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can't wait to see Apples numbers

Jaysus! That's a lot of sales for a "too expensive" device with a "flakey" touch keypad. Way to go El Jobso!

Somewhere in Redmond a chair is flying...

the quarterly report is in about 2 weeks.

i don't think we will see any numbers from apple for a while; why let your competitors know exactly what is going on? let their imagination run wild, causing nightmares. what's that? their competitors have proven they don't have any imagination? oh, yeah, well, keep 'em guessing anyway.

Every time an iPhone is sold, an office chair dies.

The wave is building. It ought to come crashing down on the competition sometime this fall.

250, 500, 700...

Quick, someone find an analyst quoted as saying 1 mil iphones!

My guess is that they have to give some numbers to the shareholders. I think they'd give only what they are required to: June 29-30.

Subscription required for full article.. Wonder how they reached a guestimate of 700,000....

"Every time an iPhone is sold, an office chair dies."

HA HAH AH AH A

I think Apple is not releasing numbers because they are close to 1 Mil and they want to wait until then.

I was actually surprised at how easy it is to type with 2 index fingers on the iPhone. These people complaining about it are trying to type with the crappy, carpal tunnel-inducing, two thumb technique of the crackberry fools. Type like a normal freakin' person and it will work. Then, stop your bitchin'!!!

Way to go Apple. One thing to note the iPhone sales are actual sales to the user, unlike Microsoft when they post sales for the Zune or Vista that sales figure is to the supply house not the actual customer.

Averaging the cost of the two iPhone models, that puts weekend revenue from the iPhone only at $385M! That's 8.8% of Apple Inc's Revenue from last year's quarter that ended on 07-Jul-2006. Very impressive.

Analyst A = 200K
Analyst B = 500K
Analyst C = 700K

This is so ridiculous; these guys don't even come close of each other's prediction. Why taking the risk and look stupid ... again. Just wait for the bloody Press Release from Apple. Jesus!

i think blackfriars this weekend said somewhere over 500K and as many as 1 million - making it the top estimate i have seen; i also remember reading somewhere an estimate that apple had produced 3 million in the initial production run.

MS is busy prototyping $10,000 big ass chairs with two cheek multi-touch typing. Six cameras scan your butt from all angles at all times. It's truly ass-tounding technology.

Five hundred dollars! That's the most expensive phone ever!

Hey, buy my phone for one hundred. Selling like hotcakes...honest.

Uh... If I got paid for guessing.... Guess what I'd do...

Go ahead. I'll give you three chances. I'm sure you're smart enough to guess it correctly...

Now, if you are NOT paid to guess such things, perhaps YOU should wait for the 'bloody press release', ok? )

So we have estimates anywhere from 200,000 to 700,000, and don't know if those include online orders or not.

In other words, we don't have a clue how many were sold.

Further, I'm not sure Apple has any interest in shedding further light on this any time soon.

Can't stand all this iPhone talk!!!!!!!!!

I want to hold one so bad!!!!, much less buy one, My wife works in guest services at a hotel here in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. She thinks I am nuts, but has promised to ask all incoming guest if they have an iPhone, and has promised to call me to come see the 1st one that arrives, and to butter them up, "champagne and flowers" in their room

Dave's got a point.

Also, if the analysts didn't guesstimate, we traders would have a hard time making money on the actual news

Remember that Apple announced recently that they are moving to a "subscription" model for the revenue on both the iPhone and Apple TV, which means that sales revenue for these devices will be spread out and recorded over the next two YEARS. So if Apple sold $300 million worth of iPhones on Friday and Saturday (June 29 and 30), that would in effect count for $12.5 million that "month" and each of the next 23 months.

I think Steve is holding out information to make other providers sweat a little bit longer, biatch

I do hope Apple releases the weekend figures. The whole world wants to know! This was an event, like the opening of a blockbuster movie, even if it was the launch of just another product. Plus, if Apple does not release the figures in timely fashion, it will give FUDers ammo to suggest that the figures have been a disappointment, and that is why Apple is keeping mum.

Because the analyst's job is to provide that number, regardless of whether Apple releases a press release today or ever about it. Because at this moment, that number is key driver of whether to buy, hold, or sell Apple stock.

In the two weeks leading up to iDay, the published predictions were in the 50K to 400K range. The whisper number was above 500K. Apple stock surged over 120 because people were buying based on the whisper number.

Today, the stock market is having trouble determining if Apple made it to or surpassed 500K. The lack of a widespread sellout on the 1st or 2nd day is causing the market to wonder if the launch fell short of Apple's internal projection. The lack of a press release can be interpreted in too many ways. And it's quite possible that big company with large holdings of Apple did measure units delivered to some Apple stores, and calculated a shortfall in sales, leading to some quiet selling, thus putting pressure on the stock price.

One thing that should be done: If an analyst puts out a number, they should explain roughly how they came to that number., so we can assess the credibility of the number.

I predict that Apple has sold well over 500 iPhones since Friday.

We estimate there were only 10 iPhones sold over the entire weekend. Apple hired actors to stand in line all over the country to create the illusion of sales. They even hired a Steve Wozniak look-alike.

We may have to wait until October to get a good estimate if Apple doesn't want to say anything, either today or when quarterly earnings are announced in a couple of weeks.

Because Apple is amortizing the revenue over 24 months, it is very hard to see the material impact to revenues, from which one can try to derive units sold. Apple hasn't said in which category they will put iPhone sales. Or for that matter, AppleTV sales. It could be other Music/Media, or Peripherals/Hardware.

It was impossible to pull out AppleTV sales from the April filing. They'll be more iPhones sold, so the bump will show up at least a little bit more, but if its lumped with AppleTV or other sales, it will be very difficult.

@Global Acceleration

Shouldn't that be "Global Appleization"?

