AppleInsider Staff"Our expectations are good. Our testing has been good," said AT&T Chief Operating Officer Randall Stephenson. "The iPhone is on target to launch in June."
Stephenson's comments come in the face of recent and unsubstantiated blog reports, which speculated that the touch-enabled mobile communications device could be delayed due to technical issues.
Speaking at a Boston College Chief Executives' Club luncheon attended by Reuters, the AT&T exec reiterated that his firm, which has an exclusive deal to sell the highly anticipated Apple handset in the U.S., has received over a million inquiries from customers eager to purchase the device.
At the same time, however, Stephenson could not say how many iPhones would immediately be available upon launch.
"We're sorting through that right now," he said. "We got a million people waiting to buy it so we're hoping we get a million."
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I think AT & T will get one million and Apple will take the other million. They will sale 2 million in the first two months alone.
I think AT & T will get one million and Apple will take the other million. They will sale 2 million in the first two months alone.
I think you are right. I really think that this product will start strong and increase in sales each month until February of 2008. I think that month will be the first dip in iPhone sales compared to previous months.
I'm also anticipating 18M units through 2008, not the 10M goal mentioned by Jobs, assuming that non-US sales start 6 months after its initial release.
Good news! I can't stand yet another delay. I need new Apple hardware by the start of the fall semester.
"We got a million people waiting to buy it so we're hoping we get a million."
They don't even know? That scares me. When one million people inquire about the phone it means that most likely at least one million people will want to buy the phone. They will need more for that. Not everyone that wants one has inquired... I haven't. Perhaps now I should have. DAMNIT
"We got a million people waiting to buy it so we're hoping we get a million."
They don't even know? That scares me. When one million people inquire about the phone it means that most likely at least one million people will want to buy the phone. They will need more for that. Not everyone that wants one has inquired... I haven't. Perhaps now I should have. DAMNIT
No worries. I inquired, and decided against an iPhone. You can have mine.