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Apple sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s through Saturday, June 26

By Rachel King | June 28, 2010, 6:00am PDT

Summary: Within three days of the live launch date, Apple sold a whopping 1.7 million copies of the iPhone 4. Despite all of the problems and hassle that went on during the pre-sale week, that’s pretty darn good.

Within three days of the live launch date, Apple sold a whopping 1.7 million copies of the iPhone 4. Despite all of the problems and hassle that went on during the pre-sale week, that’s pretty darn good.

That number includes all of the sales up to and including Saturday, June 26. Compare that to one year ago when iPhone 3GS sales topped one million in four days, and sales for the iPhone 3G reached a million in three days in 2008.

Sunday numbers haven’t been published or included yet, but basically the iPhone 4 has become the Avatar of smartphones.

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RE: Apple sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s through Saturday, June 26

eljorgisimo 28th Jun 2010

"I buy the best consumer goods for me. It's why I've been buying Windows Mobile products."

ROTFLMFAO

Oh NZ that was your best one yet!!!

I am so looking forward to your next post!!!

And seriously, you own a Zune? And you admit it? Why do you think the original color was brown?

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Good for Apple

NonZealot Updated - 28th Jun 2010

They finally released a phone that deserves the sales it gets. Yes, it took them 4 tries and yes, they were 10 years late and yes, they had to copy everyone else to get the basics (*cough* copy and paste, multi-tasking, native apps, etc *cough*) but none of that really matters, I'll leave that for the rabid fanboys to bicker about.

Congrats Apple and congrats to every one of those 1.7 million consumers. Most of you are probably iDiots but even iDiots sometimes accidentally make a good choice. happy

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delusional

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@NonZealot
you are really one of the most delusional apple haters here in geeky land. do you really think any of that hardly usable resistive touchscreen phones that you had to use with a pen, and had a horrible ui were something real people wanted to use? and no, copy and paste and multitasking are not basic features. until they are implemented in a usable way that doesn't kill your battery in an hour, they are only empty bullet points on a feature list.

i know for traditional pc folks like you it is really hard to accept: apple reinvented the phone three years ago with the first usable browser, a touchscreen that worked and an ui that blew everything out of the water that existed before (something most people would call basic features). and besides the screaming and howling of the windows mobile enthusiasts (yes, they really existed) back then, now three years later all smartphones are an upside-down and backwards, patent infringing copy of the iphone.

and now even your world has changed for the better. if it wasn't for apple the smartphone industry would still be in a deep coma.

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Thanks for the reply

NonZealot 28th Jun 2010

@banned from zdnet
But like I said:
I'll leave that for the rabid fanboys to bicker about

That would be you I was talking about! Actually, I did forget to acknowledge iDiots like you in my original post so I'll rectify that now.

Thank you, iDiots like banned from zdnet everywhere, for buying truly substandard phones like the iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3GS so that Apple had enough money to finally make a good phone. Without your blind loyalty and willingness to pay for truly some of the worst products to ever grace this earth, you will allow millions to reap the benefits of your stupidity. Apple couldn't have done it without you. And for that, thank you!

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RE: Apple sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s through Saturday, June 26

Jimster480 28th Jun 2010

@banned from zdnet Patent infringing? Maybe you should check ALL THE PATENTS that POS apple is Infringing on to make the iPhone AKA iPhail. Their new phone is a POS, you cant even grab the sides and have it work. It still has no multitasking, no FM radio, no interchangeable battery, no CDMA support, no Open OS (meaning you can install any apps you want, instead of just those approved by Apple), and no real video chat.
I do agree that Apple did change the market 3 years ago with the iPhone, but now it has fallen behind, and will continue to do so. The only reason they sold so many iPhones this time around is because ATT let people renew early just to get it. because even they see that the future looks dim for iPhone fanbois.

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NonZealot Failed to Mention, that it's a Samsung Galaxy S Rebranded Phone!

i2fun@... 28th Jun 2010

@banned from zdnet Finally they sorta got it right, but 70% of those sales are to iPhone, 3G, 3GS upgraders! haha..... Woohooo.... whereas the now estimated at 200,000 Android Device Activations a day are mostly iPwned, Palm, Nokia and RIM converts!

BTW.... most people now realize that most of the parts in that iPhone 4, are made by Samsung. Apple begged Samsung to let them use their Hummingbird A8 SoC, that they had contracted w/ Intrinsity to design Domino Logic and tape out the chip, using Samsung's own chip Tape (substrate) Technology for cooler, more energy efficient processing in Apple's re-branded A-4 SoC. Of course, you know all memory is made Samsung and they supplied half of those IPS screens along with LG and the majority of other parts except Broadcom radios. That are still hampered by Apple's lone asinine external antenna invention for improved dropped call service on AT&T's fastest to drop a call network!

