Silver 64GB are in plentiful supply at local stores. Most received no 256GB models, and the Space Grey 64GB also sold out rapidly.
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Apple Celebrates iPhone X Launch Day as Sales and Deliveries Begin Around the World
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That photo of the line in NY just freaks me out. Why go through that when you can just chill at home in your jammies and wait for UPS? And what are the bathroom logistics?
I'm 54 next week. Don't know this guy, but I love him! Is this a sign of mid-life crisis? If so, I'm in! I don't know...to me he just looks like someone who's enjoying life.
Wow....everyone buying two...Smiling because they are going to make some money selling them. Its s bummer that the line is over run by resellers. I have to admit that I used to live getting up early and getting in line to get a phone back in the old days. Mostly because you were in line with other fan boys of Apple. Then over the past few years the individuals in line began to change and it was more resellers. Thankfully Apple does pre-orders now. Just waiting for UPS now!!!!
No big deal man. It’s a site all things Apple pretty much so the bias is going to be there. U go to somewhere like avsforum which is all home theatre and such. Same thing there. I have people waiting on the next lg oled or oppo 4K player. When someone gets one others are happy for them. Ya deff won’t here that in the real world but on a dedicated site and thread. Ya you will. No harm. People are just excited and all. It’s all Good I feel.Not picking on you in particular, but why congratulate someone for choosing to buy something? I see this a lot with regards to the iPhone. I don't hear people congratulating someone when they buy a new refrigerator or a TV. New toaster? Congratulations!! People somehow relate new iPhone owners with lottery winners or those couples having a baby or getting married, graduating college or some other positive life changing event. Is choosing to spend >$1000 on the iPhone worthy of congratulations?
People who make fun of others who wait in line have self-esteem issues... it makes them feel better/superior in some way. It's sad, actually.
Personally, I think it's great... people are out and socializing with others who share the same enthusiasm... you know, communicate and mingle the way humans were meant to; not hide behind a screen 24/7. Good for them, I say!
Enjoy your new iPhones everyone... regardless of how you got it.
Im with you...I was in those lines back in the day and it was fun to be with all the fan boys! But it has changed in the last few launches due to resellers. Just not fun anymore. Now I jsut wait for the UPS truck!
Sort of like how iPhone users make Android users feel inferior or Mac owners make Windows users feel somehow less human? I get it now.
...and here’s one Silver 256GB iPhone X right on time in Finland. The plastic wrapping is surprisingly handy when you drool all over the box before unboxing
A nice international roll-out of undoubtfully epic proportions by Apple. Well done!
It looks like it’s still there but blue. Weird. This is going to sound strange but the phone looks weird to me without the notch.
I resampled it up to 24 x 16 inches, and it looks (at 100% zoom) to me like a cloning brush was used to paint over the notch, but not at 100 % opacity, so the area is greyish, which would be the black notch showing through slightly. So it was photoshopped, but not very well. I don't see a design issue with the notch myself, so why disguise it?
I’m a little concerned how beat up the box is in that pre-order delivery in the last photo! Lol.
Gotta get to the destination in a hurry somehow.
I absolutely love the look of the silver phone. I've always wanted an iPhone with a white body and black face. That's the one I bought.
Walked right into local Verizon store at 8:20 AM in the burbs of NYC in Jersey.
Not one customer in store, 10 employees. In and out with new 256 Silver in all of about 8 mins.
No pre-order, no ebay no nothing. Was shocked no one there. Went to the mall, 750+ in line at Apple Store. Verizon store downstairs had plenty of stock, and no one there.
The sheep says Bahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Not one customer in store, 10 employees. In and out with new 256 Silver in all of about 8 mins.
No pre-order, no ebay no nothing. Was shocked no one there. Went to the mall, 750+ in line at Apple Store. Verizon store downstairs had plenty of stock, and no one there.
The sheep says Bahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Not picking on you in particular, but why congratulate someone for choosing to buy something? I see this a lot with regards to the iPhone. I don't hear people congratulating someone when they buy a new refrigerator or a TV. New toaster? Congratulations!! People somehow relate new iPhone owners with lottery winners or those couples having a baby or getting married, graduating college or some other positive life changing event. Is choosing to spend >$1000 on the iPhone worthy of congratulations?
I guess this is the effect of being an Apple fan.
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I lined up once for the iPad gen 2 a while back but not on an iPhone. For me, it was FUN talking to people with the same interest.
everyone in those pics are holding multiple iphone x boxes.
****ing scalpers
****ing scalpers
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The ROI on flipping this phone isn't that exciting for me.
Let's assume you buy a 64gb phone and pay 7% tax.
$1070
You happen to sell it for $1500 on ebay (this is a highball based on current market prices)
$1500 - 1070 = $430 profit (so far)
You have to pay eBay 10% fees of selling price
$430 - $150 = $280
You wouldn't ship a $1000 phone without insurance and signature confirmation
$280 - $12 = $268
And you owe paypal 2% (2.5%?) of the transaction:
$268 - ($1500 * 2%) = $268- $30 = $238.
Your ROI is $238/ $1070 = 22%
I guess 22% is decent - but this is the iPhoneX! This is supposedly scorching hot! Unattainable on launch day! It should be returning 50% or better.
I see lots of iPhone Xs selling for $1250 on ebay - the sellers are barely making $150.
Do an eBay search for verizon iphone x 64, filter to show anything under $1300 - there are at least 80 that are available to purchase right now for under $1300.
Either there are more iPhones on the market or there is less demand than anticipated.
Let's assume you buy a 64gb phone and pay 7% tax.
$1070
You happen to sell it for $1500 on ebay (this is a highball based on current market prices)
$1500 - 1070 = $430 profit (so far)
You have to pay eBay 10% fees of selling price
$430 - $150 = $280
You wouldn't ship a $1000 phone without insurance and signature confirmation
$280 - $12 = $268
And you owe paypal 2% (2.5%?) of the transaction:
$268 - ($1500 * 2%) = $268- $30 = $238.
Your ROI is $238/ $1070 = 22%
I guess 22% is decent - but this is the iPhoneX! This is supposedly scorching hot! Unattainable on launch day! It should be returning 50% or better.
I see lots of iPhone Xs selling for $1250 on ebay - the sellers are barely making $150.
Do an eBay search for verizon iphone x 64, filter to show anything under $1300 - there are at least 80 that are available to purchase right now for under $1300.
Either there are more iPhones on the market or there is less demand than anticipated.
Off topic: To add to the photo of the male wearing the Airpods Next to the Apple employees, that is....one awesome leather jacket. I seriously was staring at that Over the iPhone X in that picture. I like his style.
