AT&T: iPhone 3G S pre-orders in the "hundreds of thousands"
Although some of its retail stores on the east coast have already run dry of their initial allotment of iPhone 3G Ss, Apple's exclusive U.S. wireless provider AT&T tells AppleInsider that it sold "hundreds of thousands" of the new touch-screen handset during its online pre-order process.
"[AT&T] sold hundreds of thousands through our preorder process prior to the launch, which exceeded our own expectations for iPhone 3G S," Michael Coe, a representative in the carrier's corporate communications department, wrote in an email Friday. "Just wanted to make sure you have this information as well."
Although Coe declined to comment on whether that figure exceed 300,000 units, the "hundreds of thousands" statistic alone is likely to put first-weekend iPhone 3G S unit sales estimates from many Wall Street analysts underwater.
In a research note issued to clients earlier this week, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster estimated that Apple would sell roughly half a million iPhone 3G Ss during its first weekend on the market.
With Apple's own pre-order process likely to have trumped AT&T's, it now appears that the Cupertino-based company will handily sell more than a million devices during the first three days, which would make the iPhone 3G S launch more successful than the iPhone 3G launch last year.
Adding further support to this theory are comments coming out of Apple's UK wireless provider O2. In a blog post Friday, the carrier reported that by lunchtime local time, it had sold more iPhone 3G S handsets than it sold iPhone 3G devices on launch day last year.
Phone 3G S devices being packaged for shipment at an AT&T Distribution Center in Ft. Worth, Texas.
"Sales are still going strong and we expect to have sold 50% more iPhone 3G S handsets than last year?s launch by the close of business today," a representative for O2 said. "Footfall to our shops this morning was 10 times higher than an average day and our online site saw a 150% increase in traffic."
The wireless provider also noted that, thus far, the black iPhone 3G S is outselling the white one by 3:1.
"[AT&T] sold hundreds of thousands through our preorder process prior to the launch, which exceeded our own expectations for iPhone 3G S," Michael Coe, a representative in the carrier's corporate communications department, wrote in an email Friday. "Just wanted to make sure you have this information as well."
Although Coe declined to comment on whether that figure exceed 300,000 units, the "hundreds of thousands" statistic alone is likely to put first-weekend iPhone 3G S unit sales estimates from many Wall Street analysts underwater.
In a research note issued to clients earlier this week, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster estimated that Apple would sell roughly half a million iPhone 3G Ss during its first weekend on the market.
With Apple's own pre-order process likely to have trumped AT&T's, it now appears that the Cupertino-based company will handily sell more than a million devices during the first three days, which would make the iPhone 3G S launch more successful than the iPhone 3G launch last year.
Adding further support to this theory are comments coming out of Apple's UK wireless provider O2. In a blog post Friday, the carrier reported that by lunchtime local time, it had sold more iPhone 3G S handsets than it sold iPhone 3G devices on launch day last year.
Phone 3G S devices being packaged for shipment at an AT&T Distribution Center in Ft. Worth, Texas.
"Sales are still going strong and we expect to have sold 50% more iPhone 3G S handsets than last year?s launch by the close of business today," a representative for O2 said. "Footfall to our shops this morning was 10 times higher than an average day and our online site saw a 150% increase in traffic."
The wireless provider also noted that, thus far, the black iPhone 3G S is outselling the white one by 3:1.
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well that is pretty impressive. I think many of those will be upgrades from the 3G. Never the less I think the future is bright.
So that should up scale your bill to around $160 a month.
Also AT&T is working with Apple to close the hack that allowed free tethering. Thanks to dumb sites like MDN and others advertising it for everyone to see.
Note the AT&T laptop connect card costs $60 a month (with phone, else $100) and is limited to 5 GB down per month.
So expect similar caps and the $55 sounds about right, as AT&T won't have to supply a USB card.
*kisses $10 a month AT&T phone and $25 a month broadband*
Let the wailing and howling begin!
http://appmodo.com/914/apple-iphone-...-tethering-55/
Also a site is reporting that a AT&T spokesperson said that tethering is coming in July for $55 a month.
