The After Math: a million Z10s, the UnCarrier's new plan and a 16-button controller
Welcome to The After Math, where we attempt to summarize this week's tech news through numbers, decimal places and percentages
This week, there's been a mixed bag of interesting news numbers, from T-Mobile's New York event and the company's new perspective on the phone network business, to San Francisco (again) for the Games Developers Conference. We also got to take a look at BlackBerry's first financial results since the name change and its BB10 launch.
BlackBerry revenue for the last financial quarter: $2.7 billion
Profit made by BlackBerry: $94 million
BlackBerry revenue for the same period last year: $4.2 billion
Loss made by BlackBerry during the same period last year: $125 million
Cost of Samsung's latest lawsuit against LG: $45 million
Number of BB Z10 handsets shipped so far: 1 million
Proportion of Z10s sold, according to CEO Thorsten Heins: Two-thirds to three-quarters
iPhone 5 units sold in its first weekend: 5 million
iPhone 5 (16GB) handset price from Apple: $649
iPhone 5 (16GB) handset price from T-Mobile: $579
Minimum monthly plan from T-Mobile: $50
Price of the OUYA console at launch: $99
Buttons on OUYA's Bluetooth controller: 11
Buttons on the original NES controller: 4
Buttons on the original PlayStation controller: 10
Buttons on the PlayStation 4's DualShock 4 controller: 14
Buttons on the skunk-evading Tenya Wanya Teens arcade controller: 16