Further to my post earlier this evening (Orange sold 30,000 iPhones today ), here’s the full update I managed to get from my contact there:
Orange are delighted to reveal, that as of 4pm today Orange had sold more than 30,000 iPhones across the UK – smashing what we believe is the previously published first day sales records for a handset in the UK
I can well believe this, especially when you count the number of people who signed-up in advance online.
Then Orange’s iPhone app success…
At the same time, Orange’s first ever exclusive UK app – Orange Wednesdays – has gone to the top slot in the Entertainment Category, and hit second place in the free apps chart on the Apple App Store. The app combines the latest film reviews and trailers with up to date info on what’s on, where films are showing, information on how to get there and the ability to redeem the 2-for-1 Orange Wednesdays cinema voucher on your Orange iPhone.
And finally, the (slightly contentious) point:
Orange’s 3G mobile network covers more people in the UK than any other, and is currently the focus of our recently launched £multi-million pound advertising campaign, which from today features the iPhone, entitled ‘You’re Covered’.
I’ve been seeing the ads everywhere. 3UK are understandably spitting blood claiming their network is bigger.
Who to believe?
Apple iPhone Day on Orange UK – a little more info (SMS Text News): Further to my post earlier this eve.. http://bit.ly/1hYIS2
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Apple iPhone Day on Orange UK – a little more info (SMS Text News): Further to my post earlier this eve.. http://bit.ly/1hYIS2
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I am using a high end Android device on the Orange Internet consumer APN (access point name), my screen time out is set at 2 minutes. It often takes longer than this to load a page of dabr, the web based twitter client. Will be interested to hear about the mobile safari experience of the 30,000 new iPhone customers. Could be worth them measuring their thoughput too!
On the 10th of Nov Orange UK sold over 30,000 iPhones. Approx the same number of iPhones in all of NZ. http://bit.ly/2f159A
Hey Ewan,
In terms of who to believe… allow me to explain.
3UK does have the biggest 3G network in the UK but it does not cover the majority of population. This is where Orange comes in. They cover most of the densely populated areas and hence cover more people than any other network in the UK.
Simplesss…
On the 10th of Nov Orange UK sold over 30,000 iPhones. Approx the same number of iPhones in all of NZ. http://bit.ly/2f159A
You can use the Speed Test app to check your data transfer rate. I wrote a brief post about it here: http://www.appnoodle.com/2009/11/speed-test-net-connec... or just download from the Market.
T-Mo isn't bad at all on 3G. It would be interesting to compare with Orange's effort.
Cheers, I have an original G1 in T Mobile and agree, it's not bad at all. Find it quicker most of the time, unless the network just drops the page request, which it did a lot earlier in the year but seems to have improved.