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4phun - 18 Jul 2008 22:28 GMT

According to Fortune magazine, Apple 2.0 iPhone profits were an
approximate 330 million dollars in a matter of three days, due to the
release of the new iPhone. Marketers continue to go grey in confusion.

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Craig - 18 Jul 2008 23:33 GMT

> According to Fortune magazine, Apple 2.0 iPhone profits were an
> approximate 330 million dollars in a matter of three days, due to the
> release of the new iPhone. Marketers continue to go grey in confusion.

I take it that's "gross" and not net profit?

-Craig

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Larry - 19 Jul 2008 02:38 GMT

4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in news:5acd7e6b-0df9-4af9-a290-
1d2957d922c0@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com:

Here, again, you don't post the Fortune URL so we can read if for
ourselves.

What's the URL of this fantasy?

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4phun - 19 Jul 2008 08:16 GMT

> 4phun <vic.hea...@gmail.com> wrote in news:5acd7e6b-0df9-4af9-a290-
> 1d2957d92...@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com:
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>
> What's the URL of this fantasy?

Apple's Profits: $330 Million in 3 Days | ClipmarksApple's Profits:
$330 Million in 3 Days ... .blogs.fortune.cnn. com/2008/07/16/iphone-
profits-apple-cleared-estimated-330-million-in-three-
days/">Fortune's ...
www.clipmarks.com/clipmark/02F87AB6-A524-4AD4-9381-265AE7386E6D/ - 26k
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FORTUNE: Apple 2.0 iPhone profits: Apple cleared estimated $330 ...Jul
16, 2008 ... We know from Apple that the company sold at least 1
million iPhones in those first three days. We know from a teardown
published by iSuppli ...
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Apple cleared estimated $330 million in three days…not bad «
aGEEKspotJul 16, 2008 ... iPhone profits: Apple cleared estimated $330
million in three days<That first weekend of iPhone 3G sales was a very
profitable one for Apple ...
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Apple makes 330 million in 3 days. Marketers sigh. | Tech FactsApple
makes 330 million in 3 days. Marketers sigh. Posted by admin on July
18th, 2008 at 01:58pm. According to Fortune magazine, Apple 2.0 iPhone
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tech.volunteer-now.com/?p=8249 - 12k - 10 hours ago - Cached - Similar
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Personalized Results 1 - 100 of about 116,000 for "Apple makes 330
million in 3 days".

Larry how in the 'H E double toothpick' can anyone miss 115,000
results from Google on that exact phrase?

Oh I get it, the Nokia couldn't get the query into Google?

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Craig - 19 Jul 2008 09:04 GMT

>> 4phun <vic.hea...@gmail.com> wrote in news:5acd7e6b-0df9-4af9-a290-
>> 1d2957d92...@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com:
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> days/">Fortune's ...
> www.clipmarks.com/clipmark/02F87AB6-A524-4AD4-9381-265AE7386E6D/ - 26k

Gawd dude, the format on your post is a mess... Let's take the url from
"clipmarks:"

> clipped from: valleywag.com
> Apple profited some $330 million from 3G iPhone sales over its first weekend,
> Fortune's Philip Elmer-DeWitt estimates. His back-of-the-envelope formula
> factored in iSuppli's estimate of the manufacturing costs of each

iPhone 3G,

> Apple's numbers on how many iPhones it sold over the weekend, analyst
> estimates on how much AT&T and other carriers subsidize each phone,
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> * Profit per phone: $274.67 (8GB) and $358.67 (16GB)
> * Models sold: 33% (8GB), 66% (16GB) (Piper Jaffray survey)

In short, this estimate depends on AT&T paying full retail (aka List
Price) to Apple for each & every phone. It's possible, I guess. I'm
trying to think of another industry that has a similar set up but I'm
coming up short.

Considering every hit listed used the exact same sources... <shrug>.
Looks like the proverbial band-wagon approach to "reporting."

thanks for the sources,
-Craig

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Larry - 19 Jul 2008 16:50 GMT

4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in news:d4b4bc1c-75ab-4281-b73c-
41c9921529c5@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:

> Apple makes 330
> million in 3 days".

Damn! You'd think the stock would go above $200, not drop to 160 like it
did yesterday!

Something smells like Halibut!

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George Kerby - 20 Jul 2008 15:11 GMT

On 7/19/08 10:50 AM, in article Xns9AE07935DA065noonehomecom@208.49.80.253,

> 4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in news:d4b4bc1c-75ab-4281-b73c-
> 41c9921529c5@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:
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>
> Something smells like Halibut!

You have no understanding of The Market. Figures.

BTW: Halibut is delicious. Another of your shortcomings...

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