iPhone sales may be up but what does the raw data say? Some percentage of that number are people who are buying the latest "Cool" thing from Apple. For instance, there was a story (I can't find it right now to cite the reference) of someone who bought an iPhone 1.0 two days after they were first released. When iPhone 2.0 came out, they were in line at a local store 2+ hours before it opened so "she could be one of the first people into the store" (paraphrased). Her 1.0 phone still works, but she wanted to have the latest and greatest.
And what recession are we in? The classical definition of a recession is when there are two or more consecutive quarters of negative growth. Or were you referring to the one made up by the whiners of the nation? :-) :-J -----Original Message----- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Piwowar Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor >Or, like me, happy with what they have and see no need to go to another >platform. Mac sales up by a whopping 41% year over year. iPhone sales up by a whopping 300% year over year. Not bad during a major recession. iPod sales up by a 12% year over year. Not bad for a market considered "saturated." ************************************************************************ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************ * ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
