Google| Subject | Re: Microsoft Surface pre-orders sold out - all models |
| From | Alan Baker |
| Date | 10/31/2012 16:14 (10/31/2012 08:14) |
| Message-ID | <alangbaker-9BB82F.08141031102012@news.datemas.de> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
| Follows | Steve de Mena |
In article <QNSdnaUIBYSoiwzNnZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d@giganews.com>, Steve de Mena <steve@demena.com>wrote:
Steve de MenaYes, Steve. But the number does at least give one a sense of scale.
On 10/30/12 7:46 PM, Alan Baker wrote:Alan BakerSteve de Mena
In article <7-WdnbAeQN3XDxLNnZ2dnUVZ_ridnZ2d@giganews.com>, Steve de Mena <steve@demena.com>wrote:Steve de MenaAlan Baker
On 10/29/12 9:35 PM, Alan Baker wrote:Steve de MenaWhere were you when Apple announced iPhone 5 pre-orders were sold out with no numbers given as to how many units "sold out" consisted of?Alan Baker
Love the double standards here!
Steve
Steve, Steve:
Apple announces numbers with some regularity.
Point me to one that documented how many units constituted pre-orders "sold out" when they have proclaimed that.
Steve
"Apple has revealed the iPhone 5 is on course to become the biggest selling gadget in the firm's history after it revealed two million preorders were placed in just 24 hours on Friday."
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2204514/Apple-reveals-too k-2-MILLION-preorders-iPhone-5-just-24-hours.html>
<http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/09/17iPhone-5-Pre-Orders-Top-Two-Mi llion-in-First-24-Hours.html>
Neither of those cite a number which give a total for the "sold out" aspect of it, just a total for the 24 hour period.
"Many found the initial batch of preorders sold out in just an hour". What was that amount in the first hour?
"Initial batch BELIEVED [my emphasis] to have sold out in an hour".
Steve
-- "The iPhone doesn't have... ...well, since Edwin seems to have finally crawled away for good, I guess I'll let him off the hook
10/23/2012-