So Apple's part (since they didn't know how to shrink the IPS LED chips to make their Rectal IPS Screens, is in hidden features. Yet to be unveiled. The fix for dropped calls is coming in the form of a Self Stunning Gun feature. Hold it wrong, say something bad about Apple or even think wrong and you get shocked. It's a new iNazi designed control feature to go along w/ their "Thought Police" Prison Gardened Walled Network! grin

Oh.... iPhone 4 over wireless video conferencing over VOIP 3G? Well if you look back at what iChat is a program designed for use on AOL's voice and transport service network. Google owns part of AOL. Which uses the Voip engine and standards based video and voice protocols now owned by Google! lol

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Batting 100...Bravo!

CowLauncher 28th Jun 2010

It is quite amazing how you continue to be utterly wrong about everything you spew about Apple. In the end you just end up calling people names. How typical.

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So I'm wrong then? iPhone 4 sucks and iPhones 1-3 were the good ones?

NonZealot Updated - 28th Jun 2010

@CowLauncher
you continue to be utterly wrong about everything you spew about Apple

If I'm utterly wrong then I'll have to challenge you to come up with reasons why the iPhone 4 sucks and why iPhones 1, 3G, and 3GS were so much better. After all, I'm saying the reverse of that so if you think I'm utterly wrong about that, you just said the iPhone 4 sucked.

In the end you just end up calling people names.

I'm not calling people names, I'm simply stating facts based on their purchasing decisions. Anyone who bought an iPhone 1, 3G, or 3GS is an idiot. Those phones are terrible. But, like I said above, I'm glad for your stupidity. It gave Apple the capital and the time it needed to copy enough features from the competition so that it could finally release a decent product. Congrats Apple and thanks all you iDiots! happy

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RE: Apple sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s through Saturday, June 26

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Hey NZ, Apple makes more of iPhone 'bumpers' than Msft off Win Mo

Davewrite 28th Jun 2010

@NonZealot

Apple sells plastic bumper cases for 29 bucks.
Msft sells Win Mo licenses to OEMs at 15-18 bucks.

I thought that was really amusing.
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I wonder how much MS licensed iPhone Exchange support for?

NonZealot 28th Jun 2010

@Davewrite
Sometimes you guys forget that MS gets a bit of money for every single iPhone sold. What would be really amusing is if MS actually made more money from licensing Exchange to iPhone than it did on WM!

However, in the end, does it really matter?
1. MS makes more profit over its product lines than Apple does.
2. Windows Mobile has served me extremely well over the years, dating back to 2003. The amount of profit that the multi-national, multi-billion $$$/year, mega-corporation makes from the products it sells me is totally and absolutely irrelevant to me. And it should be to you too. happy

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@NZ: $$$ irrelevant? I bought aapl at 160 when you said you got a Macbook

Davewrite 28th Jun 2010

@NZ

it's 265 now.
Good enough profit for some Apple toys.

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Good for you!

NonZealot 28th Jun 2010

But yes, it is still irrelevant to me as a consumer. Has the profit you made (presuming you've sold all your Apple shares now?) turned my MBP into something better than it was when I bought it? Of course not. Likewise, if AAPL stock were to plummet down to $20 tomorrow, would my MBP suddenly go up in flames? Again, of course not. Had you purchased stocks in a different company that was doing well, could you have used those profits to buy yourself some Apple toys? Of course.

Sometimes, fantastic products make no direct money at all, like Linux. Should you not use Linux because you can't make any money on Linux stock? Again, of course not.

I'll stand by my statement since your reply has done nothing, absolutely nothing, to address it:
Windows Mobile has served me extremely well over the years, dating back to 2003. The amount of profit that the multi-national, multi-billion $$$/year, mega-corporation makes from the products it sells me is totally and absolutely irrelevant to me. And it should be to you too.

But enjoy your AAPL profits. Maybe you should buy yourself one of those fancy iPhone 4s? I hear they are really nice! happy

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RE: Apple sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s through Saturday, June 26

ahh so 28th Jun 2010

@Davewrite
With the intensity of hate NonNobody has been spewing here, that means Apple has had an excellent week.

The better the week, the more his puke hits the screen.

