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The interesting thing about this is that the original iPhone was barely something that could be called a success. It sold 6.1 Million phones over 5 quarters. Th
by clarky07 13y ago
The interesting thing about this is that the original iPhone was barely something that could be called a success. It sold 6.1 Million phones over 5 quarters. The recent launch was 9 Million in 3 days. They sold 50% more phones in a weekend than they did in 450 days. Reports of Apple's death are exaggerated I think.
- DigitalJack 13y agoI think it would be better to compare it to a smartphone of the day, like samsung's blackjack.
- rythie 13y agoAs a disruptive product, it did exactly what you'd expect it to do, i.e. start slow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations