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# The new iPhones: a $3bn "disappointment"
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2013/09/apple-iphone-journalism/
- Published: 2013-09-23T15:18:56.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T16:03:47.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: apple, iPhone, tech pundits, technology

[Fast FT](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ba6a5520-2452-11e3-8905-00144feab7de.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> The company just announced that fourth quarter sales would come in at the high end of its expectations, which ranged from $34bn to $37bn, after sales of its iPhone 5s and 5c devices smashed forecasts this weekend.
> 
> Apple said it had sold 9m iPhone 5s and 5c units over its first weekend on sale, a record for the company.

Once again, the opinion piece of the tech press are utterly at odds with the public perception and reaction. Tech journalism is trapped in a model of what constitutes value and innovation that doesn’t match with that of the public.

There’s an opportunity there for some enterprising journalists, isn’t there?