“The chief executives of AT&T Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. said Wednesday that demand for Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 5 looks to be high and is a sign that consumers are still willing to pay a premium for the latest iteration of the iconic smartphone,” Rex Crum reports for MarketWatch.
“Speaking at a Goldman Sachs technology conference in New York, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said that the iPhone 5 is ‘selling very, very well,’ and AT&T is making good progress in building out its LTE, or 4G wireless network,” Crum reports. “Stephenson did not give any figures on iPhone 5 pre-orders with AT&T. On Monday, Apple AAPL said that more than 2 million iPhone 5 units had been sold in the first 24 hours that pre-orders were available. The iPhone 5 begins shipping on Friday.”
Crum reports, “Appearing separately from Stephenson, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse didn’t divulge any iPhone sales figures for his company, but he anticipated that it will be a strong-selling device. ‘I don’t know how it compares with our competitors, but I would expect it’s doing well,’ Hesse said. ‘I’m just glad we have it.'”
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You bet your sweet bippy you’re glad you have it!
Rex Crum- great name
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Just as bad as “Buster Heinie” at Clut of Mac.
“demand for Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 5 looks to be high…”
I like how casually he says that as if to unexcitedly say “A nuclear bomb was dropped on Iran today…”
What’s this bullshit about pay a premium for iPhone. Don’t they. Sell other “new top of line”smart phones on hte same pricing?
“The chief executives of AT&T Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. said Wednesday that demand for Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 5 looks to be high and is a sign that consumers are still willing to pay a premium for the latest iteration of the iconic smartphone,” Rex Crum reports for MarketWatch.”
Same old crap about pricing. Apple is the company that transformed a friggin’ computer into a handheld unit with an awesome touchscreen display. The rest are copiers who stole from Apple. If their prices are lower, it is because they are peddling crap products for craptastic prices.