Both companies were reporting where their profit was. Apple was reporting how many shipped to AT$T, while AT$T was stating how many were sold/activated. Both are true. To me the true number is how many activated. This is like on books, some say 3 million in print (2 million in warehouses) and other books state 5 million sold.
Mike On 7/26/07, Rev. Stewart Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You will get no argument from me. It is just like Tom's posting about manipulating the stock market. There was no manipulation intended. Apple stated how they accounted for the sales (270,000) and ATT stated how they accounted for the sales (146,000). Apple counted all it had shipped, and ATT counted all it had sold, not including any on order or in transit (I leave that for a discussion on accounting rules and how they are used.), plus there is the fudge factor of those who bought phones but did not activate as they were trying to reap a profit in the after market. Stewart At 12:39 PM 7/26/2007, you wrote: >They make a lot more money. I'm not sure why a knee jerk reaction from mac >zealot is to scream they their money on software! They do..they really do! > >Adding the word 'more' to my email perhaps would have assuaged Mark's pain >of my assertion. I can't find one article stating apple makes less then 35% >on any ipod/iphone device. I don't understand why it's a bad thing they >make more money on hardware, it wasn't a slam at all in any direction, just >an analysis of cost studies of their hardware. > >Mike > >On 7/26/07, Rev. Stewart Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>I think what he was getting at is that they make more money and >>profitability on their hardware then they do on their software. >> >>Micro$oft makes more money on software than they do on hardware (Does >>anyone need to mention Xbox?) >> >>Also Dell is fast becoming an Insurance Giant. A few years ago it >>was revealed that Dell made more money on selling service agreements >>than it did on hardware. (Note Dell does not manufacture software >>but is a reseller of software) Those neat gold service plans that >>are sold with Dell are a real money maker for them. (I recently had >>to clean up after a Dell tech who replaced a MB and HD and did not >>reinstall any of the drivers! It was a Gold Level tech visit) >> >>So what he said was not inaccurate but it also was not a complete picture. >> >>Just like the number discrepancy between ATT and Apple on how many >>Iphones were sold the first week. >> >>Stewart Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace Ozark, AL SL 82 ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
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