As already commented:
Patience folks, this is a rumor site.
It will probably in this neighbourhood:
http://www.wireless.att.com/business...comp-table.jsp
Verizon charges $30 for 5 GB when added to a data plan
http://b2b.vzw.com/productsservices/...ssconnect.html
Also a site is reporting that a AT&T spokesperson said that tethering is coming in July for $55 a month. [?] Also AT&T is working with Apple to close the hack that allowed free tethering. Thanks to dumb sites like MDN and others advertising it for everyone to see. Note the AT&T laptop connect card costs $60 a month (with phone, else $100) and is limited to 5 GB down per month. So expect similar caps and the $55 sounds about right, as AT&T won't have to supply a USB card.
That price seems excessive since the USB card is only $60/month and both the iPhone and USB access are unlimited. I have the Seirra Wireless with HSUPA so I?ll stick with my 14.4Mbps/2Mbps over the iPhone 3G with 3.6Mbps/384kbps. As for bandwidth allowances I have averaged over 80GB+ a month for the past 15 months. The contract said a 5GB softcap (I think the iPhone contract does, too) but they advertised unlimited and that is what they?ve honoured.
I can still tether my iPhone 3G to my Mac and I don?t need a hack. i?ve been doing it since the v3.0 beta arrived in March. I can?t imagine that they?ll have an easy fix for this soon that doesn?t require an OS update, which you can simply avoid.
The iphone pre orders alone on AT&T probably outsold all the Palm Pres in existence.
I think they recorded 50k for their first sellout weekend so I think you are probably right.
I think they recorded 50k for their first sellout weekend so I think you are probably right.
This is not even counting the orders with Apple.
The iphone pre orders alone on AT&T probably outsold all the Palm Pres in existence.
Funny how you fanboys always seem to bring up the Pre for some reason.
The iPhone outsold the Pre!? NO WAI!
With Apple's own pre-order process likely to have trumped AT&T's, it now appears that the Cupertino-based company will handily sell more than a million devices during the first three days, which would make the iPhone 3G S launch more successful than the iPhone 3G launch last year.
Incredible, considering that many of the buyers are those like me who pre-ordered
in spite of the additional $200 charge. (My 3G was activated 8/2008, but for some
reason the non-negotiable eligibility date in AT&T's computer was 4/2010. No luck
getting the better rate no matter whom I spoke to.)
I hope after the smoke clears we can see some analysis of how many of these
are new to the family, how many are original iPhoners (non-3G) and how many
are 3G people who have had their handsets for about a year.
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well that is pretty impressive. I think many of those will be upgrades from the 3G. Never the less I think the future is bright.
great First post !!you win !!!
My iphone 32GB 3GS arrived at my home (Apple on-line - shipped from China) promptly at 10:30am EST this morning via UPS (the driver said they had 38,000 to deliver this morning as a test run vs Fed-Ex). By 10:35 I was attempting to activate it (having backed up my 3G at 9:45, assuming it would arrive on time). The activation timed out with a note saying it would be completed within 48 hours and that an email would arrive notifying me that the phone is activated. I've completed the restore of my apps, etc, onto the new phone and await activation.
48Hours? I'd say they're overwhelmed by the sales volume today.
Funny how you fanboys always seem to bring up the Pre for some reason.
The iPhone outsold the Pre!? NO WAI!
Funny how you haters were shoving the Pre down our throats for the past 6 months saying it will "kill the iphone". IT SURE DIDN'T BUDDY!
Funny how you fanboys always seem to bring up the Pre for some reason.
The iPhone outsold the Pre!? NO WAI!
On the contrary, I doubt any Apple fanboys are on the PalmInsider site wasting their time.
On the contrary, I doubt any Apple fanboys are on the PalmInsider site wasting their time.
You need to go on some of the Palm sites, half the posts there are hating on Apple.
If you can get over $400 for your old one at ebay like me, do it and upgrade, you won't regret it cause this thing is pretty fast.
mine came in this morning but i'm at work. i was downloading apps to my laptop for when i come home and suddenly i'm getting timeouts