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RE: Apple sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s through Saturday, June 26

Pete "athynz" Athens 28th Jun 2010

@NonZealot What's the matter old boy the impending demise of WM getting you down? Don't worry NZ, I'm sure Apple will have an iPhone 4 all ready for you...

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Why would it get me down?

NonZealot 28th Jun 2010

@athynz
What's the matter old boy the impending demise of WM getting you down?

Could you explain to me why I would be depressed about WM not doing well? Unlike you, I haven't formed an emotional bond with the multi-national, multi-$$$/year mega-corporations that sell me my goods. Using your logic, I should be ecstatic because I have an MBP and therefore should be dancing in the street because MY company (Apple) is doing well!!!

Windows Mobile has served me very well for over 7 years. That you would see that as depressing says more about you than it does about me. happy

I'm sure Apple will have an iPhone 4 all ready for you

Are you sure? I hear they've delayed the Canadian launch, probably because they are sold out. wink

You see, I can joke about this because I simply don't care. These are consumer goods. I buy the best consumer goods for me. It's why I've been buying Windows Mobile products. It's why I bought an MBP. It's why I buy Windows. It's why I bought a Zune. happy

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Pete "athynz" Athens 28th Jun 2010

@NonZealot Oh and for that statement about you not namecalling I call your attention to the words in your first post:
Congrats Apple and congrats to every one of those 1.7 million consumers. Most of you are probably iDiots but even iDiots sometimes accidentally make a good choice. I guess in your book calling someone and idiot is not namecalling?

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I calls 'em like I sees 'em

NonZealot 28th Jun 2010

@athynz
Oh and for that statement about you not namecalling

I actually addressed that in my response, did you not see it? From my post:
I'm not calling people names, I'm simply stating facts based on their purchasing decisions.

If you purchased an iPhone 1-3, you are an idiot. That isn't calling anyone a name, that is simply stating the truth.

id?i?ot? ?[id-ee-uht]
?noun
1.
an utterly foolish or senseless person.

I don't make up dictionary definitions, I simply use the words that I find there!

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Serton 28th Jun 2010

@NonZealot What is your main problem? Why do you always call everyone on the planet an idiot? So millions of consumers are idiots. You are the only one in-step, everyone else is out-of-step. The real rabid person is you. You are the King of rabidity. Most hateful person ever. Sure glad you aren't my neighbor. I bet you own an Edsel.

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Actually the facts here are of course a tad different

James Quinn 28th Jun 2010

@NonZealot
from your fantasy world there NonZ. Apple goes it's own way. People like yourself keep trying to compare "features" but Apple does not. Apple always starts with a rock solid foundation and builds upon that solid foundation.... Apple never tries to keep up with the Joneses, be like the Joneses, look or act like the Joneses. Apple's sales of it's products including the iPod, iPad and iPhone never depended on the "features" you've been winning about for these many years NonZ and that kills you:) A fact I so enjoy by the by.

Now as for your claim that Apple finally got it right on it's fourth attempt? You ignore the fantastic sales numbers of even the iPhone 1st gen and so forth but heck that is normal enough for you. What I don't get is you've been doing this wait for them to get it right thing with MS for decades now. Windows 1.0 to Windows 95 (If you want to be generous and give MS Windows 95 as being right that is). MS Word 1.0 World perfect and Word Star were MUCH better products. MS Excel Lotus cleaned it's clock for server versions. IE 1.0.. Netscape was in the lead for several versions beyond IE 1.0. The list for MS goes on and on and on.

Pagan jim

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RE: Apple sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s through Saturday, June 26

smartin007 28th Jun 2010

@NonZealot
dude,
get a ******* job

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ahh so 28th Jun 2010

@smartin007
He has one. He's a paid shill for the Borg Collective.

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How about an independent review...

vulpine@... 28th Jun 2010

@NonZealot: ... that even the EVO, good as it is, isn't good enough?
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2010/06/evo-4g-review.html

The reviewer quite clearly claims that the EVO is an excellent device--but doesn't even compare to the iPhone 3G(S), much less the iPhone 4 in many places. And he gave it a positive review.

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Will KoolAid Benefit from teh iPhone Halo Effect?

tricktytom 28th Jun 2010

I'll bet KoolAid sales went throught the moon, as well...'cause you're all drinking it.

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RE: Apple sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s through Saturday, June 26

gtvr 28th Jun 2010

@tricktytom : Why even bother making such as lazy post?

