone 5S sells better than the iPhone 5 did at its opening weekend. I think this is highly unlikely, though, because the 9 million includes both iPhone 5s and iPhone 5C, whereas previous year's record breaking sales number of 5 million included only the iPhone 5.<p>So how many iPhones 5S did Apple sell compared to iPhone 5 last year? Let's say the 5S and the 5C sold equally well (which is VERY doubtful considering not just price but also availability). This would put both iPhone 5S and 5C at 4.5 million. Both below iPhone 5 sales of 5 million. It is much more likely, however, that the 5C sold many more units than the 5S thus putting the 5S as lower than 4 million units sold, perhaps as low as 2.25 million.<p>There is no bad news here for Apple as I'm sure their profit margins on the 5C are similar, if not higher than the 5S. But it does indicate the oncoming commodification of smartphones and other personal digital devices. The 5C is definitely holding its own, and Apple's brand is as strong as ever but I just wonder if Apple really wants to get into this kind of competition.
In other words, Apple sold more iPhones over the WE than Nokia or Blackberry shipped smartphones during the last quarter...<p><a href="http://allthingsd.com/20130718/nokia-sold-more-windows-phones-last-quarter-than-blackberry-sold-total-phones/" rel="nofollow">http://allthingsd.com/20130718/nokia-sold-more-windows-phone...</a>
Apple's marketing is insufferable. The apple designed A6 chip? What a complete load. What did they design exactly, the apple logo they paste on it? And they talk about going 64bit on a device that has only 1GB of memory as though that is a benefit to anyone. It will slow down every single app out there currently. The benefit of going 64bit is that it gets people to start writing apps that support the technology. For the future. When 64bit phones will actually make any sense, so it's a good move but they talk about it like it's a benefit to consumers now.<p>What is the markup on these things? Who is buying a phone that costs more than 3 times as much as its competitors and the screen size still hasn't exceeded 4 inches? The "retina" display on these isn't even 720p.<p>I'm obviously disturbed. Don't even get me started on the 5c.