Todd Ficharker, who describes himself as the “clumsiest person in the world” smashed the screen of his iPhone less than 24 hours after he bought it. He explains:
“I tried answering a call while it was plugged in and the short cord pulled it out of my hand and hit the corner of a table on the way down. 100% my fault.”
But there’s a silver lining! Unbelievably, Apple replaced it for free.
“They gave me a brand new phone for free. Talk about fantastic customer care. I am in love 4-eva with Apple.” Via MacFeber
Pic by Leander Kahney: Apple’s San Francisco store on iPhone opening night.
Goldman Sachs analyst David Bailey thinks Apple sold 700,000 iPhones on its opening weekend, more than half again than the 500,000 estimated by his esteemed colleague Gene Munster.
Bloomberg reports that Bailey initially pegged 350,000 iPhone sales, and Munster estimated 200,000.
Said Munster: “In 2009, we estimate a third of Apple’s sales will be from iPhone. This is a huge product.”
Apple sold half a million iPhones in its opening weekend, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster estimates.
Munster was impressed with the raw speed at which the iPhones were sold. Some stores had 50 cashiers selling 1,000 iPhones an hour, he said. Most were the 8-Gbyte model.
It looks like the iPhone is beginning to sell out. Almost every store in California is out, except for one San Francisco store. However, there are iPhones available in New York and other states.
But I bet they’ll be sold out by the weekend. EBay sellers disappointed that the handsets aren’t being snapped up need only wait a week or two and they’ll be scarce again. (iPhone Not Quite The Cash Cow eBay Sellers Were Hoping: by Corey Spring, Newsvine)
See above. I’m heading to the Genius Bar tomorrow. Who wants to be bet there’s already someone there to complain that Apple sold them a defective phone without a keypad?
As you might expect, Apple has thrown out tons of iPhone demo units so you can get the full experience in the store. As you might not expect, it’s actually capable of placing calls – and Apple isn’t blocking caller ID. How do I know? Because I accidentally called the Hayes Street Grill in San Francisco and hung up in horror. And then leaped back as a return call came in. I answered, of course. I then called my fiancee to capture the number of the phone. I would think this is a bad idea for Apple to have those numbers readily available, but what the heck? The number is 408-398-9220. Please use it responsibly – this can be the new John Appleseed number.
Though San Francisco’s Union Square Apple Store didn’t develop an iPhone waiters line until yesterday evening, the line has grown to quite the monstrosity as of this morning, running from the store’s front door for a good block and then rounding the corner. There are tents, a bizarre pie-throwing booth, and the people look restless.
I didn’t get a shot off before my bus rounded the corner en route to Caltrain. Anyone out there in line already? Who’s got photos? What’s the mood?
In case you haven’t heard, this weekend marked the iPhone’s coming out party. Though the iPhone actually goes on sale this Friday, Apple employees decided to take the iPhone out into the world one week early. How do I know? Two personal acquaintances ran into Apple folks breaking out their 3-in-1 revolutionary devices in San Francisco on Saturday.
One works in a retail store and saw the iPhone-bearer pull out the device when he couldn’t remember the name of a book he was looking for. He was very careful not to show the screen. It was a discrete way to show off.
At the other end of the spectrum lies the doofus in the skull t-shirt above. A friend of mine caught him at a party. Check his texts about it:
I’m at this party with a bunch of [company name deleted] people, and this dude from apple is conspicuously busting out his iphone.
After I requested the photo you see above, here’s the note of his reply:
Someone told me not to do it bc he could get in trouble… Well maybe he shouldn’t be flashing it around at a party! I refuse to jock even though it’s a research op.
That’s how brazen Apple folks were with their iPhones these days.
