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Last year the 5S did not arrive at anyone's house on release day. It was weeks after. The closest anyone got maybe days... NO ONE got it the same day at their door. Correct me if I'm wrong...

I know,because I ordered at right at midnight. My arrival date wasn't until weeks later

With the 5S isn't it the case that there was no preorder period? You ordered at midnight the same day they went on sale at retail locations.
 
Last year the 5S did not arrive at anyone's house on release day. It was weeks after. The closest anyone got maybe days... NO ONE got it the same day at their door. Correct me if I'm wrong...

Which I will happily do: Had my two 5ses, 64 Gigs, space gray, delivered by a friendly UPS guy on launch day, 11:08 am. (That was in Germany, they indeed had more problems with their logistics in the US.)
 
I want the 4.7, but i'm not sure what the price points are like right now for unlocked in Canada. The contract prices here are nuts.

Unlocked in Canada are posted on the Apple.ca page and, as for contract prices, add $50 onto the US carrier prices to get CDN carrier pricing.
 
I feel you :) price is a bit steep though since 16 GB is non-option.

The 4.7" 64GB at 5999,- DKK is exactly what I paid for my 32GB iPhone 5 when it came out.
The main reason why I'll buy a 6 is because my daughter hates her Sony Xperia and she wants an iPhone badly. She is convinced it will change her life. She's 12. : )
 
If I was on an iPhone 4s, I'd upgrade, but I'm on an iPhone 5 and it honestly still runs so fast and is so light and good looking, that it feels very modern and all around a great phone. Not even considering an upgrade to the iPhone 6 which had minimal changes over the 5s besides the display size, a change I'm not even sure I want.

"Minimal changes?"??? You weren't paying attention.
 
The 6 or 6 Plus will be my 5th iPhone, if I get one. But this is the first time I've needed to see how they feel in my hand (and how they fit in my pocket) before deciding. I tried cardboard cutouts to get an idea of size, but that wasn't enough for me to choose which one to buy. I also want to hear more about real-world experience with both models, including battery life, overall speed, and so on.
 
Nope. The 6plus will sell more!

Go big or go home!

I've seen polls that suggest about a 3:2 in favour of the 6plus. Personally getting the plus but feel like the larger size is right at the point that people will think about size requirements as it's large enough to put most women off.
 
What Samsung should have done imo is have the Note 4 ready to ship within days of announcement. The GN4 + Gear VR would have been a solid 1, 2 punch to Apple. I mean Apple have nothing to compete with Gear VR. And to those saying it's equivalent to Google cardboard :rolleyes: Samsung have Occulus Rift and John Carmack developing for it, it's going to be a success no matter what. VR is the real next gen tech, not watches. :D

I think Oculus is an AMAZING product!!!! It gets me excited for the future. There is a TON of potential..! :)
That being said; you have very very very very very very unrealistic expectations if you believe this is going to be an accessory that even one in a hundred Note 4 customers purchase.
This tech is DEFINITELY still "fringe"... way more than a smart watch, & even significantly more than Google Glass.
 
That's ridiculous all the first impression of journalist indicated that the thinness of the phone makes it easier to handle.

Got it! Thin makes the phone easier to handle. Slap a case on it and it no longer matters. Funny how people are defending a large iPhone after bashing Android for all these years. .
My wife's iPhone 5 sticks out of her pockets mid way. It would be impossible to do the same with either iPhone now.
 
That plus 15 million iPhone 5s and c, plus 35 million (40?) iPads (there's an october event, right?) and 10 million Macs...

Sounds like maybe, just maybe, Apple might survive until the end of the year, before closing doors in January.

Unfortunately, some analysts claim that 80 million iPhone sales are already baked into Apple's current share price of $100, so don't expect the share price to go up. Down maybe, but not up. Wall Street claims Apple isn't as good an investment as Netflix or Tesla so you might want to sell your Apple shares. :D

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Well one in 80 million is more special than one in a million, so take it as a complement. You just found out that you're 8X "specialer!"

