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Apple's WWDC sells out in record 90 seconds

Apple's WWDC sells out in record 90 seconds

By NDTV Correspondent | Updated: 25 April 2013 23:20 IST

We warned you to have your credit cards ready in time, but even we had no idea this is how things would turn out. Tickets for Apple's World Wide Developers Conference went on sale at 10:00 a.m. PST, and at 10:02 a.m. there were no more tickets available.

That's right, Apple's annual developers conference sold out in 90 seconds flat. Based on previous conferences, one can estimate that around 5,000 tickets were available for sale. As a comparison, WWDC 2012, the 23rd edition of Apple's annual developers conference, sold out in 1 hour 43 minutes.

Last month, tickets for Google's developers conference, Google I/O, sold out in around 45 minutes, though there are no estimates on the number of tickets available. It's worth noting that tickets for Google I/O cost $900 ($300 after educational discount), while tickets for WWDC 2013 cost $1,599 per head.

The conference will be held this year between June 10 and 14 at its usual venue, Moscone West in San Francisco, California. Apple is expected to preview new versions of OS X and iOS to developers, based on comments by Apple's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Philip Schiller.

"Our developers have had the most prolific and profitable year ever, and we're excited to show them the latest advances in software technologies and developer tools to help them create innovative new apps. We can't wait to get new versions of iOS and OS X into their hands at WWDC," Schiller said.

At last year's WWDC, Apple unveiled MacBook Pro with Retina display and thinner, more powerful MacBooks. Apple also announced that Mountain Lion will cost $19.99 and be available the following month. Most importantly, Apple previewed iOS 6 with Facebook integration and announced plans to replace Google Maps with its own.

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