think_too_mut Posted September 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Today, September 20, NTT DoCoMo, 60 million subscribers, has introduced iPhone 5 into their offering. From the press, it is not clear whether they (DoCoMo) have won the battle with Apple to have their logo printed on the devices. DoCoMo (another rough Japanese abbreviation = Do Communication via Mobile) has lost 3.2 million subscribers to Softbank and KDDI who have had iPhone for 4 years. On the other hand, Apple knows that 60 million of them are still hanging around with DoCoMo and may go Galaxy 4S if nothing is done. Apple can see: if 60 mil subscribers switched to iPhone through DoCoMo that could amount to not far from their yearly sales worldwide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Apple sold over 130 million iPhones in 2012 and over 116 million so far this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plainsdrifter Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 ttm meant if every docomo subscriber picked up 2 iphones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexi Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Queues around the block in London today of people wanting to get their hands on the new I-phone 5 S.....one chap waited in line for 3 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plainsdrifter Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Apple is trying to push consumers to the 5c, C for cheaper, so there are less 5s available worldwide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted September 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 ttm meant if every docomo subscriber picked up 2 iphones Should have read "half yearly sales". It does not end there. Intentionally obsolete after 18 months, goes again, again. Those trawling net and googling being primary target. Loved sheepish followers who have nothing much to say but for some reason must have that gadget, never mind the calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Have you ever heard of Moore's Law? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted September 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Here, the law has different reading: every 18 months comes sheep shearing season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Hi, Queues around the block in London today of people wanting to get their hands on the new I-phone 5 S.....one chap waited in line for 3 days Complete morons. From what I gather the phone is barely different from the previous one. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Hi, From what I gather the phone is barely different from the previous one. Sanuk! Apart from Using 64Bit A7 Processor which is twice as fast as the A6, Li-Ion Battery instead of Li-Polymer increasing talk time from 8 to 10 hours, compatible with all LTE (4G) frequencies not limited like the 5 and fingerprint scanner they are the same. Personally I just updated the OS to IOS 7 on my iPhone5 and that will do me for another year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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