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I'm a mother father gentleman!

You both realize that one IN a million is nothing like one OF 80 million, right? With the current population of the earth, one OF 80 million people would be one IN one hundred.
 
NOT that a gold 6 was ever in my future but those white antenna bands are some UGLY.

I really like the antenna bands myself, I think the gold is looking cleaner with the white than the silver back. I'm 50/50 on which I'll get but they all get shoved in some cheap rubber monstrosity so like the 5/5s panels of last gen no one is really gonna care.
 
Unfortunately, some analysts claim that 80 million iPhone sales are already baked into Apple's current share price of $100, so don't expect the share price to go up. Down maybe, but not up. Wall Street claims Apple isn't as good an investment as Netflix or Tesla so you might want to sell your Apple shares. :D

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Which is understandable, Apple's current share prices are near the highest they've ever been.
 
Unfortunately, some analysts claim that 80 million iPhone sales are already baked into Apple's current share price of $100, so don't expect the share price to go up. Down maybe, but not up. Wall Street claims Apple isn't as good an investment as Netflix or Tesla so you might want to sell your Apple shares. :D

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i actually laughed out loud to this ... hahaha
 
No need to ask myself. The numbers are below. I'll let you do the math. You have a strange definition of failure...

I think the telling numbers are 2013. After selling 144 million SIIIs in 2012, Samsung only sold 40 million S4s. I believe the only thing that sells iPhones better than the iPhone experience is the Android experience.

2010

Apple iPhone 4, 40 million sold
Samsung Galaxy S, 20 million sold
Samsung S5620 Monte, 7 million sold
Samsung Wave (S8500), 2 million sold

2011

iPhone 4S, 140 million sold
Samsung Galaxy S II, 20 million sold
Samsung Galaxy Y,15 million sold
Samsung Infuse, 9 million sold

2012

Samsung Galaxy S3, 144 million sold
Apple iPhone 5, 125 million sold

2013

Apple iPhone 5S 150.2 million sold
Samsung Galaxy S4 40 million sold

Where are you getting that the S3 sold 144 million in 2012? It just broke the 40 million barrier in January 2013 and finished off at 50 million in march.
 
Which is understandable, Apple's current share prices are near the highest they've ever been.

That doesn't mean that it can't or shouldn't go higher. AAPL is undervalued, it should be trading around 120.
This was before they even introduced the :apple:watch.

If they can drive a significant amount of revenue from this new category, AAPL should be trading at 150+ at the end of next year.
 
Last year the 5S did not arrive at anyone's house on release day. It was weeks after. The closest anyone got maybe days... NO ONE got it the same day at their door. Correct me if I'm wrong...

I know,because I ordered at right at midnight. My arrival date wasn't until weeks later

Release day here.

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that doesn't mean that it can't or shouldn't go higher. AAPL is undervalued, it should be trading around 120. This was before they even introduced the :apple:watch.

if they can drive a significant amount of revenue from this new category AAPL should trade at 150+

It means that it probably won't go any higher, whether it shouldn't or can't has nothing to do with it. 120 is really pushing it, and the watch certainly isn't adding to revenue and profits anytime soon...if these people are following the knee jerk reaction around the internet, they are assuming the watch is a flop. Don't depend on a bunch of guys on Wall Street to have any clue whatsoever about what tech is good or what tech is actually going to sell, they just follow reactions.
 
It means that it probably won't go any higher, whether it shouldn't or can't has nothing to do with it. 120 is really pushing it, and the watch certainly isn't adding to revenue and profits anytime soon...if these people are following the knee jerk reaction around the internet, they are assuming the watch is a flop. Don't depend on a bunch of guys on Wall Street to have any clue whatsoever about what tech is good or what tech is actually going to sell, they just follow reactions.

i fixed my post, i added by the end of next year.

when AAPL is compared to other large market cap companies it is undervalued.
 
Has there been any mention of pre-order timing? I know last year the ordering for the 5s was at midnight for each country (staggered), do we think this will be the same for the iPhone 6 pre-order?
 
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