10 million is a good number

The numbers hit the screens, Apple sold over ten million iPhones over the weekend. That excluded China, which represents just shy of one sixth of all sales, the reason being that Apple are awaiting a second licence to give them the go ahead. It has to do with networks and access, China is more open to the outside world than ever before, of course not all freedoms are permitted. Paul just visited both Hong Kong and Beijing, his feelings having spoken to some english speakers is that life is definitely improving. Obviously the poor air quality is a serious issue. When the company, Apple, can sell phones in China, I am sure that the sales numbers will be a lot higher.


The sales took place at only 10 cities around the world. So roughly one million units a city! I am pretty sure that the flagship store in New York did more sales than most, if you have ever been there you would have noticed how awesome it really is. This week, according to the FT article: Apple sells record 10m iPhone 6 models in first weekend, Russia and Turkish iPhone lovers will be able to "get" their new model. As you can see, analysts are expecting around 45 million phones to be sold in the current quarter. And it turns out Byron and I will be wrong, early signs are that people want to the get the iPhone 6 and not the plus, the ratio in the UK (early signs) is a 7 to 3 split, in favour of the iPhone 6.


All positive and this bodes well for the company, another update no doubt when the company posts results, some time at the end of October, the 27th is the date I have seen. We should have seen at least an iPhone 6 this side, here in South Africa, although my web search suggests not, some time in November. I checked the respective Facebook pages of MTN and Vodacom (strangely MTN have more "likes" on Facebook than Vodacom) and I cannot tell immediately.