iPhone didn't sell out at any Apple stores

[whmurray]

Ah, but half the fun of owning an iphone is fondling it!

There are reports that fondling one's iPhone causes "hair to grow on the palm of one's hand."

 

[cmaier]

I apologize. In one of the stories I read, they discussed two iphones causing the problem, but didn't cite the number "registered on the network."

However, I call BS on that number. Remember, these are the same clowns who thought a single (or 2) iphones were bringing down their network, only to change their minds a week later.

I'm a huge iphone fan, and I believe a million have been sold, but I do not believe 150 of them are at Duke University during their summer break.

 

[whmurray]

Most people probably have them in their pockets I don't see/notice many phones these days with BT earpieces being so common. I do see lots of people talking to themselves, which I'm used to from living on Grateful Dead tour (and living in Santa Cruz)

There is a "Wi-Fi" setting on the iPhone, "Ask to join network." I have it set on. When the iPhone sees a new network, it prompts me with the name and kind of the network and asks me if I want to join. If it is a closed network, one will be prompted for the authentication information, e.g., WEP key.

I admit that I have always had that setting on and do not know how turning it off would effect its behavior. However, the default is "off."

Now suppose that one is on a campus with mesh open Wi-Fi and with the setting "off." The phone might register with WAPs, one after another, as one walks across the campus. Suppose that there are 100 phones doing that. Suppose that the network operators have not anticipated that kind of behavior. Under such a scenario, one can imagine a net storm.

 

[whmurray]

I apologize. In one of the stories I read, they discussed two iphones causing the problem, but didn't cite the number "registered on the network."

However, I call BS on that number. Remember, these are the same clowns who thought a single (or 2) iphones were bringing down their network, only to change their minds a week later.

I'm a huge iphone fan, and I believe a million have been sold, but I do not believe 150 of them are at Duke University during their summer break.

I admit that it sounds a little unlikely. However, Google reports Apple Stores in both Raleigh and Durham. How unlikely is that?

 

[marcol]

Some actual sales numbers (well activation numbers anyway):

Included in the wireless figures are two days of sales of Apple Inc.'s new iPhone, launched June 29. In that time, AT&T activated 146,000 iPhone subscribers, with more than 40 percent of them new customers.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135009-c,researchreports/article.html

Makes the estimate of 700 000 in three days seem a bit wide of the mark.

 

[oalvarez]

perhaps, but it's not implausible that the number of activations increased over the subsequent two days. many may have purchased their devices on the 29th but waited to activate them until the days later.

 

[marcol]

For sure. Also, do two (or more) devices on the same family plan count as two (or more) activations or just the one? We might learn a bit more from Apple tomorrow.