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Jan 04, 08 - 09:17 am Comment from: El Guapo

Way to go France!

Viva la France!

Sales of iPhones in Europe are just at their very start!... This 2008 summer will be HOT!

Well, the 70,000 iPhones sold by Orange is sure not the total amount of iPhones in France. Shitloads of selt-imported iPhones from the US are in use or sold on ebay, the same thing as here in Germany.

Of course, in this case you have to deduct these imported iPhones from US-sales.

I for me am happy with my (real) iPhone bought in Hongkong...

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viva Espana yes, but viva la France no.

It's vive la France.

Jan 04, 08 - 10:09 am Comment from: ron

Will French iPhones 'croak' instead of ringing? Ribbit!

Darn it! Than means the stock will drop $10 bucks...

Viva la France?

I didn't hear that when the Frogs tried to impose sanctions on iTunes.

MW: truth?

Are you Americans ever embarrassed to read your own immature and xenophobic comments?

MDN: "What" TF.

Jan 04, 08 - 10:31 am Comment from: Ampar

Le BOOM!

That's a disappointing number. If the rumor of 5 million iPhones being announced by Steve at MWSF is true, then 1 million have to be sold by the three european countries. With only 70,000 in France, that would imply something closer to 300,000 in Europe, not 1 million. I think Steve announces 3.5 million iPhones sold at MWSF.

Jan 04, 08 - 10:58 am Comment from: Ampar

"3.5 million iPhones sold at MWSF"

Not too shabby for a 1.0 product (hardware). And a new version is probably close to release.

Apple sold 70,000 handsets in France, which has a population of 60,000,000.

it is more l'escargot rather than le bain de sang!

Jan 04, 08 - 02:14 pm Comment from: Brau

Apple sells 70,000 through Orange - wonder who they'll pear with next?

Jan 04, 08 - 07:05 pm Comment from: LorD1776

TomBoy,

No we aren't. Our reading comprehension skills are so poor that we can't even understand what we wrote ourselves. Truly pathetic.

I have completely missed the 'previously publicly-stated target of 50,000 to 100,000 iPhone sales for the period'.

The only previously publicly-stated target I know of is
"'The target is a little under 100,000 sold by the end of the year,' Didier Lombard said." as reported by MDN in
'France Telecom’s Orange expects to sell nearly 100,000 Apple iPhones by year-end'
http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/15618/

But I agree that resetting the target after you know the actual sales figures helps to reach your target. You will never be disappointed again if you remember that little trick.

Consider that la belle France has a population 1/5th as large as that of the US -- that's the equivalent of 350,000 iPhones aux États-Unis.

(And that is not even adjusting for the fact that France is not as wealthy a country as the United States.)