I'll bet you don't hear a peep from Apple until they hit one million sold.

Which at this rate will be this week sometime, or next week at the latest.

Actual numbers reported--a refreshing change from the fake, channel-stuffed numbers that Microsoft, Sony and others provide.

The difference between 300K and 700K units sold in one month in terms of 24 months amortized revenue is about 8-10 million dollars, depending on whether the average selling price is 500 or 600.

Amazing how the critics wailed about the iPhones' cost, yet fail to mention $700, $800 or $900 "smart" phones from Nokia, Palm and Sony Ericsson. Oh yes, but they have "real" keyboards and work with Microsoft Exchange and can read Excel and Word documents.

I guess they're toeing the FUD line: Apple is too expensive. Apple products are incompatible.

Yet, look at the specs. Compare with other companies' products and Apple is comparable or sells for less. Oh yeah, AND Apple products tend to work as advertised or BETTER.

There's going to be lots of grilled crow served up in the coming weeks

Apple: Underpromise… OVERdeliver

The real elephant in the room is the number of units sold through the online Apple Store, which is completely unknown to anyone outside Apple.

Apple will probably release the numbers tomorrow (or very soon). It's good news. It will help sell even more iPhones. It's not like the Zune, when Microsoft was too embarrassed to give the real "sales from retailers" numbers.

@wannabe: AFAIK, none of the online Apple Store sales have shipped (showing 2-4 weeks), so I don't think Apple would include them in any announcement of units sold. Apple doesn't include units in the sales/distribution channel either when they speak of units sold. So, you're right that it is an elephant, but not one of concern today.

Also, those online Apple Store sales will all be recorded in the July-August quarter not in the quarter ending June 30th.

Nobody is even willing to tell us how many iPhones were even made available for each store. If all of the iPhones are sold out, what does that tell you as far as how many they sold?

I called my closest AT&T store. Naturally, they were completely out. I asked them when their next shipment is scheduled to be in. He hadn't a clue. However, he was more than willing to take down my information and have Apple ship me an iPhone directly to my home.

There are currently about 6000 auctions on ebay for iPhones. Make that 10k iPhones that ended straight on ebay. Depending on the number of iPhones sold, that makes between 2 and 5 percent for the shelf-to-ebay-rate.
Of course, the only bigger fools than those trying to make a quick buck on eBay are those who actually buy it there.

Personally, I can't really believe the 500k number. Much less the 700k. 700k would mean about 350 iPhones for every AT&T+AAPL outlet on average. If they really sold 700k, that would mean that they got almost a quarter of the rumored 3 million 1st production run sold - in 36 hours.
That would put them in the same league as (if you like car-analogies) Porsche, who usually has the 1st-year production-run of a new car already sold even before they are even produced (their client-base is equally rich and confident concerning the quality of the product)
If google-zeitgeist shows increased searches for "ulcer" and "insomnia" - that's managers (and sales-folk) of other mobile-phone makers.

Give them a break.

Without them stock traders wouldn't have as much info to plan for their next move. buy or sell?

Also, without them there'd be one less item to read, rant or be glad about in MDN.

The only thing that matters right now is that iPhone is selling like hotcakes and it sure paves the way for another wonderfully crafted tech product to dominate the otherwise inutile mobile phone industry.

Go Apple. Go iPhone.

Give Ballmer some more chairs to throw around. hehehe.

CNN an hour ago said 525,000 sold over the weekend!!!

Great work Mr.Jobs and all the folks at Apple Inc.
You deserve it. Many thanks for an amazing product.

Keep growing the iPhone sales.

Whatever the number is at... it's a beautiful phone, that works equally beautiful. The hype is real... no doubt about it. The best phone ever.

in the iphone keynote:
-crowd-- i want one!!!
-jobs- you and a billion other people.

"Every time an iPhone is sold, an office chair dies."
Quick, which company provides the chairs? I need to buy their stock!

Quite a weekend, eh Folks ?

100,000 or 1/2 Million - don't matter

We're now through the Looking Glass and into the New World

For all you who've just now joined the "Apple Band Wagon" - Welcome

Ain't it Insanely Great

BC

How many Moto Q phones sold in the first month?

http://www.everythingq.com/news/motorola/motorola-reports-strong-earnings-and-moto-q-sales-2006072067/

150 k.

;P

iPwned.

-c

Just came from the apple store. The two people in front of me and the one behind were all buying iPhones. If you count my purchase, that was 4 8g inside of 5 min.

I'm finding 700k a believable number.

apple already said that they willl break out iPhone numbers in their quarterly reports. that means we will know the june29/30 numbers in around two weeks. they will acoount it in a subscription model over 24 month but they will tell the actual numbers. other then the appleTV which is in the music related products category and for which apple denies to tell any numbers. (i hope you get what i want to say with my broken english though ...)

700,000 phones. That'd be about 360 for each and every Cingular outlet and Apple store in the country.

Doesn't really jive with the reports that many had 50 phones to sell.

I'd have to agree with ralph from berlin. I do not recall Apple making very many announcements about hardware sales except at the quarterly reports. There may have been a few exceptions along the way for iPods, but it seems like it was only at very large numbers like 50 or 100 million. Does anybody else recall specific instances? I think we'll get the first report in a few weeks at the Q3 report.

One number we should be looking for in the near future involves the number of iPhone inspired "switchers". I've read a number of reports of Friday iPhone purchasers who returned to the store on Sunday to buy their first Mac. Not that any of us should be surprised. But as the number of iPhones sold increases, we may see a new "halo effect". Watch for a bump up in the percentage of Mac buyers who are "first timers".

SurelyNot I can guarantee that the larger Apple stores had thousands to sell. The Manhattan stores probably had tens of thousands.