IPhone Goes on Sale in Europe

Associated Press ^ | Nov 10, 2007 | msn money

[Mr Apple]

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Customers in Germany and Britain lined up to buy the iPhone as it debuted there Friday, with Apple Inc. hoping to replicate the success that the combination cell phone, music player and Web browser has seen in the United States.

Apple hopes to sell 10 million iPhones in 2008, helped by its launch in Asia next year.

In Germany, the phone went on sale at more than 700 T-Mobile shops, including one in Cologne that opened just after midnight with some 350 customers already waiting outside...

[Mr Apple]

Apple Iphone scores successsful launch in Germany.

[the invisib1e hand]

and even though apple software insists on dominating any machine it touches, you can be the EU won't be bringing antitrust charges against Apple, in order to shake them down.

It's all in the logo.

[Mr Apple]

iPhone is off to a huge successful launch in Germany. France and Spain next.

[Mr Apple]

fyi

[Mr Apple]

It's all in the logo.

Apple's world wide advertising campaign for it's iPhone has led to the iPhone becoming a household name.

[the invisib1e hand]

It's all in the logo.

yeah, no, that's not what I meant...

[Terpfen]

and even though apple software insists on dominating any machine it touches

The same can be said of any multimedia software, from Winamp to iTunes.

[jimtorr]

I think France, at least, may already have filed charges against Apple, over iTunes and the iTunes Store. They were threatening to do so early this year.

Apple replied that if charged or sued, they would simply close the French store.

[Mr Apple]

they would simply close the French store.

I don't think the French will sue. Even though they are not very astute (blinded by all that wine), they won't turn down extra revenue from a very viable source.

[Mr Apple]

Three top analyst within the past 5 weeks have raised the target level on Apple to $224.

[the invisib1e hand]

I think France, at least, may already have filed charges against Apple, over iTunes and the iTunes Store. They were threatening to do so early this year.

They're an anomaly. You can't even advertise in English there.

[Mr Apple]

They're an anomaly.

lol

[the invisib1e hand]

lol

What's so funny? You couldn't have looked the word up that fast. And you have obviously misread a post that wasn't even addressed to you.

[the invisib1e hand]

Oh, wait...allow me:

Three top analyst within the past 5 weeks have raised the target level on Apple to $224.

LOL.

Now please, let it drop.

[RayChuang88]

I’m surprised that Apple released the iPhone in Europe so early given that it lacks HSDPA broadband Internet through a 3G network (HSDPA is fairly common in Europe).

[Mr Apple]

I’m surprised that Apple released the iPhone in Europe so early...

Got me on that one. But I do know that with the huge success of the iPhone here in the states, Apple will do quite nicely in Europe. Also, I'm wondering if the sales in Germany will approach the 1.2 million mark as was the case here in the first two months.

[Mr Apple]

Apple hopes to sell 10 million iPhones in 2008, helped by its launch in Asia next year.

I'm thinking that the analyst are being conservative with the new target level on Apple at $224. Considering the huge success of the iPhone, the iPod and the latest iPod that came out this month, and the immense strength and increasing market share of Mac sales, that they didn't put the target level at $285/300ish.

[Mr Apple]

Now please, let it drop.

?

[ccmay]

Considering the huge success of the iPhone, the iPod and the latest iPod that came out this month, and the immense strength and increasing market share of Mac sales, that they didn't put the target level at $285/300ish.

At least one analyst puts the medium-term prospects over $600.

I don't think that's out of the question, when you consider that the Mac still has 94% of the computer market share left to conquer. This, and not the iPhone, is where the real growth prospects are.

Apple hasn't even begun a real effort to get into general business offices. Even the XServe is marketed primarily to their traditional users in graphics shops, university departments, research laboratories, and the like.

As Windows founders in a festering pile of viruses, spyware, and bloated code, I think more and more people and companies are going to see the wisdom of Apple's approach.

[rb22982]

It's earnings would have to increase ridiculously to get to 600/share. Even if it hits it's estimated 2009 earning-- which assumes 50% earning growth annually--It'd be traded at 98x earnings for 2009. That's Nasdaq '99 level.