iPhone Air 9pm and Air's 256 still available for 19th ISPU....

[mlayer]

Strange how the iPhone X, which also sold for $999, didn't need much word of mouth or consumer hands on time to sell out. If you recall, some had serious doubts about Face ID and were shocked it didn't have Touch ID as backup.

I haven't been this excited about an iPhone release since the X. The Air will have to knock my socks off for me to buy it first day.

I got the X on release day at the Apple Store at was then the new spaceship campus because I happened to be in town that week. The 8 was released on the same day, so you had two choices.

 

[subjonas]

Strange how the iPhone X, which also sold for $999, didn't need much word of mouth or consumer hands on time to sell out. If you recall, some had serious doubts about Face ID and were shocked it didn't have Touch ID as backup.

I don't really understand this comparison. Is it just that the iPhone X was a major redesign? But it was the flagship, and especially 7 years ago, people were constantly hungry for the latest greatest iPhone. Of course a flagship redesign was going to sell out! Only nerds argued about Face ID.

People are much more calm about phones now. And the Air isn't the flagship, it lacks some bells and whistles, but maybe most importantly the thinness makes people very skeptical about its battery life. That's a real issue for a lot of people. At $1000, the only thing really going for the Air is something that really can only be appreciated in person. This is something repeated by pretty much everyone who has handled the Air so far that I've seen--that the thinness and lightness is surprising. Given all these things, it's totally unsurprising if the Air didn't sell out in preorder, especially considering not many other models seemed to have sold out either.

No one actually knows if it's going to be a blockbuster--I certainly have no idea--but I think if it's going to be any kind of a success, it will be a slow ramp up as people handle it for themselves. Or it may fall on its face, who knows.

Also, I find it so odd that people want to label a new product a bust so quickly. What do people get out of that?

 

[andyx3x]

I haven't been this excited about an iPhone release since the X. The Air will have to knock my socks off for me to buy it first day.

I got the X on release day at the Apple Store at was then the new spaceship campus because I happened to be in town that week. The 8 was released on the same day, so you had two choices.

The 8 and 8 Plus actually came out much earlier than the X. I believe they were September releases and I know the X came out in early November.

I have a 15 PM and I’m very intrigued by the Air. Like some others I’m going to have to wait at least a week after release to hear what people think about it. If the battery life isn’t too bad or it doesn’t have heat issues, I may have to pull the trigger and buy one.

I am surprised a little by the fact that at this moment you can order any Air for launch day pickup or delivery at my 2 local Apple stores. My guess is that most people finance their phones so the additional few dollars a month to get the Pros doesn’t really matter to them. They just want the best iPhone available or what they think is the best.

 

[drugdoubles]

What do we make of this.....demand not what people thought?

Someone in another post argues with me that Air would be the best seller ever, I can just laugh. Overheated, easily bended or broken reports don’t even come out yet

 

[drugdoubles]

I don't really understand this comparison. Is it just that the iPhone X was a major redesign? But it was the flagship, and especially 7 years ago, people were constantly hungry for the latest greatest iPhone. Of course a flagship redesign was going to sell out! Only nerds argued about Face ID.

People are much more calm about phones now. And the Air isn't the flagship, it lacks some bells and whistles, but maybe most importantly the thinness makes people very skeptical about its battery life. That's a real issue for a lot of people. At $1000, the only thing really going for the Air is something that really can only be appreciated in person. This is something repeated by pretty much everyone who has handled the Air so far that I've seen--that the thinness and lightness is surprising. Given all these things, it's totally unsurprising if the Air didn't sell out in preorder, especially considering not many other models seemed to have sold out either.

No one actually knows if it's going to be a blockbuster--I certainly have no idea--but I think if it's going to be any kind of a success, it will be a slow ramp up as people handle it for themselves. Or it may fall on its face, who knows.

Also, I find it so odd that people want to label a new product a bust so quickly. What do people get out of that?

It is just very simple that most people would not spend $1000 for a one camera phone

 

[JPack]

I don't really understand this comparison. Is it just that the iPhone X was a major redesign? But it was the flagship, and especially 7 years ago, people were constantly hungry for the latest greatest iPhone. Of course a flagship redesign was going to sell out! Only nerds argued about Face ID.

People are much more calm about phones now. And the Air isn't the flagship, it lacks some bells and whistles, but maybe most importantly the thinness makes people very skeptical about its battery life. That's a real issue for a lot of people. At $1000, the only thing really going for the Air is something that really can only be appreciated in person. This is something repeated by pretty much everyone who has handled the Air so far that I've seen--that the thinness and lightness is surprising. Given all these things, it's totally unsurprising if the Air didn't sell out in preorder, especially considering not many other models seemed to have sold out either.

No one actually knows if it's going to be a blockbuster--I certainly have no idea--but I think if it's going to be any kind of a success, it will be a slow ramp up as people handle it for themselves. Or it may fall on its face, who knows.

Also, I find it so odd that people want to label a new product a bust so quickly. What do people get out of that?

iPhones don't need to be flagships to sell out. Back in 2020, the regular $799 iPhone 12 sold out very quickly. Consumers buy iPhones if it resonates with them, flagship or not.

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If battery life is the primary concern, what is waiting a couple weeks for the Air to show up in stores going to do? Are they going to stand in store for 8 hours testing battery life? Is Apple's credibility so poor that they can't trust the published numbers?

If so many people are tired of thick phones, seems to me they would immediately click "buy" to test one out. What's a few hours less of battery life? Or maybe, not that many are concerned about thickness.

Seems like there's a double standard. Somehow, 17 Pro Max, being the thickest iPhone in the past decade is quickly sold out. Meanwhile, the Air, thinnest iPhone ever - needs extra convincing, in-store and from friends. Because I guess most people don't have a pencil at home and can't fathom how thin it is?