IPhone 4S Preorders Top Million in a Day: Apple...preorders sold out.

[dkf]

Apple Inc. (AAPL) received more than a million preorders for the iPhone 4S in a single day, putting the company on a record-setting sales pace ahead of the device’s Oct. 14 release.

The preorders topped the previous record of 600,000 set by the iPhone 4 last year, Cupertino, California-based Apple said today in a statement. Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S last week, pricing it at $199, $299 and $399, depending on the features.

The rush signals that there’s pent-up demand for the new model, which was released 16 months after the last one -- a longer wait than with previous iPhone releases. The preorders indicate Apple may sell nearly 3 million in the first weekend, almost double the number sold in the opening weekend last year, said Mike Abramsky, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets. The sales also suggest that customers were unfazed by Apple not updating the iPhone’s body design.

“The early momentum of the iPhone 4S reaffirms Apple’s leadership in smartphones,” said Mark Moskowitz, an analyst at JPMorgan & Chase Co. The strength of the orders should silence those who said the lack of a redesigned body on the iPhone 4S would deter buyers, he said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-10/apple-says-iphone-4s-pre-orders-top-1-million-in-single-day.html

iPhone 4S pre-orders sell out

Pre-orders for the iPhone 4S sold out in the first day of availability, according to shipping estimates on Apple's Web

The iPhone 4S went on pre-order in the predawn hours on Friday. Carrier AT&T called it its most successful iPhone launch ever, with more than 200,000 orders in the first 12 hours.

Users looking to pre-order the iPhone 4S now are seeing shipping estimates of one to two weeks.

Customers can still get an iPhone 4S this coming Friday, though, if they wait in line at an Apple Store or at other retail partners.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2011-10-08/apple-iphone-pre-orders/50706650/1

[msongs]

1. the cabbage patch kids of 2011 nt

[onehandle]

2. I want one just for the new camera, but I'm not eligible for discounted pricing until next year.

So it will be the iPhone 5 for me.

[KeepItReal]

6. The messed up part is you can't get a discount even if you did a new 2 year contract

These telcos are so effin greedy.

My friend is "eligible for an upgrade" in December. If she wanted a iPhone 4S right now, though, she would have to pay the full $800 price for the phone.

I know the "discount" reflects a subsidy, but they could prorate that stuff for existing customers.

[yawnmaster]

3. where is this iphone being manufactured? eom

[Bake]

4. Where are ANY smartphones manufactured?

My guess is China.

Bake

[joshcryer]

28. Bullshit. Tiawan, South Korea, and Mexico manufacture a lot of Android phones*.

Apple has the distinction that they use FOXCONN for their mainboards which puts a good deal of the manufacturing in a Chinese human factory farm. Apple knows how to make money.

*LG, Samsung, HTC, RIM, Nokia, etc.

[KoKo]

5. Top "1%?

:shrug:

[JI7]

15. many in the 99% are buying them , and those who profit the most should pay the fair share of taxes

[Odin2005]

7. Who cares? It's just another piece of consumerist junk.

[Tesha]

8. As is the computer *YOU* just typed your reply upon. (NT)

[RegieRocker]

13. Do you have a crystal ball? How do you know a computer was used?

Your meme Is tired and old.

[Tesha]

29. It's just a good guess that something which can run a web browser...

...contains a computer in there somewhere.

Tesha

[RegieRocker]

34. DU 75% EVO 25% pc for me. So......

Pc (os. apple linux, windows, etc. they are all personal computers when used personally.) , mobile phone, tablet, ebook reader etc. So it could be a multitudes of devices one might use to DU.

[Tesha]

35. All of which are, in fact, computers of one sort or another. But feel free to keep trying to defend

the gratuitous insult to iPhone purchasers if it makes
you feel better...

Tesha

[Odin2005]

18. I don't buy a new computer every year.

[Tesha]

30. And I don't buy a new iPhone every year.

Don't make generalizations.

Tesha

[Initech]

9. I have an iphone now, and I'm ready for something different.

My parents and my brothers all have various Motorola DROID configs - and the reception, features and useability on those phones is far superior to my Flash-less iPhone 4 it isn't even funny!

[bullwinkle428]

12. My iPhone 3G has gotten slower and more sluggish in its performance

over the 3 years I've owned it. Seriously considering making the jump to the Android platform at this point as well.

[Lucian]

10. OMG!!11 IT'S TEH NEW APPLE!!1111

I must get it because it has a little better camera and it's a little faster!!1111

APPLE!!11 NEED!!!!!!!!!!!11111!!1!1111111111

:eyes:

[dkf]

11. Or because the battery on your iPhone 3GS is on it's last leg.

[Spider Jerusalem]

14. Which you can replace yourself for about $10 with a few minutes' work

(of course buying a phone with an easily replaceable battery would be better.)

[dkf]

19. Even in it's heyday I was charging it 3 times.

I'm hoping it's gotten better. My iPad has an excellent battery life.

[Lucian]

22. I think you totally misinterpreted my post.

[Initech]

23. Honestly this thing with the iPhone 4S is like the Malibu Stacy episode of the Simpsons.

Lisa works tirelessly with the original creators to create something new and different - but in the end, the owners of the company release the same old crap but with a new hat, and the masses go crazy over it. Gotta love it!

[Lucian]

25. That's exactly what it's like.

[rsmith6621]

16. Congratulations CHINA.....

...and the 8 year old labor that produce this contraption.

[dkf]

20. How's about us eating the food picked by 6 year old migrant workers?

[Initech]

24. Or Soylent McNuggets are people!!!

http://gizmodo.com/5654066/chicken-nuggets-are-made-from-this-pink-chicken-goop

[Jim Warren]

17. Caw, caw, caw

Mmmmmmmmmm, shiny objects

[Distant Observer]

21. The unprecedented demand is due to 1 thing: the SIRI AI fantasy

That's the early word from the field.

[tkmorris]

33. I saw the tech demo for SIRI

It was decidedly underwhelming if you ask me.

[JCMach1]

26. One born every minute...

[Kat45]

27. That many people can afford one?

Seems pretty expensive for a phone. Then again, I've been unemployed forever so I can't afford anything.

[jmg257]

31. 3 million x $300 = $900 million...in 1 weekend...

Analysts at JPMorgan & Chase Co and RBC Capital Markets agree - get 'em while you can!!



What's "99%"?

[Warren DeMontague]

32. PEOPLE SHOULD BE EATING BROCCOLI AND BUILDING THEIR OWN TOYS OUT OF STICKS, INSTEAD!!!!!!

technology! consumerism! Apple! get off my lawn! Where's my god-damn hairshirt robble robble robble

[trotsky]

36. +1,000,000!!!

:rofl: :spray:

[Poll_Blind]

37. HA! HA! I'll bet the...

PB