5 Million iPhone 3Gs And 3 Million Macs This Quarter, Analysts Estimate

[Guest]

Chicago (IL) - Apple is expected to do extremely well this quarter and analysts are already adjusting their unit shipment estimates across the board.

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[crosshares]

Ah, ye olde supply and demande. It affects the best of them.

 

[Kami3k]

And all 3 million mac owners and 5 million Iphone owners are idiots who fail to see there are much better phones and computers out there.

Conformists and idiots, gonna love them uh Apple?

 

[Niva]

Well the iphone is cool for people who can actually make use of it. The vast majority of the folks buying one really don't need it imo. I've yet to figure out why the desktops/laptops from apple do so well considering the alternatives and esp costs but good for them. They've done well to make this comeback to the front of the industry.

 

[starhoof]

whats next headline ?
"6 millions Iphones sold, 4 millions macs sold"
I mean do they really have to say something like that as often as they do ???

 

[Guest]

@kamik3k - The numbers don't lie. It's impressive to say the least. At this rate Apple will become a close second place player in the smartphone market (behind Nokia), and may even hit a double digit percentage market share on the computer front at the end of next year.

@Niva - Totally agree. I have an iPhone, but I also have my own Exchange server to go along with it. I love ActiveSync, and I believe (after setting up nearly every single type of OS and Smartphone on ActiveSync) that it is a much better user interface for navigating E-mails, Contacts, and Calendar items. There are cheaper alternatives out there in the Laptop and Desktop front, but working in the Customer Satisfaction Research biz, I can say that experience and word of mouth are powerful tools that Apple realizes and utilizes. We only have a few Mac's here at work. I'm more of an HP Mobile Workstation fan myself.

@Starhoof - It's called free marketing and publicity my friend. Every tech company tries to do this. Intel does this all the time with their road maps.

I'm not a Mac fan-boy. I'm work mostly on Windows and Linux networks, but you all have to admit that they're doing quite well right now...

 

[the_one111]

The fact is that mac desktops and laptops are just plain overpriced. Mac has good curb appeal, not good money/performance. If your a gamer and you bought a mac you might as well shoot yourself in each foot.

As for any of type of computer user it still goes, macs look good but cost an extra $500-$1000 for that look and give you less hardware. If you want a compy that lasts at least 4 years in the tech world go for the 500 dollar quad core over the "good looking" 2.4 ghz dual core. And don't get me started on HD space and ram...


The fact that the ATT Tilt and so many other 3G phones have better signals and are cheaper (for the most part) than the iphoney makes me even more leary of apple.

I find it so funny that apple thinks they can even scratch the surface of microsoft by having a "hip" (aka emo) kid do tv commercials for them.

If apple started giving good price/performance in hardwar and OS i would definitly buy one, until that day they are on the bottom of my computer detrius list.

 

[the_one111]

**As for any other type of computer user it still goes, macs look good but cost an extra $500-$1000 for that look and give you less hardware. If you want a compy that lasts at least 4 years in the tech world go for the 500 dollar quad core over the "good looking" 2.4 ghz dual core. And don't get me started on HD space and ram...**


fixed some wording..