Category — iPhone News

AT&T posted their 2nd Quarter earnings today and revealed some numbers on early iPhone sales.

Sales of the Apple iPhone have been robust. The June 29 launch allowed for less than two days of sales and activations before the end of the quarter. In that time, AT&T activated 146,000 iPhone subscribers, more than 40 percent of them new subscribers. Sales of the iPhone continue to be strong in July with store traffic above historical levels.

The 2nd Quarter only includes two days of iPhone sales so only reflects activations in those two days (June 29, June 30). While there were some activation issues for some early adopters, these delays reportedly only affected 2% of users.

A few additional notes: 40% of iPhone activations were new AT&T subscribers and since the iPhone went on sale at 6pm, activation numbers reflect less than two full days of sales.

Apple’s 2nd Quarter earnings are expected on July 25th.

With a population of 600, New Denver, a peaceful Canadian town has told Telus to take there cell phone tower and shove it. According to Rueters, Bill Roberts of the Slocan Valley Economic Development Commission says:

“The fact that we’re without cellphone service means that we’re able to enjoy life without the incessant sound of ringtones, immediately followed by someone’s shouted conversation.”

Sounds like a majority are retirement bound. Bill did mention that there will be a citywide Wi-Fi network soon. Is this a good idea or a bad idea? Sounds like a proposal that will never occur. Many are concerned with Wi-Fi because it tends to make phone calls blurry. In the future, VoIP will be an option in many smartphones such as iPhone.

It looks like many people in Canada are angered by Rogers data plan for the Apple iPhone. Increasing numbers of users have paid several hundred, and in some cases more than $1000, during one month for data usage that would have not been charged extra on any other North American carrier on their best data plan. I am not a native resident of Canada but from looking at the petition, it seems to me reasonable data plans do not exist from Rogers. If you live in Canada, please sign the petition here: Rogers Data Petition

Wirelessinfo.com has completed a survey on the suspected iPhone battery bug. Over 60% of those who responded told us that their battery indicator did not show a fully charged battery. Apple was contacted about this issue and they replied - “Your battery is fully charged, but the UI (User Interface) is just not correctly reflecting this. We expect to fix this in a software update.”

It is yet to be determined when this software update will be available. We will keep you posted.