Comments on: Apple iPhone 3G sales surpass RIM’s Blackberry http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/21/apple-iphone-3g-sales-surpass-rims-blackberry/ Daniel Eran Dilger in San Francisco Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:23:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Carpadium Blog » Blog Archive » Is Windows Mobile Dead? http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/21/apple-iphone-3g-sales-surpass-rims-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-17031 Carpadium Blog » Blog Archive » Is Windows Mobile Dead? Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:53:23 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=2801#comment-17031 [...] whichever way you look at it, there’s just no denying the impact of the iPhone 3G on smartphone [...] [...] whichever way you look at it, there’s just no denying the impact of the iPhone 3G on smartphone [...]

]]> By: beanie http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/21/apple-iphone-3g-sales-surpass-rims-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-15461 beanie Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:00:01 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=2801#comment-15461 So is 6.9 million iPhones the number sold to channels or actual subscribers? According to another AppleInsider article, AT&T said there were 2.4 million iPhone activations. So if AT&T in the U.S. accounts for around 50%-60% of the market, then worldwide would be around 4.0 to 4.8 million iPhone activations for the quarter. So is 6.9 million iPhones the number sold to channels or actual subscribers? According to another AppleInsider article, AT&T said there were 2.4 million iPhone activations. So if AT&T in the U.S. accounts for around 50%-60% of the market, then worldwide would be around 4.0 to 4.8 million iPhone activations for the quarter.

]]> By: daGUY http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/21/apple-iphone-3g-sales-surpass-rims-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-15433 daGUY Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:58:33 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=2801#comment-15433 @bc: "you can see from the same conf call that there were total 19M Blackberry subscribers by the end of the quarter (8/30)." They only have 19 million subscribers total? So the iPhone already has almost half as many? @bc: “you can see from the same conf call that there were total 19M Blackberry subscribers by the end of the quarter (8/30).”

They only have 19 million subscribers total? So the iPhone already has almost half as many?

]]> By: elllroy http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/21/apple-iphone-3g-sales-surpass-rims-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-15426 elllroy Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:20:46 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=2801#comment-15426 you're welcome daniel! you’re welcome daniel!

]]> By: Updates on iPhone « Digital News blog http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/21/apple-iphone-3g-sales-surpass-rims-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-15424 Updates on iPhone « Digital News blog Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:18:05 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=2801#comment-15424 [...] Sales of iPhone 3G have surpassed sales of Blackberry in last quarter: http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/21/apple-iphone-3g-sales-surpass-rims-blackberry/ [...] [...] Sales of iPhone 3G have surpassed sales of Blackberry in last quarter: http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/21/apple-iphone-3g-sales-surpass-rims-blackberry/ [...]

]]> By: bc http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/21/apple-iphone-3g-sales-surpass-rims-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-15408 bc Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:15:35 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=2801#comment-15408 a little additional fact that you'll notice if you examine RIMM's latest quarter results: although RIMM sold 6.1M new devices in the quarter, they only added 2.9M new subscribers. i.e. more than half must have been upgrades. http://tinyurl.com/53g43a you can see from the same conf call that there were total 19M Blackberry subscribers by the end of the quarter (8/30). one of the analysts at the Apple conference call this week picked up on this little detail and suggested to Steve Jobs this makes the iPhone results even more impressive. see the question/comment from Charles Wolf: http://tinyurl.com/5qu8eq a little additional fact that you’ll notice if you examine RIMM’s latest quarter results:

although RIMM sold 6.1M new devices in the quarter, they only added 2.9M new subscribers. i.e. more than half must have been upgrades. http://tinyurl.com/53g43a

you can see from the same conf call that there were total 19M Blackberry subscribers by the end of the quarter (8/30).

one of the analysts at the Apple conference call this week picked up on this little detail and suggested to Steve Jobs this makes the iPhone results even more impressive. see the question/comment from Charles Wolf:
http://tinyurl.com/5qu8eq

]]> By: elllroy http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/21/apple-iphone-3g-sales-surpass-rims-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-15406 elllroy Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:15:31 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=2801#comment-15406 sorry daniel, your graph is wrong. you forgot the 1,7 million in q1 2008 (calendar year) and rim sold 6,1 million in the quarter ending august. my graph here: www.knebel.info/iphone/ sorry daniel, your graph is wrong. you forgot the 1,7 million in q1 2008 (calendar year) and rim sold 6,1 million in the quarter ending august.
my graph here: http://www.knebel.info/iphone/

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