Strange figures re: Indonesian iPhone 3G
Detik reported that while Telkomsel has had 39 thousand pre-orders for its iPhone 3G, it only has 10 thousand units of Apple's phone in stock. While this is typical of initial position of a new product, the other numbers revealed by Telkomsel show that someone isn't that good at maths.
Out of 10 thousand units, four thousand have been earmarked for Jakarta and the other six thousand are intended for Bandung, Surabaya, Medan, and Makassar during Telkomsel's roadshow.
In another article, Telkomsel claimed to have had an average of 2000 people per day over the three day launch. Simple maths say they would have sold six thousand over three days but it's pretty clear that was not the case if they only had allocated 4000 units for Jakarta because that means the phones have been sold out in Jakarta or Telkomsel simply took allocation from other areas, leaving 4000 to be distributed to the other four cities.
I'm not disputing Detik in this case because the numbers come from Telkomsel directly.
In any case, this kind of telecommunications product launch seems to have been a first in Indonesia as there has never been a massive interest in a single product over such a short period for as long as I can remember. Indosat M2's mobile broadband launch comes to mind but it was staggered over several months back in late 2006.
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