“High Tech Computer, the Taiwan based smart phone maker, has reportedly sold 2 million of the Microsoft-based mobile phones it developed to compete with the iPhone last year, the Touch family of handsets,” Anshu Shrivastava reports for TMCnet.
“HTC Touch made its debut last year in June, a few weeks ahead of the iPhone. The HTC Touch uses Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 software and has a touch screen that takes up most of its face, similar to the iPhone,” Shrivastava reports.
“At last week’s Macworld Expo in San Francisco Apple CEO Steve Jobs said his company had sold 4 million iPhones since launch,” Shrivastava reports.
Full article here.
If there’s no accounting for fools, someone forgot to tell HTC and Microsoft.
Apple’s OS X-based iPhone:
Direct link via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h5-VZoEhi0
HTC’s Windows Mobile-based HTC Touch:
Direct link via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivxGe2znZQI
2 Million in the US or 2 Million worldwide? I bet there’s a huge market for iPhone knockoffs in Asia!
And the next time those two million customers need a phone, they’ll know better and get an iPhone.
Apparently they’ve learned a trick or two from Microsoft.
The big difference is that they had so many phones that were given free with a new account. If they actually tried to charge the premium price of the iPhone for one of these…it’d be far less.
Sounds like the trick from Micro$oft. They delivered them to the telco’s and now they are stuck with useless paper weights.
Great, they’ve managed about half that of the iPhone in over a greater period of time. And no word of whether this is US only or world wide (thus I will assume world wide sales).
Color me unimpressed.
I feel sorry for the suckers who bought into this piece of crap thinking it works like an iPhone. Just like the poor souls who got tricked into thinking the LG Voyager is a multi touch phone environment.
Little to they know that yes it is touch at the first layer. Like skins on your OS, but in reality that is where any similarities end. The rest of the experience from the applications and the OS is pure Windows Mobile garbage. It’s not a new UI interface from the ground up. Its another WinAmp skin type for your phone.
Has any one used one?
It can’t be as bad as the clip, can it?
people do not realize its the software, stupid!
had diner the other night, and our friend was telling me how verizon was coming out with a “touch screen” phone, just like the iPhone.
Just nodded
2 million worldwide, of course.
@HotinPlaya
Funny you should mention that. I was out to dinner with some friends the other night too and one of them mentioned that the iPhone can’t be “all that the hype says it is”. All I said was, “Dude, go down a couple of blocks to the Apple store and try one after we eat. If you don’t think it lives up to the hype by the time you are done, I will pay for your dinner.”
He did. And he ended up paying for his own meal.
haha.
Having used all types of pda from treos moto p990i xda Exec and so on the only thing that i find a little bit of a pain is no user apps unless you hack if and when apple let the iphone free it will be a world better as of now its the best mobile comms device there is there a few bits missing to make it the best phone but its getting there .
I think the man in the second video should consider investing in some toilet paper….
@smackman
Awesome. Ahh if only we can do that everyone who is considering the HTC and Verizon LG wannabe iPhones.
I tried the HTC Touch at a Sprint store a few weeks ago. Anyone who buys one has never “touched” an iPhone, because its functionality pales in comparison. The Touch interface is a mirage–basic, sluggish and confusing at best…90% of the interface is plain old stylus-directed Windows Mobile 6. The browser and media capabilities were limited and cumbersome in my time with the device.
Where is the Apple Legal Department?
Oh its great to hear you good old boys… and gals (tho I have my suspicions about Chrissy) talking up the iPhone! Its a success in its own back yard… because you’re light years behind the rest of the world whenit comes to what mobile users need! I’m bored of the iPhone! For the love of God! America is so easily pleased! You kiss-arse shareholders should wake up and smell your own bullshit! The iPhone has failed to sell in the UK… fact!!!!! I love Apple for all the right reasons… great OS… on fabulous desktops and laptops that makes my life a joy! But the iPhone is not the answer… its a nice toy for a few die-hards and should be applauded for its beauty! But as an every day phone… for the majority of everyday users… its way too slippy!!! Europe and more importantly Asia are light years ahead in this arena… not only in affordable, non-breakable handsets… but especially when it comes to rich content on mobiles… subscription for music IS the future… get used to it… and admit that the good old US of A needs to catch up!
dude247
Dude!……
Every time that HTC video is posted here, I feel the urge to have to click on it and watch it. I guess I like self-inflicted pain.
What HTC didn’t report was that 1.9 million of those phones that they claimed they sold have been returned.
dude247
You forgot your prozac dude!
dude247
He may have a point, most likely sales of the iPhone will start to dry up.
(or not…)
Met a teacher today that used an old apple way back. They they went to PCs cause the software (special) only supported the pc.
Now, she is older and does not want to learn anything new. Just wants things to work. Sadly she will be stuck with PCs just because she is too lazy to read and consider.
What kind of teacher quits learning??? One who has forgotten how to teach. JMHO
Apple should sell over 10M by now if they started selling the iPhone unlocked. but they just think a little different and they just make more moeny out of each iPhone sold. so they tied up with AT&T;, O2, etc to have some piece of their customers monthly service fee. so 4M units sold on the first 200 days is a very good number if you add that monthly fee they got from the service provider. iPhone is a few times more profitable than any other cell phone on the market. so the front end number might not be prefect, but at the end of the day they make hugh money.
@dude247
let’s see what the quarterly reports disclose about holiday, year-end sales of iPhone. Then let’s see what happens when the SDK becomes widely available. I admit: fanboi all the way, but having the true Interweb in my pocket gives me wood all the time
@dan
Glad you’ve got a pocket full of wood dan
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Maybe some people can’t get an iphone where they live? I know I can’t!!