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The most popular product of all time
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| July 29, 2016
| Horace Dediu
Posted on 07/29/2016 6:55:38 PM PDT by Swordmaker
The following is a list of the best-selling products across several categories:
Car model: VW Beetle 21.5 million
Car brand: Toyota Corolla 43 million
Music Album: Thriller 70 million
Vehicle: Honda Super Cub 87 million
Book Title: Lord of the Rings 150 million
Toy: Rubik’s Cube 350 million
Game console: Playstation 382 million
Book series: Harry Potter Series 450 million
Mobile Phone: iPhone 1 billion
The iPhone is not only the best selling mobile phone but also the best selling music player, the best selling camera, the best selling video screen and the best selling computer of all time.
It is, quite simply, the best selling product of all time.
It is that because it is so much more than a product. It is an enabler for change. It unleashed forces which we are barely able to perceive, let alone control. It changed the world because it changed us.
And it did all that in less than nine years. One has to wonder what it will enable in the next nine.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: applepinglist
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To: Gator113
I do not regret any of my Apple purchases, my only regret is their CEO. Yes, I know he must be doing something right, but I sure don’t like him or his politics. I too regret his lifestyle and his on-his-sleeve politics. Steve Jobs was much more discreet. . . and smart about the effect his politics would have on Apple.
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:00:58 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue..)
To: Elderberry
Strike anywhere matches.
Bic lighter.
Flashlight.
Off bug spray.
pocket knife. Either consumables, or multiple manufacturers or brands.
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:02:51 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue..)
To: dfwgator; Mears
The mention of Michael Jackson jarred my memory, so yes, I have heard of it.
To: Gator113
It was your ping list info and you personally that sold me on the Apple product. Thanks for the compliment.
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:03:38 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue..)
To: bigbob
Trojans Fight on! Turn the Tide!
To: Fiji Hill
So how does that work when USC plays the Oregon State Beavers?
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:05:43 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Swordmaker
I’m so old that I remember when MacDonald’s sold in the double-digit millions.
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:06:36 PM PDT
by
gigster
(Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
To: Swordmaker
We had a ‘52 Majestic TV that lasted 11 years.
To: Swordmaker
I would never own any phone but an iPhone.
When I see someone using one of the cheaper phones (I call them throwaways), I know that there is something wrong with the user. I don't always feel that I can depend on such a person.
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:11:25 PM PDT
by
Tau Food
(Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
To: Swordmaker
For me, it’s toilet paper, followed closely by paper towels.
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:11:55 PM PDT
by
Migraine
(Diversity is great -- until it happens to YOU.)
To: Gator113
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:12:49 PM PDT
by
Migraine
(Diversity is great -- until it happens to YOU.)
To: Swordmaker
Number of total Bibles Printed 6,001,500,000
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:22:45 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(This posting is a microaggression.)
To: gigster
I’m so old that I remember when MacDonald’s sold in the double-digit millions. Hell, I saw it when it said "Over 100 sold!"
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07/29/2016 9:26:37 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue..)
To: Swordmaker
and then they hired a sodomite as CEO and the company went down the tubes, the end.
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:55:53 PM PDT
by
TexasFreeper2009
(You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
To: Swordmaker
Book Title: Lord of the Rings 150 million
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The Bible. More than two billion copies.
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posted on
07/29/2016 10:32:11 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
07/29/2016 10:32:48 PM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: Swordmaker
To: mfish13
Ak-47s and variants 137 million
Remington Rolling Block rifle 70 million
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To: Swordmaker
Honda Super Cub Never heard of it.
My daughter has a silver Toyota Corolla. It's been called the ultimate in urban camouflage.
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posted on
07/30/2016 7:57:39 AM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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