Verizon sells 100,000 Motorola DROID units in first weekend

17. E.N. posted on 10 Nov 2009, 20:23 0 0

Also the first generation iPhone sold out quickly so there probably would have been even more sales. And don't forget tahr th $400 and $600.

22. Truth posted on 10 Nov 2009, 21:31 0 0

I find it interesting that the article says that "Verizon" sold 100,000 Droids and "Apple" sold X amount. It leads me to believe that Apple may have set a purchase quota for At&t in order for them to carry the iphone. So At&t may have sold X amount of phones while Apple may have sold a different amount to At&t and posted that as the amount of phones sold which would not be false. The issue with most tech blogs like this is that most statements are said as fact but they really are more of a guess and the bias of the site comes through. Comparing the sales of a cell carrier against that of a cell phone manufacture is not a fair comparison. If I manufacture phones and sell them to the carrier the amount that I sell will to the carrier reflects the total amount of handsets I have sold. The carrier then goes and sells the phone, if they do not sell all the phones that represents the total that they have sold.

27. hkphooey posted on 11 Nov 2009, 00:02 0 0

Also remember the iPhone was sold during the economic bubble, whereas the Droid is sold during a deep recession. Not everyone lives with mommy and have the extra spending cash to buy a toy like the iPhone. Things are bad all around and to even sell the amount the Droid did speaks volumes about the popularity of the phone.

37. Fanboys Suck posted on 11 Nov 2009, 11:58 0 0

Funny how durring this "recession", 1 Million Plus iPhone 3GS units were sold. (Worldwide Granted) But that aside, screw the supposed "recession" idea. Not working.

38. *HOVA* posted on 11 Nov 2009, 12:16 0 0

Comments 22 and 27 are a laugh. Thanks guys, I needed that.

40. BrokenImaege posted on 11 Nov 2009, 12:27 0 0

I agree with you there. Times were much different when the Iphone launched compared to now. I also think there is still fallout from the Storm launch which also slowed it becuase people want to make sure the phone is not going to have the problems the Storm did.

56. Dood posted on 11 Nov 2009, 21:07 0 0

If you take out the whole fact that your talking about phones, this logic is funny. Once again...take out the phones in this statement. "Funny how durring this "recession", 1 Million Plus things were sold. (Worldwide Granted) But that aside, screw the blah blah blah. Is it all that odd that out of 6.7 BILLION people worldwide that at least 1 MILLION of anything would get sold? Hahaha. Okay, back to phones. FS, how long did it take for these 1 million plus iphones to get sold? Maybe we should take the length of time and figure how many units in the US that would have been over the course of one weekend and pit the device numbers against each other? The only way we can really look seriously at numbers is if we hold all other things constant. (Microecon 101) We could even look at the numbers for individual states and see which states like the phone more. I can only assume that the iPhone would outsell the Droid in places where the iPhone has great service, but that's assuming too much, and I could be very wrong. Well, thanks for reading my first serious post in months, every 3 body.

6. E.N. posted on 10 Nov 2009, 18:20 0 0

I told my friend who has the Voyager to buy this phone considering that it's the best for Verizon. But he passed. He didn't think it was that great. He said he'll wait for a better one.

7. *HOVA* posted on 10 Nov 2009, 18:26 0 0

Sorry I can't help myself but.... You love doing all the things jailbroken iPhones have been doing for years *yawn*

9. blackirish24 posted on 10 Nov 2009, 19:14 0 0

Funny jailbroken (means you broke it according to apple). Don't have to "break" the Android phones to make them do what you want. How's that brand new picture messaging feature you just acquired on your iPhone? Didn't that Moto Razr have picture messaging? Lol....Don't be mad that the droid operating system is going to stir up competition and make everyone open their minds to innovation. iPhone had it's turn and Apple sat on it instead of putting out something that couldn't be touched (they could have). However, they know that fans of Apple will sink money into the 2010 iPhone right after purchasing 2009 and the 2008 version. as you say......Sorry couldn't help myself...

14. *HOVA* posted on 10 Nov 2009, 19:40 0 0

Well I've also had MMS pretty much since launch so that didn't really hurt at all. I thought most of the people on this forum were tech-savvy enough to get what I was saying, but you've proven otherwise. If you ask me, jailbroken iPhones led to the creation of your precious multi-touch CRIPPLED open OS software. That's right, I used crippled and open in the same sentence, because it's true. Funny how all the devs cracked the iPhone years ago and cranked out all the things Android fanboys love today. Tell me how that's a coincidence.

15. *HOVA* posted on 10 Nov 2009, 19:48 0 0

Glad the EDIT button isn't really working anymore but... I was also going to add that during the release of the iPhone Google and Apple had a great relationship so it's easy to see how Google has taken much of what they learned with the iPhone into incorporation into their OS. If you keep up on news you'd also now that the relationship between Apple and Google has dwindled quite a bit over the past year... Tell me how that is a coincidence too...

16. Fanboys Suck posted on 10 Nov 2009, 20:07 0 0

Hova's been bringing out the big guns lately... Probably sick of fanboys too...

25. YouLostTheGame posted on 10 Nov 2009, 23:12 0 0

Sorry, but at the end of the day, *HOVA*s comments show their true fanboy colors just like everyone else's. I love that this website is full of fanboys calling everyone else a fanboy, LOL!

26. hkphooey posted on 10 Nov 2009, 23:57 0 0

Damn Hova, you are sooooo cool! I wish I could be like you playing with my jailbroken iPhone, picking up tons of chicks and living the life of a baller. Damn, we should all be as cool as Hova. (F*CKING GEEK RETARD)

34. Illyich posted on 11 Nov 2009, 10:34 0 0

WHERE'S THE PAPER TOWELS?!

35. awesomeguy69 posted on 11 Nov 2009, 11:48 0 0

Haha, I have a jailbroken iPod Touch! It's waaaay better than a not hacked version.