Sprint revises Evo launch sales numbers, [a bit] closer to Pre than previously stated 57
As was noted by our sister site, Android Central, the launch sale numbers for the HTC Evo 4G on Sprint were not quite the record they were originally supposed to have been. While Sprint first announced that "the total number of HTC EVO 4G devices sold on launch day was three times the number of Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre devices sold over their first three days on the market combined," today's correction describes launch day sales as "in line" with [THE FIRST THREE DAYS COMBINED] of the Instinct and Pre. Still quite respectable, to be sure, but not [ENTIRELY] the blowout first thought.
Perhaps Sprint might want to look into some of the many calculator applications available in the App Catalog and as homebrew for webOS, to help it better figure sales for its next big seller (which we certainly hope will be a new webOS device).
[NOTE: EDITED TO MORE ACCURATELY SUMMARIZE SPRINT STATEMENT]
Source: AndroidCentral
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Perhaps Sprint might want to look into some of the many calculator applications available in the App Catalog. That just shows you that we have a shit load of useless apps.
Comparable to android and iphoneOS
Considering most stores ran out of Pre's in the first hour or two, it shouldn't take much to unthrone them as launch day champs. Supply was highly limited for the first month or so. I don't see too many people complaining they can't find an Evo to buy and I didn't see much buzz at all. Seems most of the market considered it to be "just another android" with a 4G radio added.
Closer, but not close...
I can't imagine carrying that thing around.
While I never minded the size of my Treo, I do have to admit there is a certain magic to being able to stuff the Pre anywhere and have it be quite safe and accessible.
Only because they ran out of EVOs... There were not enough EVOs to meet the demand. Some people were put on a 1-2 week waiting list!
Same thing happened with the Pre. People were waiting for weeks.
wow...that was a surprise. NOT just a lot of hype
It will beat Pre's overall record and will be the all time best selling mobile phone on Sprint.
Outsell the Curve? The RAZR? Good luck with that.
Of Course it will! I've already read about EVO Temples being erected so we can all worship there! The great thing is they don't have to erect any monuments just prop an EVO up on that handy kickstand it has and people will see it from miles away!
Folks need top understand that the initial sales will be high because of that gigantic screen. The HD2 with an obsolete operating system sold out on T Mo. So Evo has to beat it. I am expecting at least a month time before the supply catches up with demand.
Although it is nice to know that the EVO sales numbers weren't as great as previously stated, I just want to know when I can get my PrePlus or a new WebOS device on Sprint!
Come on Palm, I know you are busy gettin' it on with HP and all, but how about throwing a little love our way? We Sprint users helped put you on the map. It's time to give us the good stuff!
Though overstated, you're quote understates it. According to Sprint's updated release: "The total number of HTC EVO 4G devices sold on launch day was in line with the number of Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre devices sold over their first three days on the market combined." So, one day of EVO sales equals 3 days of Pre sales PLUS 3 days of Instinct Sales. Not as good as 3x times both Pre+Instinct, but still, by a good margin Sprint's best seller to date.
Well they ran out of pre's the first day, so based on that they didn't have any more to sell the 2nd and 3rd day
Fixed; thank you. {Jonathan}
in ur face evo
funny. so you're gloating about losing. Just not as bad as you thought. That's showing them.
ok I'm a bit confused here. At first sprint says that the EVO first day sales were three time that of the instinct and Pre first three day sales combine. Now they say that the sales are in line with the launch day sales of the two phones. WTF I don't think sprint needs a calculater. I think they just flat out lied. Either that or they have know idea what's going on over there what so ever. They should know how many phones they purchased from HTC VS how many phones where sold. Aren't they a multi billion dollar corperation. WOW
no, read the linked article and a few of the comments... the dude writing this on Precentral is misrepresenting the information. "The total number of HTC EVO 4G devices sold on launch day was in line with the number of Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre devices sold over their first three days on the market combined."
Fixed. Thank you. {Jonathan}
I think this would have been a safer and less confusing quote from the press release:
"Launch day sales of HTC EVO 4G were six times greater than launch day sales of Samsung Instinct and nearly twice the launch day sales for Palm Pre."
if you're going to make douche comments in your little articles here you might not want to type things like "As has was...". and the sales were inline with the first THREE DAYS of Pre sales!!! not inline as you stated above. FYI, 1 day 3 days... for future knowledge.
How is that the least bit close? In one day it sold as much as their two previous flagship phones combined did in the first three days.
Quit trying to spin this. The EVO sold very well because of the excellent hardware.
