Bending the Math on iPhone 5 Sales Numbers

Apple sold 5 million phones over the weekend, which might sound like a pretty  , but it's not. Turns out that figure can mean a lot of things. Sure, we know the facts: Apple sold 5 million phones in three days and that is more than the 4 million sold during last year's iPhone 4S debut. But dig a little into the statistic and things quickly get murky. Is selling 5 million phones a success?  . Then, was this phone was a failure?  . Let us count all the ways people are spinning those iPhone 5 sales numbers. 

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  These iPhone 5 numbers are  .


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  Yet, they  . 

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  Because: 

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  It   analysts estimates.


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  Thus: Apple " " is gone. 

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  Wait, ? 


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  Whatever, all those projections mean " ." 

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  Did Apple 5 million phones, anyway? That number could be too low.


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  No matter, this 3 day metric —it's the 3 month mark that matters. 


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  Actually, sales figures mean .

Maybe we can just all agree that corporations are complex and thus cannot be explained by one simple number. 

Source & Image : Yahoo