The Worldwide Developers Conference is coming up in San Francisco on June 10-14. Too bad, so sad if you didn’t remember to buy your tickets, because it’s already sold out (whaaat?)! Apple announced the ticket sale time a day in advance instead of selling them the moment they announced details (which made some people in other countries a bit mad) for the annual conference. Last year, tickets sold out in under two hours. So how quickly did they sell out this year? In record time: under two minutes. Bonkers!
Each ticket costs $1,599, which is not cheap. But that also means that Apple just made a quick 8 million with 5,000 attendees (not including costs to produce the event, of course). You were also only allowed one ticket per person and five per organization. What’s the bang for your buck? Apple proclaims, “an invitation to inspiration.” There are over 100 sessions with insight into the latest technologies in iOS and OS X.
Apple will also be making conference video available during the conference itself for the first time, which is not normally available until after the show concludes. This is nice for developers who weren’t quick enough to grab tickets in that two-minute window.
We’re hoping to see some product announcements during the conference — although it has been rumored that new products won’t be announced until fall. Maybe new software? Perhaps iOS 7? Only Apple knows what Apple has planned, but we’ll be sure to tune in to see what happens!. Watch this space — we’ll be live tweeting the event and posting details here on our blog.