Hell, I'm a huge WebOS supporter and I even got one. Of course, that's mainly because I have another upgrade waiting for the next Palm phone.
he can't read so good, don't pick on him :)
Yikes. If the author's reading comprehension was on par with his writing skills, he would realize that Evo sales on launch day was comparable to 3 DAYS of Pre and Instinct sales, COMBINED.
why when press releases compare things can't they give raw numbers in the comparisons. I think it is shady of them in the press release to use the word 3 days combined when the pre sold out nationwide on launch day. Which in turn means the next two days there is no supply to sell. In fact it wasn't until like a week or two later more inventory was availabl to sell which again was already technically sold to waiting lists. And again a waiting period or a week or two for more inventory. Get the picture here? So for them to make a fair comparison they have to include all of those in the count. I highly doubt that the evo will be in short supply for months due to demand like the pre. Also have to keep in mind that HTC probably had a whole year to manufacture supply vs the months palm had. There is just so many angles the press release screems bias when so many factors are left out of the equation.
+1
The main article is still wrong as others have pointed out 13 days, but what you point out is valid too.
Better comparisons can be made a month after release, but by then unless sales are still spectactular we won't hear much. Either way with more people dumping dumb phones to pick up smart phones sales should go up. I just hope HP/Palm gets something new out to grab some of these too.
everybodies waiting for the new Iphone 4! and watch it break all sales records.. the second i can upgrade away from my beloved pre i will be upgrading to the new IPHONE. they are just ahead of the game and when half the world owns a iphone.. it cant be a bad device ... half the world cant be wrong now can they
Half of all people still use IE. So yes....half of all people CAN be wrong. iPhone 4 is the most sold phone but definitely not the best phone. EVO just completely kills it in almost every area.
give me some point forms please how the evo kills the iphone 4 in every way!! i would like to hear this
Toyota sells a lot more Yaris' than they do Land Cruisers. I've owned both, and the Yaris is NOT a better car.
Its also a different market now with smartphones being much more prevalent in the mainstream market place. With the HTC manufacturing resources, a proven and active form factor and established o/s with fully stocked app store....why didn't the Evo sell magnitudes more with units to spare?
Just one word: Lemmings!
yeah, the sprint PR clearly states,
"The launch day sales of the Evo were ... Twice the launch day sales of the pre."
Hopefully this article will be updated.
Comon Pre 2!!!! I have my EVO but man....it is hard moving away from WebOS. If Palm comes out with something solid for the next WebOS device I am all over it!
Hey this just came out on HP & SmartPhones
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-- Sent from my Palm Pre
On Jun 9, 2010 2:59 PM comments:
hp
From MarketWatch, online at:
WILL H-P KEEP PALM IN SMART PHONE MARKET?
By Benjamin Pimentel
6:00 AM ET Jun 9, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- After unveiling its $1.2 billion plan to buy smart
phone maker Palm Inc., Hewlett-Packard has sent somewhat confusing signals about its
intentions to remain in the fast-growing but highly-competitive business.
Analysts, however, believe the high-tech giant will stay in that market -- while
also adapting Palm's well-regarded mobile operating system for other portable
devices.
Speaking to analysts last week, Hewlett-Packard Chief Mark Hurd caused a bit of a
stir when he reiterated the tech giant's rationale for the planned merger with Palm
Inc. , saying H-P isn't buying the company "to be in the smart phone business."
"And I tell people that, but it doesn't seem to resonate well," Hurd added at the
Bank of America conference in New York.
But his comment resonated in a way H-P didn't seem to expect, as it prompted
speculation that the tech giant was planning to exit the smart phone market once it
takes over Palm.
H-P moved quickly to clarify its CEO remark, saying that in connection with its bid
for Palm, the company sees "an array of interconnected devices, including tablets,
printers and, of course, smart phones."
But the level of the company's commitment to the business may be questioned. Hurd
had also said H-P is not "going to run off and spend billions of dollars trying to go
into the smart phone business," adding, "That doesn't in any way make any sense."
In smart phones, H-P faces an uphill battle. The market is ruled by popular product
lines such as the BlackBerry by Research In Motion and the iPhone from Apple Inc. .
Other phone makers such as HTC and Motorola are also quickly picking up share.
Palm, by contrast, does not even rank in the top five handset suppliers in the U.S.
market. And the company's sales have taken a beating of late, as handsets such as the
Pre and Pixi have seen only limited interest at carriers such as Verizon and Sprint
. See full story.
H-P has stressed the value of Palm's intellectual property, particularly its WebOS
operating system, especially at a time of rapid growth in mobile computing.
"Imagine that being a web-connected environment where now you can get a common look
and feel and a common set of services laid against that environment," Hurd said last
week. "And for us, that is a very, very attractive value proposition."
However, H-P also has acknowledged the smart phone market's importance. Hurd himself
told analysts during H-P's last earnings call, "Clearly that's a $45 billion total
available market that is growing and so that is an attractive market."
