By Richi Jennings. 14 February 2011.
Verizon iPhone hasn't sold well, some say. It is because people are waiting for the release date of Apple's iPhone or are misleading perceptions? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers are angels pinhead-balancing.
Your humble blogwatcher curated by these bits bloggy for your entertainment. Not to mention the real heroes ...
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Harry McCracken start a rumor:
I went to my local Apple Store [Friday] night, on the heels of the release yesterday of Verizon iPhone 4. ... I commented on the lack of insanity induced by Verizon to a salesguy. "We surprised ourselves," he said. ... There are supposed to be hordes of people willing to show up at dawn to crack and wait for hours. ... Everyone knows that. But this time, it didn't happen. ... Because the degree of normality? Some theories ...
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People are waiting for the iPhone 5. ... You might decide to bide your time a few months to see what Apple releases this summer. ... The years of accumulation for the release of Verizon iPhone 4 make a wait of only a few months more ... look like anything.
Scot Finnie agrees, adding additional possibilities:
First, the next version of iPhone should be published this year (probably this summer). ... And there are more problems. Verizon iPhone does not support voice and data operations simultaneously. Also, Android-based Smartphone from the competition is fierce, and is evolving rapidly.
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The latest version of the iPhone 4 has improved slightly, due to its antenna design, and you're going to love the connection strength and reliability. If you've been hankering for an iPhone but they refused to go with AT&T--and do not want to wait for the next iPhone 5--Verizon iPhone 4 is the best choice.
Michael Fowlkes but thinks the lines of "might be misleading":
Some analysts had expected to see some long lines, but did not materialize, creating the impression that the launch was less successful. ... In most cities there were lines at all! How could it be? ... A huge number of customers had already pre-ordered your iPhone Verizon to avoid waiting in long lines and seems to have worked perfectly.
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Verizon has not released its sales figures for February 3, but it stated that it was the "most successful sales in the first day in the history of the company."... It has been estimated that Verizon probably sold about one million iPhone during the launch, with many more sales coming on the horizon. ... Extreme cold is probably required to House some potential buyers. ... There are also many buyers out there that will be enough to hold off and wait for a new iPhone hit the market ... in July.
Andrew Lipsman puckers:
On February 3, 2011, Verizon and Apple began accepting pre-orders. ... That day alone, millions of people visited verizonwireless.com, with 38% visiting the pre-order page for Verizon iPhone. Visitors to the pre-order page, 39% actually complete a transaction pre-order – an amazing conversion rate.
And Greg Sterling finds some other data:
In little over 48 hours since its launch the Verizon iPhone in the United States is responsible for 3.6% of the traffic that is seeing Chitika on its network. ... Research Director Dan Ruby has estimated that the traffic was coming from about 900 K Verizon iPhones.
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It's hard to know what the "inside baseball" voices and cover tech permeates the public consciousness. But it seems that some people are waiting for the next iPhone. Certainly I am not going to buy an iPhone 4 on Verizon when iPhone 5 probably is coming in a few months.
But Thompsondoesn't seem exactly fond of methodology of Ruby:
The methodology is superior to that of iPad counter [you] did last year? Because what sucked.
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