500 million!
So. I have read today, that Apple has sold over 100 million devices.
I had posted in 2007 that "Apple will have 500 million devices in the field
by Q3 2015.
Whew! did I take a lot of flack for that post. I stand by it! he..he.
Does not seem so far fetched a prediction today.
Just thought to remind all the "newbies" he..he.. :-)
And to all you other prognosticators out there, enjoy! namaste'
What do you think?
Nice comments. Don't beat-me-up. :-)
I had posted in 2007 that "Apple will have 500 million devices in the field
by Q3 2015.
Whew! did I take a lot of flack for that post. I stand by it! he..he.
Does not seem so far fetched a prediction today.
Just thought to remind all the "newbies" he..he.. :-)
And to all you other prognosticators out there, enjoy! namaste'
What do you think?
Nice comments. Don't beat-me-up. :-)
Comments
How long did it take them to do 160 million? I buy 350 million by 2015, but not 500.
Given the latest sales numbers, I think it's fair to assume there are at least 100 million iOS devices in use at the moment. Baring some kind of catastrophe, I think Apple will sell another 125-150 million iOS devices in the coming calendar year.
I think it's inevitable that the current white-hot growth rate will cool somewhat in the next few years, but even maintaining modest increases year over year Apple can easily sell 500 million iOS devices by 2015-- but of course not everything sold over the next 5 years will be "in the field" over that entire time.
Of course, if growth rates are better than modest, I don't think it's unreasonable to think Apple can sell sufficiently more than 500 million devices in order to have that number out there and functioning.