100,000's of iPhones sold in Europe in last 72 Hours!

News <News@Groups.com> wrote:

> B. Peg wrote:
>
> > I also liked the statement of 700 stores with 350
> > people waiting outside. What is that? Two per store? LOL!
>
> More like one every other store, no?

yes, peg messed up, that's 245,000 waiting in line :)

At 12 Nov 2007 09:35:18 -0700 Oxford wrote:
> As predicted, the iPhone is off to an extremely strong start in Europe,
> breaking records in many cases. O2, Britian's largest carrier says it's
> the best selling phone they have ever had!
>
> ---
>
> Peter Erskine, chief executive of Telefonica's 02 Europe, said the
> mobile operator has sold hundreds of thousands of Apple iPhones in the
> UK since the heavily-hyped multimedia handsets went on sale last Friday
> evening.
>
> http://snipurl.com/1tizg

The corrections came as fast as I suspected...

http://guardian.co.uk/business/2007/...telecoms.apple
"Erskine stressed it is 'early days' and refused to give an exact figure
for his company's sales in the UK, ADDING ONLY THAT REPORTS THAT OVER
100,000 BEING BOUGHT WERE EXAGGERATED." [emphasis mine.]

"Mobile phone company O2 claims to have sold 'tens of thousands' of
iPhones over the weekend, despite little evidence of a repeat of the long
queues seen outside stores when the device launched in the US over the
summer..."

"There have been reports that O2 and Carphone stores have seen lacklustre
sales of the phone, but Erskine said 'the initial feedback is we are in-
line with our expectations'."

Oxford wrote:
> As predicted, the iFlop is off to an extremely strong start in Europe

Who really gives a flying **** Oxtard, it has NOTHING to do with Nokia
and most of the other newsgroups you are SPAMMING.

Have fun with your iFlop but don't CRAP on about it like a broken record.


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Simon Templar wrote:
>
> Have fun with your iFlop but don't CRAP on about it like a broken record.
>
>

Oxtardiarrhea.

Oxford wrote:
> News <News@Groups.com> wrote:
>
>
>>B. Peg wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I also liked the statement of 700 stores with 350
>>>people waiting outside. What is that? Two per store? LOL!
>>
>>More like one every other store, no?
>
>
> yes, peg messed up, that's 245,000 waiting in line


No, more like one every other store.

In news:5prnjiFs7pnsU1@mid.individual.net,
Simon Templar <usenet@vk3xem.net>spewed forth:
> Oxford wrote:
>> As predicted, the iFlop is off to an extremely strong start in Europe
>
> Who really gives a flying **** Oxtard, it has NOTHING to do with Nokia
> and most of the other newsgroups you are SPAMMING.
>
> Have fun with your iFlop but don't CRAP on about it like a broken
> record.

please report him to news@qwest.net

In news:XH1_i.4471$Pf7.356@fe115.usenetserver.com,
Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com>spewed forth:
> At 12 Nov 2007 09:35:18 -0700 Oxford wrote:
>> As predicted, the iPhone is off to an extremely strong start in
>> Europe, breaking records in many cases. O2, Britian's largest
>> carrier says it's the best selling phone they have ever had!
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Peter Erskine, chief executive of Telefonica's 02 Europe, said the
>> mobile operator has sold hundreds of thousands of Apple iPhones in
>> the UK since the heavily-hyped multimedia handsets went on sale last
>> Friday evening.
>>
>> http://snipurl.com/1tizg
>
> The corrections came as fast as I suspected...
>
> http://guardian.co.uk/business/2007/...telecoms.apple
> "Erskine stressed it is 'early days' and refused to give an exact
> figure for his company's sales in the UK, ADDING ONLY THAT REPORTS
> THAT OVER 100,000 BEING BOUGHT WERE EXAGGERATED." [emphasis mine.]
>
> "Mobile phone company O2 claims to have sold 'tens of thousands' of
> iPhones over the weekend, despite little evidence of a repeat of the
> long queues seen outside stores when the device launched in the US
> over the summer..."
>
> "There have been reports that O2 and Carphone stores have seen
> lacklustre sales of the phone, but Erskine said 'the initial feedback
> is we are in- line with our expectations'."

please report him to news@qwest.net

ChairMan wrote:
> please report him to news@qwest.net

Is that his Internet Service Provider?


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At 12 Nov 2007 11:17:12 -0700 Oxford wrote:

> > I have a strong feeling that story will be corrected/retracted later
> > today.
>
> because.. it doesn't agree with you? CNN has the scoop, you don't.

No, because, as I pointed out, the story contradicted itself, much like
you often do. If you read it with a critical eye you could've figured it
out yourself. Or did you actually believe nearly 1% of the population of
the UK bought an iPhone this weekend?

> Or, WSJ, BBC, or the Daily Telegraph have old info. CNN usually doesn't
> make mistakes.


Except they apparently did, didn't they? ;-)

money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-20913866.htm

"CORRECTION 02 Europe chief executive encouraged by early iPhone sales
November 12, 2007: 08:43 AM EST
(Corrects iPhone sales figure to read tens of thousands, not hundreds of
thousands)"


QED...

In article
<colalovesosx-E46E3F.11171212112007@mpls-nnrp-02.inet.qwest.net>,
Oxford <colalovesosx@supersmart.com> wrote:

> Ah, within the first 30 hours Apple sold 270,000 in the US, so within 72
> hours, 100's of thousands is right in line for such a great product.

Really?
How big do you think the UK is?