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iPhone 6 blowout: Chinese pre-orders put at 20 million plus
Fortune ^ | 10/13/14 | Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Posted on 10/14/2014 6:59:30 AM PDT by Enlightened1

A reporter who has been tracking iPhone 6 and 6 Plus reservations in China for the past week estimated on Tencent QQ Monday that more than 20 million units were pre-ordered last weekend. His report is being picked up by DigiTimes and other Asian tech sites.

If the 20-million figure is accurate — a big if — it would mean that five times as many iPhone 6s were pre-ordered in three days in one country as were the first weekend in 10 countries, including the U.S., U.K. and Hong Kong.

(Excerpt) Read more at fortune.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: apple; china; iphone; sold
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1 posted on 10/14/2014 6:59:30 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1; GeronL

I want my free Oibamaphone!


2 posted on 10/14/2014 7:06:05 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: Swordmaker

ping!


3 posted on 10/14/2014 7:07:17 AM PDT by BullDog108 (A Smith & Wesson beats four aces!)
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To: Enlightened1

I bought the 6 for me and the 6+ for the wifey. Love the phone and both of us are falling in in love with Siri. Terrific phones. They replaced a 4 and a 5. We wanted the larger screen sizes.


4 posted on 10/14/2014 7:09:28 AM PDT by InterceptPoint (Remember Mississippi)
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To: Enlightened1

My phone will be here on Thursday its been a long wait!


5 posted on 10/14/2014 7:11:08 AM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (God help the Republic but will he?)
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To: InterceptPoint; Empireoftheatom48
Yeah mine arrived yesterday about 1pm. It was interesting to track it coming from China. Anyhow, it took me 3 hours to set it up.

I strongly recommend to update your iTunes, and then sync your iPhone 6 with it (use the cable). This is because it will download iOS 8 and then iOS 8.0.2.

Once you get the iOS 8 then you have to back it up. through iTunes. Then update it to to iOS 8.0.2 back it up again through iTunes, and then update your Apps in the App store. After each back up, I disconnect and reconnected the iPhone 6 to iTunes.

Nevertheless, after all that(3 hours).. it's been smooth ever since. The more I use it the more I like it. The iPhone 6 4.7 is much larger than the iPhone 5.

Oh and did not think I would like the Touch ID and Passcode but I do. I ended up doing both thumbs instead of one.

6 posted on 10/14/2014 7:28:53 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

How long was the wait, and what carrier?


7 posted on 10/14/2014 7:31:35 AM PDT by moehoward
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To: Enlightened1

The urban sheeple and Konformists cannot afford to start a family or buy a house but they can afford the latest iPhone. Can’t buy a BMW or Mercedes, cannot afford more than one child, but you can afford iphone six.

It is a luxury you can afford and gives you bragging rights


8 posted on 10/14/2014 7:36:12 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: moehoward
I went to the Apple web site, and ordered an iPhone 6 64 GB. This is because iOS 8 occupies 4GB leaving you only with 11 on the 16GB iPhone 6. I thought if apps keep getting bigger, then I need more room.

Anyway this was on Sunday Afternoon at little after 5pm on Oct 5th with AT&T. They shipped it on Monday at 12:25am (7 hours later). So it was about 7 days coming straight from China.

9 posted on 10/14/2014 7:41:40 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: dennisw
LOL! Each to their own... It's their life.

For the record I'm a home owner, but no I do not own a BMW or Mercedes.

If you think about it. A BMW/Mercedes depreciates faster in the first 3 years than an iPhone.

10 posted on 10/14/2014 7:44:12 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: InterceptPoint

Same, same and same!!!

And I’m also VERY much in love with my Apple stock. hehe


11 posted on 10/14/2014 7:50:35 AM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: Enlightened1

Interesting. We ordered at the ATT store at the end of Sep. Black/Grey 16, White/Silver 16, and a Black/Grey 64 6+. We were told the 16s would ship in “a couple days” and the 6+, “a couple weeks” even though the paperwork had separate dates ranging from 10/6 to 11/15.

The Black/Grey 16 shipped the next day. The White/Silver date has changed a couple of times and is now back to the original date. No news on the 6+ at all.


12 posted on 10/14/2014 8:04:48 AM PDT by moehoward
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To: moehoward
I saw the long wait at the AT&T store. So I went directly to Apple.

It's just like going through AT&T. No different, but you get your iPhone faster since you are going right to the source.

I did the same thing when the iPhone 5 came out 2 years ago with the same results.

13 posted on 10/14/2014 8:13:01 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

You are not the typical urban sheeple that is Apples target demographic to sell to


14 posted on 10/14/2014 8:14:46 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Enlightened1

Tried that. The site wouldn’t work. When going through the Apple site it couldn’t find my ATT account. Tried it over several days. I’m guessing it’s on the ATT side of that though.


15 posted on 10/14/2014 8:23:24 AM PDT by moehoward
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To: dennisw; Enlightened1
The urban sheeple and Konformists cannot afford to start a family or buy a house but they can afford the latest iPhone. Can’t buy a BMW or Mercedes, cannot afford more than one child, but you can afford iphone six.

You obviously have no idea what it cost to get married, have babies, raise families, medical insurance, buy homes, cars more insurance etc...You're comparing these brutally expensive things to a cell phone?

Face it, the American way of life has become unobtainium for most young Americans...

Those days are gone. Zip

16 posted on 10/14/2014 8:34:09 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: moehoward

It found my AT&T account with no problem.

Did you try flushing your cache on your device before doing it again?

If so or you did it on a different device, then I guess you should ask AT&T? I’ve been with AT&T for a long time (over 15 years). Who knows?


17 posted on 10/14/2014 8:34:12 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

Thanks for the info. Yeah, I watched it come from China, right now it’s in Kentucky! Lol.


18 posted on 10/14/2014 8:36:12 AM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (God help the Republic but will he?)
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To: Empireoftheatom48

Let me guess... Louisville? And prior to that Alaska and Korea?


19 posted on 10/14/2014 8:37:47 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: moehoward

When I bought my iPhone 4s at an Apple Store two years ago, the Apple techs had all kinds of problems with ATT to get my account set up. It took 3 hours and an intervention by the Apple central tech control office for ATT to get their act together.


20 posted on 10/14/2014 8:39:18 AM PDT by jimtorr
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