'Potential shot at greatness'
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And despite the buzz caused by Hurd's statement, many analysts also believe H-P will
not head for the exit once it gobbles up Palm.
"I don't believe H-P will exit the smart phone market," analyst Tim Bajarin of
Creative Strategies Inc. said. "They understand that the smart phone is just a small
PC that happens to fit into your pocket. I am sure that they will continue to develop
a smart phone platform that will be part of H-P's device eco system."
Ramon Llamas of IDC also noted that the smart phone market is "still in it
nascency," and H-P will get a bigger foothold by buying Palm.
"The gold from this acquisition is definitely the WebOS," he said. But Llamas also
added, "I don't see H-P turning off the faucet on smart phones all together. ...
Mobile computing is where it's at. ... There are too many indicators saying, 'Go
smart phone.'"
Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu agreed, arguing that, H-P has much to gain from the
merger.
"It's a building block," he said. "And there's not a whole lot out there. A lot of
companies can't afford to make this bet. They can afford it. And it's a potential
shot at greatness."
He added: "If it doesn't work, it's not the end of the world. It just a month's cash
flow."
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Welcome to PreCentral.net WMMC, if you look back to last week's feature, we finished discussing these stories a week ago. This just in, Reagan defeated Carter in a landslide!!!!
Awe, c'mon Predogs, that wasn't nice. Cut WMMC some slack.
His article was dated with today's date and it did mention some things from analysts we haven't heard before.
I did say welcome. And the article was a rehash of other old articles that were re and re-reposted in the air with Bloomberg and Reuters for more than a week.
"I did say welcome" -- Lol. Yeah, welcome, followed by the equivalent of an STFU. :-)
I actually never read this article so it was new to me. While it did regurgitate a lot of other similar older articles, there were a few tidbits I hadn't heard before.
Perhaps a URL to the article would have been better than posting the whole thing inline, however, I wouldn't want to discourage anyone from sharing info.
C'mon dog -- you are better than that -- I've seen and agreed with many of your posts before. Make nice!
Dude read first, comprehend second then speak/write & you won't make an A$$ out of yourself in front of a few thousand peers...
The reason I posted the old news was to show what the investor community thought of HP comments & most importantly was to show the PreCentral community that all of our rants & raves on this subject did NOT go uhheard by the SmartPhone investor community & by HP!
My advice should you care to hear it...ReRead the article as there may be a test tomorrow just for you!
holy cow wmmc2001
you are off topic
you are copying articles rather than showing tech prowess by posting quotes or a link
there are articles here where your long windedness is on topic
there is a forum for your self directed group therapy
you are calling regular contributors names
if predog is an @ss amoung his peers, you seem to have the slot for d.bg all wrapped up
i'd love to learn more too but nobody will say anything until hp is in charge
lol @ this whole conversation...
who gives a rats ass how many EVO's sold?? It's a brick with Android on it...
Liar Liar Pants on Fire (probably an overheated Pre).
Someone build a webos app to help find my keys please!
i can wait for the hpalm deal to finalise then the real news will come out. Don't give a rats ass about the Evo.
Update with clearer language:
http://newsreleases.sprint.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=127149&p=irol-newsArticle...
Three times Instinct on launch day, twice Pre on launch day.
Oops, my link got cut off. Bit.ly instead:
http://bit.ly/bYbY6O
in ur face evo
Question... what will everyone do if there won't be a new Palm WebOS phone? "We have to face the possibility, that we won't get out of here alive" (Alien vs Predator)
if there was never a new Pre, I'd work with the current model until I was sick of it or some other device offerred an experience overall that I regarded as superior or at least superior enough to switch.
Now, I am as gung go for the next gen pre of my dreams to be announced, but even with its limitations, the current device still has room to improve dramatically doesn't it?
what about the gpu chip the Webos doenst even use? When the OS is fully optimized and makes use of that, wouldn't there be a pretty dramatic increase in performance? Nearly like a new device?
I look forward to that point knowing the current device I have still is playing with one hand behind its back. So even if there is not a new device for a year, but they make the webos more effectivley use the decent hardware its got, I feel like the Pre's value proposition is still pretty good, cuz its not doing everything it could yet (gpu, api's, patch incorporation, etc)
I think it ill-advised to post 7 1/2 Pre screens of cut/paste in a comment section that is off topic whether it is 15 minutes or 15 days old. No STFU intended, sorry if it came ouy that way. But next time please post links if it's such compelling news.
The Evo is still selling like hot cakes can't say the same for the Pre...then again the Pre has a better exchange/return rate!
Big props to whomever's Pre that is in the photo! That is an awesome picture of the statue outside the south endzone of the Seminole's football stadium. GO NOLES! Omaha bound baby!