Quote from SCI new york:
yes, 1mm first weekend, this was 300k for openening DAY, and this isn't the iphone. Weekend results aren't out yet.
This forum is so pathetic, it hurts the eyes to read 98% of the horseshit thats on here.
Is "SCI" Lithuanian for retard?
Yes, they released the thing on Easter weekend, therefore, Saturday was the weekend. WSJ reported 300k for the weekend, direct from Apple. There is no direct calendar-comparison because of Easter. However they booked online sales from the website, which has been taking orders for weeks (250k sold online by last Thursday). The Palo Alto store was the only bricks and mortar store with Sunday hours, afaik.
I would imagine the analysts took the holiday into account when projecting unit-sales. You think?
The 3GS iphone sold 70% of units on the opening day (of the weekend). So 700k units sold which required a 2-year contract. Do you consider the cellular contract a help or hindrance to unit-sales? Here's a hint, the contract is a negative. So yeah, the ipad is not an iphone. For one thing, it doesn't require a 2-year cell commitment with arguably the most reviled carrier in existence, and it still couldn't meet projections.