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and you forgot ...

banned from zdnet Updated - 28th Jun 2010

@tricktytom
... that this unprecedented success in modern history is only based on the clever ads of apple. people only buy their products by the tens of millions because of apple's clever marketing...

the denial of the apple haters never ceases to amaze.

but even here on zdnet, the last hideaway of the microsoft certificated IT doofus and adware/spyware google loving cheapskates more and more readers start to see the light. even your windows sheep commander in chief ueberzealot above has to admit that the iphone is an amazing product. get over it. accept it. your denial only makes you look more idiotic than you are (well, not really, but at least you can try.)

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RE: Apple sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s through Saturday, June 26

Jimster480 28th Jun 2010

@banned from zdnet see the light? What light? You cant see lights which are behind closed doors and solid walls like the ones ur buddy steve put up around everything he has done.

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Walled Garden or Fortress?

James Quinn 28th Jun 2010

@Jimster480
Let me try to explain this concept to you. I am capable of taking on computer projects been doing it all my life in fact as a computer repair/support person it's my job. The fact is I don't want to take my work home with me so I purchase Apple products often. MOST consumers don't have my experience with technology, my knowledge, or ability. They have zero interest in a computer project or learning about a device they just want to use it. Period end of story. Don't be angry that Apple is giving these people and myself what they and I want. You have your devices that give you the ability to tinker or get under the hood and I'm happy for you. Be happy for we who don't want to go there and let it go.

Pagan jim

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OK you made your statement. Now back it up.

James Quinn 28th Jun 2010

@notsotricktytom
Now we shall watch and see nothing from notsotrickytom.

Pagan jim

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RE: Apple sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s through Saturday, June 26

mrlinux 28th Jun 2010

That will just add to the number they end up recalling to correct the antenna issue.

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hope dies last

banned from zdnet 28th Jun 2010

@mrlinux
nope, apple haters back to the cave. it's a minor software glitch. it will be addressed within a few days. sorry.

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So Sorry this is a hardware issue..

mrlinux 28th Jun 2010

@banned from zdnet Their only hope is to come up with a cover for this area, the hand touching in this area is capacitive coupling the 2 antennas. Maybe they will send out a special glove. Call it the MJ special.

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And yet you ignore the increasing reports that the

James Quinn 28th Jun 2010

@mrlinux
problem can't be replicated. Happy customers who've had no problems what so ever with their iPhone 4.0, and the FACT that the actual error reports were very small. Sad really.

Pagan jim

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RE: Apple sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s through Saturday, June 26

ITOdeed 28th Jun 2010

1.7 million sheep have been fleeced... again.

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RE: Apple sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s through Saturday, June 26

Pete "athynz" Athens 28th Jun 2010

@Micrahard Ah yes, the next to last defense of the anti apple herd... Did you ever stop to think that people buy Apple products because they are satisfied with the way they work?

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RE: Apple sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s through Saturday, June 26

mghsn 28th Jun 2010

The only improvement Apple could possibly make to the iPhone 4 is fix it so I can get a signal while I'm holding it in my left hand. Sure, Jobs would say that's why G*d gave me a right hand but...

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Of course Apple did well!

dave@... 28th Jun 2010

iPhone sales have fallen off dramatically as we've come closer to June, just as they always do. Everyone who wanted an iPhone and wasn't naive about Apple's usual cycle didn't buy... they waited. And as with any smartphone, there are gadget freaks who demand the latest and greatest. If you're already sold on the iPhone (and yes, the vast majority of their recording-breaking iPhone sales were upgrades), you're going to want the iPhone 4. Period. No discussion needed.

As for features and Android comparisons, that's where the iPhonies need to stop drinking the Kool-Aid and listening to Steve Jobs' marketroid speak. For one, multitasking: real multitasking doesn't run your battery down. Sure, it's technically possible for a flawed app to do this. It's also technically possible for a flawed app to run your iPhone battery down, just single tasking. In practice, it never happens. In practice, my Droid not only lasts all day, but it consistently outlasts the iPhones around me. And if it did run down, and there's no USB socket handy, I have a spare battery.. no problem.

Then there's Flash... it's not just the video thing, but even there, today, in 2010, most Flash video is H.264, and it'll work exactly like H.264 from YouTube, HTML5, or any other source... it's not going to run down your battery any more or less than that. As for ActionScript code, like it or not, it's needed for a full web experience, and it's no more or less power hungry than JavaScript or other similar web technologies. Steve Jobs doesn't give a damn about your Flash performance, he just wants to shut off the demand for Flash. The real reason he doesn't want it is the usual: unlike HTML5, Flash enables a video DRM that Apple doesn't control. Jobs wants Apple to be the only entity that can sell you video for your iPhone.

