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05/18/2007, 12:40pm, EDT
Friday, May 18th
Apple, AT&T to sell iPhone at 2000 stores
Apple revealed in a meeting with Bear Stearns analyst Andrew Neff that customers will be able to purchase the company's forthcoming iPhone at 2,000 retail locations after the device launches in late June. Apple's retail chief Ron Johnson and the director of Mac product marketing Tom Boger told Neff that those locations would consist only of Apple and AT&T retail stores, according to AppleInsider. "Apple affirmed its goal of June release for iPhone and expressed confidence in meeting its target of 10 million unit shipments in 2008 given iPhone's superior user experience, which Apple referred to as 'transformational,'" the analyst wrote. Neff added that Apple is focusing on making its iPhone stand out from the cellular phone crows by improving all areas of the user experience, including those at the sales counter.
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Can't wait to own one of thse things.
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And does this actually mean apple will have at least 2000 of these things for sale the first day? That would be a surprise!
Actually, I would be very surprised if Apple had not more than 2000 units for sale the first day. I would not be surprised either if they can't get enough initially, but 2000 is really not that many...
With a launch in Europe by the end of the year, and, supposedly more in other parts of the world coming early next year (according to the Macworld keynote), they will have many more that 2000 locations by the time they aim to hit that sales target.
Well, I could think of one thing, the nice exclusive 5 year contract they signed with cingular.