We said the Palm Pre's early performance was "not doing too badly." And now some new figures cement that fact: The Pre has likely sold 300,000 units. That's especially good since it sold only that many phones in the entire preceding quarter.
Citing sources in the manufacturing and retail trade, Edward Snyder, a researcher for Charter Equity, notes that 300,000 Pres have been sold to customers--equating to roughly 100,000 per week since launch. Though, that figure can't be verified, thanks to Palm's insistence to keep the exact figure secret. But with estimates for the initial weekend totaling up to 50,000 or more, the 300,000 sold is a plausible figure.
It in no way compares with the iPhone 3G S's million-unit sale over its first weekend, and when the new iPhone gets its global launch in July, those figures will be dwarfed. But, and it's a big but, the numbers do represent an extremely strong performance for Palm.
Citing sources in the manufacturing and retail trade, Edward Snyder, a researcher for Charter Equity, notes that 300,000 Pres have been sold to customers--equating to roughly 100,000 per week since launch. Though, that figure can't be verified, thanks to Palm's insistence to keep the exact figure secret. But with estimates for the initial weekend totaling up to 50,000 or more, the 300,000 sold is a plausible figure.
It in no way compares with the iPhone 3G S's million-unit sale over its first weekend, and when the new iPhone gets its global launch in July, those figures will be dwarfed. But, and it's a big but, the numbers do represent an extremely strong performance for Palm.
- 6/30/2009
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
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