And while there are many, one final thing: Android works 100% without ever being hooked to a PC of any kind (Windows, Mac, or Linux) if you don't want to dock. Everything syncs wirelessly, in the background.... and not just Google apps, anyone's can. If you want to dock with a PC, it'll dock with a PC, any kind (eg, Windows, Mac, Linux... or for that matter, another Android device).

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Poor boy...

vulpine@... 28th Jun 2010

@dave@... Can't handle the fact that while Android has done some of these things first, the iPhone does it better. Can't handle the fact that iPhone users don't want Flash. Can't handle the fact that the iPhone, as yet, doesn't get malware (unless it's jailbroken.) Can't handle the fact that despite all these so-called 'features,' the iPhone is still, for now, the better product across the board.

Yes, Android phones had multitasking first--how many of them drain their batteries within 4 hours?
Yes, Android phones have higher megapixels on their cameras--how many of them tested better against the iPhone?
Yes, Android phones have bigger displays--how many of them have equivalent resolution?

And yes, Android works without ever being hooked to a PC of any kind--eliminating the ability to backup and restore--provide mass application updates--even get OS updates without draining the battery (you do know it's not safe to use your cell phone while it's on the charger, don't you?)

Nearly every one of your so-called advantages is a very powerful disadvantage. Android itself isn't mature. Google itself said that they wouldn't slow down updates until An 3.0 at the soonest, and most Android phones can't even update from An 1.5 yet. 20% of the 45,000 apps in the Android Market have been declared potential, if not real, malware. Is this really what you want from your smart phone?

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As for the antenna issue...

dave@... 28th Jun 2010

... Apple needs to hire some better RF guys. It's one thing to screw up the iPhone antenna once. Maybe even twice. But every single model? You think they might have learned by now.

The easy fix, as used on many phones from companies like Motorola (with a long history of good RF designs, albeit sometimes wired to boring devices) is a diversity antenna. You have two antennas for cellular, located in different areas, and the phone selects the one with the better signal. Unless you can use MIMO, in which case they're both used, at the same time, each into its own receiver front-end.

Historically, the iPhone has been a cool enough device, but a horrible phone. My Droid on Verizon is always getting a better signal than the iPhones around me, but that you can blame on Verizon vs. AT&T, and the coverage in the South Jersey/Philly area (and around the lake in New Hampshire where I vacation, and in San Fran and the valley where I was two weeks ago, etc). But when some joker with a "free" Nokia from AT&T can talk just fine while the iPhonies around him can't keep a connection, I have a hard time blaming AT&T.

Perhaps the iPhone 4 is better than previous iPhones. But with such a history of failure here, I rather expected the iPhone 4 would be among the best smartphones at actually being a phone, just because it's natural for engineers, when they can, to over-correct for a history of such failure. I guess it's usual win of form over function... maybe you can't make a phone call, but they did make it 30% thinner.

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Nonzealot

I12BPhil 28th Jun 2010

Man, it sure gets fun watching NonZealot foam at the mouth at every Apple success article. It used to be annoying, but you can almost see the veins in his forehead popping out. 1.7 millions obvious reason his opinion is completely worthless and wrong and he just can't hack it! I simply LOVE him in a tizzy every time. What fun! I hope the squirming never stops!

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What are you talking about?

NonZealot 28th Jun 2010

@I12BPhil
Have you not read a single post I've made about the iPhone 4? I think it is a good phone. I'm well on the record as saying that this is the first iPhone that deserves the sales figures it is getting. Multi-tasking and finally, finally, a decent screen make the iPhone 4 a good buy. No veins popping on my forehead, I'm actually looking forward to the iPhone being released in Canada!

Maybe you are projecting your own angst onto me? You should see someone about that. happy

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Yup, you're so proud that you're calling all previous users...

vulpine@... 28th Jun 2010

@NonZealot: ... "iDiots." I'll tell you something, Zealot--Apple has yet to make a bad iPhone. It may not be up to what you want in a smart phone, but by no means was it a bad device. If it had been, then Apple wouldn't have been seeing ever-increasing sales of iPhones ever since the original one. And obviously they can't all be Apple Fanbois, because every single new model sells more than the previous one--faster.

Or... Is it possible that Apple is increasing its fan base so rapidly? Could Apple be doing the impossible and generating more fans with every single new product? Nah. Couldn't be. That would end up with you being the anti-fan rather than a non-Zealot, hmmm?