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Has this ever happened in previous years (before new iPhone releases)?

delinka 14y ago
Yes. Every year. Edit: archgrove speaks of the pre-release lull, not the competitor's sales figures. By 'this' MatthewPhillips can only be referring to the lull. If MatthewPhillips had meant SIII sales numbers, he should have clarified the antecedent of his pronoun. Ergo, sp332 is still correct that this is the first time a competitor has outsold iPhone and I am still correct that this lull happens every year - these facts are not mutually exclusive.
- freyr 14y ago
  Really?
  - delinka 14y ago
    Yes. Really.
    - freyr 14y ago
      Nope.
- MatthewPhillips 14y ago
  This person says otherwise: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4479366 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4479366 Not sure who to believe, anyone have some old links by chance?
- MatthewPhillips 14y ago
  The 'this' I was referring to was the subject of the article (which was iPhone being outsold by a single handset). Being correct shouldn't always be the goal in discussion, by the way.
  - tripzilch 14y ago
    A good friend of mine once told me: Don't just defend your right to be wrong, EXERCISE IT!! Truly words to live by.
sp332 14y ago
There is a lull before the announcement every year. That said, this is the first time a competitor has outsold them.
archgrove 14y ago
I'm not certain if a single handset has outsold the flagship iPhone previously (certainly Android as a whole has). However, I believe this is the first time a flagship quality handset from a competitor that is basically eating the Android market has come out in the few months preceding an iPhone.
- vitriolix 14y ago
  This is true, mostly because only one company in this space lumps all their phones under one name even when they are on different carriers with different radios and firmwares... until the GSIII that is.
  - montecarl 14y ago
    I could be wrong, but I remember reading that there is only 1 hardware model for the iPhone 4s. It supports both GSM and CDMA networks. The wikipedia article seems to support this claim: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_4S#Hardware http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_4S#Hardware
    - katabatic 14y ago
      That is correct - all 4s devices have both CDMA and GSM support; the difference between the AT&T and Verizon "versions" is just one of activation, basically.

Yes. Every year. Edit: archgrove speaks of the pre-release lull, not the competitor's sales figures. By 'this' MatthewPhillips can only be referring to the lull. If MatthewPhillips had meant SIII sales numbers, he should have clarified the antecedent of his pronoun. Ergo, sp332 is still correct that this is the first time a competitor has outsold iPhone and I am still correct that this lull happens every year - these facts are not mutually exclusive.

freyr 14y ago
Really?
- delinka 14y ago
  Yes. Really.
  - freyr 14y ago
    Nope.
MatthewPhillips 14y ago
This person says otherwise: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4479366 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4479366 Not sure who to believe, anyone have some old links by chance?
MatthewPhillips 14y ago
The 'this' I was referring to was the subject of the article (which was iPhone being outsold by a single handset). Being correct shouldn't always be the goal in discussion, by the way.
- tripzilch 14y ago
  A good friend of mine once told me: Don't just defend your right to be wrong, EXERCISE IT!! Truly words to live by.

sp332 14y ago

There is a lull before the announcement every year. That said, this is the first time a competitor has outsold them.

archgrove 14y ago

I'm not certain if a single handset has outsold the flagship iPhone previously (certainly Android as a whole has). However, I believe this is the first time a flagship quality handset from a competitor that is basically eating the Android market has come out in the few months preceding an iPhone.

vitriolix 14y ago
This is true, mostly because only one company in this space lumps all their phones under one name even when they are on different carriers with different radios and firmwares... until the GSIII that is.
- montecarl 14y ago
  I could be wrong, but I remember reading that there is only 1 hardware model for the iPhone 4s. It supports both GSM and CDMA networks. The wikipedia article seems to support this claim: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_4S#Hardware http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_4S#Hardware
  - katabatic 14y ago
    That is correct - all 4s devices have both CDMA and GSM support; the difference between the AT&T and Verizon "versions" is just one of activation, basically.