Post by ۞Quaalude™۞ on Oct 4, 2011 11:16:48 GMT -5
Apple Inc.'s next generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, will be unveiled in hours in the United States, and is expected to break Apple's all previous launch-day sales records. If you have owned an iPhone 3GS for more than a year, there are chances you were biding your time till iPhone 5 is launched, giving a skip, half-heartedly, to the iPhone 4. And you will hurry to take a take a place in the serpentine queue in front of an Apple Store when the device hits the shelf.
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Now, this is called the pent-up demand, which is also the result of a sixteen-month gap in the iPhone cycle. The iPhone 5 release date frenzy has reached a crescendo with just hours left for the unveiling of the most sought after consumer gadget this year.
The demand is so huge that Apple could sell as many as 1.7 million units on the first day when the device is made available in stores, according to Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White. For the record, as many as 1.5 million units of Apple iPhone 4 had been sold on the first day of launch , For Apple, this huge sales windfall will make up for the sales momentum it may have lost when it allowed a longer-than-usual gap between the iPhones. Also, there have been reports in the past that the iPhone 5 waiting game was part of Apple's strategy.
In a straightforward way, observers considered that Apple wanted to prep its iPhone with the iCloud and the iOS so that it can trump competition. The cynics said Apple had run out of steam and was depending rather on building up hype ahead of the launch. It was also said Apple wanted to release an iPhone closer to the onset of the holiday season to cash in on the year-end sales spurt.
However, where is all this surging demand coming from? According to a study by mobile ad network InMobi, as many as 41 percent of mobile users in the United States, Canada, and Mexico are eager to buy the iPhone5. The recent survey had also found that iPhone 5 launch will trigger an exodus from users of smartphones of the rival companies.
It said while 52 percent of BlackBerry users would love to switch to the iPhone5, 27 percent of Android users would dump their loyalty and flock to Apple.
It can also be figured out that iPhone 5 being offered on at least two national carriers will throttle up the sales. Apart from AT&T and Verizon, Sprint is also rumored to be offering iPhone 5 soon, making it an interesting three-way race. There have been unconfirmed reports that Sprint has inked a $20-billion deal with Apple to buy as many as 30.5 million next generation iPhones.
For the record, Apple had sold a staggering 20.34 million iPhones in the third quarter. The company sold 18.65 million iPhones in the second quarter of this year while the sales number for the first quarter was 16.24 million. According to Tim Cook, the total sales of iOS devices in the third quarter was 33 million QC
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[youtube] v=q5SZzFaAZyY
Now, this is called the pent-up demand, which is also the result of a sixteen-month gap in the iPhone cycle. The iPhone 5 release date frenzy has reached a crescendo with just hours left for the unveiling of the most sought after consumer gadget this year.
The demand is so huge that Apple could sell as many as 1.7 million units on the first day when the device is made available in stores, according to Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White. For the record, as many as 1.5 million units of Apple iPhone 4 had been sold on the first day of launch , For Apple, this huge sales windfall will make up for the sales momentum it may have lost when it allowed a longer-than-usual gap between the iPhones. Also, there have been reports in the past that the iPhone 5 waiting game was part of Apple's strategy.
In a straightforward way, observers considered that Apple wanted to prep its iPhone with the iCloud and the iOS so that it can trump competition. The cynics said Apple had run out of steam and was depending rather on building up hype ahead of the launch. It was also said Apple wanted to release an iPhone closer to the onset of the holiday season to cash in on the year-end sales spurt.
However, where is all this surging demand coming from? According to a study by mobile ad network InMobi, as many as 41 percent of mobile users in the United States, Canada, and Mexico are eager to buy the iPhone5. The recent survey had also found that iPhone 5 launch will trigger an exodus from users of smartphones of the rival companies.
It said while 52 percent of BlackBerry users would love to switch to the iPhone5, 27 percent of Android users would dump their loyalty and flock to Apple.
It can also be figured out that iPhone 5 being offered on at least two national carriers will throttle up the sales. Apart from AT&T and Verizon, Sprint is also rumored to be offering iPhone 5 soon, making it an interesting three-way race. There have been unconfirmed reports that Sprint has inked a $20-billion deal with Apple to buy as many as 30.5 million next generation iPhones.
For the record, Apple had sold a staggering 20.34 million iPhones in the third quarter. The company sold 18.65 million iPhones in the second quarter of this year while the sales number for the first quarter was 16.24 million. According to Tim Cook, the total sales of iOS devices in the third quarter was 33 million QC
img.ibtimes.com/www/articles/20111004/224427_iphone-5-release-countdown-why-new-apple-phone-will-break-sales-records-features-release-date-time-e.htm