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Apple Again Dominating Shipping Capacity Out of China Ahead of iPhone 6 Launch
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Medic311
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oh i didn't know that. i have an iPhone 5 and didn't spring for the 5S. in fact the last new iPhone i bought was the 4S thanks to Verizon threatening to end my grandfathered unlimited plan if i took a phone subsidy. i'll be taking the subsidy for the iPhone 6 b/c i plan on getting the most expensive model. then i'm going to switch to T-Mobile and have them pay off my ETF
i've had it with Verizon.
sdiori
macrumors regular
The good news is that I'm switching from gold to black this go' round, where black was readily available in the Chicagoland area on release day for the 5S. 🙂 The bad news is that the screen is bigger, so demand will negate the advantage of going for the most plentiful color. 🙁
Here's hoping there's a true pre-order this time. Camped for the 5, would rather NOT do that this time.
Here's hoping there's a true pre-order this time. Camped for the 5, would rather NOT do that this time.
Medic311
macrumors 68000
refresh my memory about the 5S. what the time difference between when it was available in stores and when it was for sale on Apple.com ?
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MonstaMash
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sdiori
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Went on sale at 2am CT on release day on Apple.com and carrier sites. I went with gold, so it was smart to order from Apple. However, Space Gray was readily available throughout the area.
jlake02
macrumors 68020
I keep thinking the same thing. Especially with "And so will a whole lot more" on the countdown page.
Probably just wishful thinking though 😀
SactoGuy18
macrumors 603
I think right now the iPhone 6 models are being shipped to the USA, UK, Japan and South Korea--the initial launch markets for this phone.
Agreed, for all the taunting about lack of secrecy, and for all the *demand* for solid intel, there is comparatively little to go around. Don't we usually see assembly line photos and buckets of finished phones and working units by now?
People aren't even completely sure what the antenna breaks are going to look like yet!
charlituna
macrumors G3
Smart move by Tim Cook. Folks forget that this tactic has been going on for years. Booking huge amounts of shipping, parts etc with contracts that insure that they will get their goods no matter what, no delays. It's what Tim did for Steve and he did it very well. So well that sometimes folks like Intel or Broadcom announce a part like the new mobile 802.11ac chips and before the hour is up it turns out that Apple had bought the first X million parts weeks before.
Well if the other companies had some hot products in store for this year, they would have booked ahead too
Wow, maybe iPhones will finally be available on launch day instead of next-next-Friday-after-launch-day-preorder day.
charlituna
macrumors G3
The demand has increased so much that it is unlikely you will be able to just walk in and get what you want guaranteed. it's just to complex to pull off that kind of move anymore. Even if Apple does no preorders and no online orders and finds a way to keep the resellers out, it's still unlikely that there won't be shortages. The lines can only make so much, the warehouses can only hold so much. Apple's not the type to create a security risk by hiring a bunch of short term warehouses to build up stock so there are limits.
in the end it's really a prime example of a firstworldproblem
I doubt the other companies have contracts like this in the first place, they are not going to ship tens of millions of devices in a single weekend around the world like Apple. Apple's likely the only one willing to pay big bucks for this, which would include sat+sun deliveries. Fedex, DHL, and UPS likely already told their fleets to prepare for a weeklong worth of overtimes.
charlituna
macrumors G3
no one yet. And you can't really go with history because Apple keeps changing it. some years there are pre orders, some there are not. Some it starts the morning after the announcement. some that friday, some the beginning of the next week.
Some years they did online reserves, some they haven't. some they have done line tickets that were for specific models, some years you found out if you were getting the one you really want at the door.
Macdude2010
macrumors 65816
I understand that, but I am hoping to have a similar situation I had with the iphone 5, I woke up at 3AM to preorder, and then it arrived on launch day on the 21st
Yes and no. Perhaps phones ordered directly from Apple come directly from China, but the carriers tend to ship from their own stock first before going through Apple again. It's better to deplete (read: sell) all the stock on hand than to hold stock while ordering more and hoping for the best.
charlituna
macrumors G3
Based on what they tell us about shipping dates when they announce stuff, they likely can't because they don't know when they will need the shipping to happen. Apple knows their deadlines so they can book it. Perhaps with exclusive deals so no one else's stuff can be on the ship, plane etc and 'play or pay' deals in cause they cause an issue.
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its only a risk of the battery shell is punctured.