iphone 4 just announced.

[Blueface]

Not a bad gig.
To date, 50 million iPhones sold.
Compared to US population (while not valid as it is 50 million worldwide but just for the sake of conversation), that translates to 1 iPhone for every 6 Americans.
If that is not astonishing, what is?

Released just 3 years ago and a total of 50 million robotic fanboys and girls blindly following Steve Jobs like a Pied Piper. And then after taking the "love him 'cause he is God juice" that comes in the box with the phone, you actually believe it is a good product because you tell yourself so.

Frankly, heck, I am no longer a fan. I am now truly jealous I am not him.

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by T.G

I was actually thinking more like stock in Orville Redenbacher products for the next one of these threads.

Originally Posted by JE3146

Solid investment

Only if to be used on an Apple related thread.
After all, you wouldn't get to eat it if you intended to wait for some wonderful PC or Microsoft related news.

[T.G]

Originally Posted by Blueface

Only if to be used on an Apple related thread.
After all, you wouldn't get to eat it if you intended to wait for some wonderful PC or Microsoft related news.

Well, duh...

Dis an Apple product, Apple users typically go apeshit.

Dis an Intel or Microsoft product, Intel and Microsoft users tend to just shrug and go about their business.
(with the exception of gamers having an AMD vs Intel debate, oy vey...)

[cort]

[JE3146]

Originally Posted by T.G

Well, duh...

Dis an Apple product, Apple users typically go apeshit.

Dis an Intel or Microsoft product, Intel and Microsoft users tend to just shrug and go about their business.
(with the exception of gamers having an AMD vs Intel debate, oy vey...)

What's there to debate

[T.G]

Originally Posted by JE3146

What's there to debate

Beats the hell outta me what they're always arguing over, I'm not a gamer.

Last PC game I played was Quake back around 1996 or 1997 and that was on an UltraSPARC.

[markem]

Originally Posted by T.G

Last PC game I played was Quake back around 1996 or 1997 and that was on an UltraSPARC.

is UltraSparc x86 or AMD?

j/k - a startup I worked for made the bipolar version of the UltraSparc

[JE3146]

Originally Posted by Blueface

Not a bad gig.
To date, 50 million iPhones sold.
Compared to US population (while not valid as it is 50 million worldwide but just for the sake of conversation), that translates to 1 iPhone for every 6 Americans.
If that is not astonishing, what is?

Released just 3 years ago and a total of 50 million robotic fanboys and girls blindly following Steve Jobs like a Pied Piper. And then after taking the "love him 'cause he is God juice" that comes in the box with the phone, you actually believe it is a good product because you tell yourself so.

Frankly, heck, I am no longer a fan. I am now truly jealous I am not him.

You're forgetting one key fact though.

50 million iPhones sold doesn't necessarily equate to 50 million currently in service

Lots of people have upgraded to newer revisions.

[markem]

Originally Posted by JE3146

You're forgetting one key fact though.

50 million iPhones sold doesn't necessarily equate to 50 million currently in service

Lots of people have upgraded to newer revisions.

As have nearly all purchasers of any cell phone that has multiple generations.

What's your point, Captain Obvious?

[JE3146]

Originally Posted by markem

As have nearly all purchasers of any cell phone that has multiple generations.

What's your point, Captain Obvious?

I give up















Actually no... I don't.... (sorry to get your hopes up)


He was comparing to 1 in 6 Americans thus generalizing a comparison between the amount of people walking around the US and the amount of iPhones in their hands (albeit he did clarify that the 50 mil is a worldwide tally)

Just thought it fair to point out that the number is skewed from that perspective

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by JE3146

I give up















Actually no... I don't.... (sorry to get your hopes up)


He was comparing to 1 in 6 Americans thus generalizing a comparison between the amount of people walking around the US and the amount of iPhones in their hands (albeit he did clarify that the 50 mil is a worldwide tally)

Just thought it fair to point out that the number is skewed from that perspective

I stand corrected.

300,000,000 Americans divided by 50,000,000 iPhones = the analogous equivalent of imagining having soled 1 phone for every 6 Americans.

OK,
More fun later.
Have to do some shopping with wife.
Much more painful to do than this.

[JE3146]

Originally Posted by Blueface

I stand corrected.

300,000,000 Americans divided by 50,000,000 iPhones = the analogous equivalent of imagining having soled 1 phone for every 6 Americans.

OK,
More fun later.
Have to do some shopping with wife.
Much more painful to do than this.

Hey we agree on something

[markem]

Originally Posted by JE3146

He was comparing to 1 in 6 Americans thus generalizing a comparison between the amount of people walking around the US and the amount of iPhones in their hands (albeit he did clarify that the 50 mil is a worldwide tally)

Just thought it fair to point out that the number is skewed from that perspective

You should reread his statement. He was comparing the number SOLD with a population. His comparison holds, both in context and statistically. He didn't say that the number of UNIQUE PERSONS buying was 50M, just that 50M have been sold.

Don't go in to engineering, you'll get mauled at your first technical review.

[JE3146]

Originally Posted by markem

You should reread his statement. He was comparing the number SOLD with a population. His comparison holds, both in context and statistically. He didn't say that the number of UNIQUE PERSONS buying was 50M, just that 50M have been sold.

Don't go in to engineering, you'll get mauled at your first technical review.

Ahhh I miss you mark.

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by JE3146

You're forgetting one key fact though.

50 million iPhones sold doesn't necessarily equate to 50 million currently in service

Lots of people have upgraded to newer revisions.

If I were Steve Jobs, I wouldn't give a rat's behind if they bought them as replacements or bought them to use them as suppositories and then show up in local ERs looking to have them removed.

50 million is still 50 million.