I was just going off this article that chemgear posted. Since the phone hasn't been signed for by the store yet I assumed it was one of those "in-transit" orders.
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Originally Posted by chemgear
Yeah, they count sales differently than many other companies versus their "shipped" numbers.
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/09/...ts-are-saying/
"We expected 6-8 million over the opening weekend... Clarification - recall the 5mil+ iPhone 5 reported sales only takes into consideration: 1) what was sold into partners (e.g., retail outlets, carriers, etc.), 2) sold in AAPL retail stores, and 3) direct to customers only if they signed for the device. Importantly, this doesn't take into consideration units in delivery direct to customers (i.e., AAPL must have signature of acceptance by customer before it is counted as a sale) and we estimate units in transit could be in the millions currently. |