If I had to guess, I think next year they will make absolutely as MANY as they possibly can... Like they did this year, and the year before... & the year before........
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Apple Cites 'Incredible' Demand for New iPhones Amid iPhone 5s Sellouts
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If I had to guess, I think next year they will make absolutely as MANY as they possibly can... Like they did this year, and the year before... & the year before........
That would make Apple just look incompetent in supply chain planning. I can understand the marketing guys, but this stuff shouldn't last for too long, because it will make people feel irritated, which is in turn not good for the brand image.
They just introduced the 5S too early, which is why production could not produce enough units for a smooth roll out. That's the truth.
This amused me incredibly. Just brilliant. It kind of reinforced the poor sales techniques of the carriers. A friend had been contacted by EE here in the UK. She was waiting for the 5S however the sales rep was trying to flog her the 5 in the white. His pitch was that the 5 is exactly the same and there is no difference other than the innards. It would be wasted on her as it's all stuff she wouldn't have any understanding of!
Well, considering the gold ipod mini or nano or whatever they were calling it at the time was one of his, I'd go with you being wrong.
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I've been using carphone warehouse to upgrade my iphone since the 3GS. I was very wary of them at first, having had a bad experience of them as manager of a business account for my college (they accepted our account and our order for some phones, then didn't deliver them because they had a company policy of not delivering mobile phones to educational establishments... yes I know that's crazy. No I'm not making it up. Yes. I. KNOW. It's. Crazy. Really.) but they've been very very good for me as a private customer. Ring them up on release day, tell them what model iphone I want on which carrier. Wait in for it to be delivered next day, no problem at all... actually I'm stuck indoors waiting for a 5s right now.
So.... in your opinion, if the analysts are correct & they sell 8 million in opening weekend.... they shouldn't even come out with a new phone if they can't produce well more than 8 million per week???
Excellent idea, genius! No, wait....... we'd just NEVER get new phones if anybody cared what you consider "incompetent".
Guess what, Mr. Competency? Phones are MUCH more popular in their 1st week sold than, say... their last week sold. There would be EPIC amounts of waste & empty buildings, and specialized machinery gathering dust if they followed your brilliant idea of not coming out with phones, unless they can churn out enough for the INITIAL pent up demand & go immediately to supply/demand homeostasis.
Do you think those fancy machines that diamond cut the iPhone 5/5S are easily repurposed? How many extras should they build to please you?
I'm telling you... it is BLATANTLY obvious to me that these phones are selling as fast as they can be built, more sooner than later they will be built as fast as they can be sold. If you seriously believe this is anything other than a normal ramp up for a WILDLY popular product, with nuances in the supply/distribution chain that are ironed out as soon as feasibly possible... I just don't know what to tell you.. quit rewatching Enemy of the State?? There's seriously no conspiracy here.
Why are people here complaining? Do they want the response to NOT be incredible?
They just butt-hurt Apple is doing well. Really someone said he was tired of Apple using of the word every launches but when every Apple launches are success, what else to use?
They just butt-hurt Apple is doing well. Really someone said he was tired of Apple using of the word every launches but when every Apple launches are success, what else to use?
If all they're after is a bit of variety in the phrasing, well there's probably a thesaurus app that Apple could download for that, in fairness.
Ok, so where would you store those 10%? In warehouses? Increasing expense just because you want to have 34mil available at launch? I see your point and it makes sense but it would increase the cost and lets say that the iPhone would be a flop (hypothetically, people would wait for 6 as 5s is basically 5 with little tweaks) so now you have 34mil phones but the demand is not there so you will have hard time selling them. I know its unlikely but a business should bet on the fact that you sell it. Look at microsoft what happened with their tablets and zune. Or motorola's. This is better business practise as you don't risk too much and you create demand which also causes free advertisement as people will hear about the low availabilty and will wonder why, so they go home, look at the phone and maybe because of this curiosity they will decide to get it too.
Like it or not, this system is very clever even if customers might get frustrated at the beginning.
And in 2 monhts this will all be back to "normal" so I think that is a sacrifice worth making
Oh, I forgot to mention, I had my old 4S/Blk/32GB device - in lovely, near new condition - lying around (was using it as an emergency backup and development phone). I took it with me to trade-in.
The AT&T Store gave me $205.00 for it. I'll take that.
(I probably could have gotten more for it, but I got it subsidized so I made 67% of the purchase price of the device back, so I'm thrilled...)
And that is two years later. Nice.
Your theory has a hole. Customers didn't know the supply ahead of time. People would have lined up whether apple had 10MM phones or 2MM phones.
A friend of mine in downtown Manhattan picked up his 5s with ease during his lunch break and a very short line at an ATT store. Not sure what all those idiots camping outside the apple store are doing (meaning the ones that aren't there for advertising).
"Incredible" demand?
Isn't just about everything Apple says about just about any Apple product "incredible" -- at least when it's not "amazing", "unprecedented", or other unnecessarily hyperbolic adjective?
As with Chicken Little (aka Henny Penny), when everything is over-hyped, nobody will pay attention when the singular phenomenon occurs.
(I write this as one who loves using Apple hardware and software!)
Isn't just about everything Apple says about just about any Apple product "incredible" -- at least when it's not "amazing", "unprecedented", or other unnecessarily hyperbolic adjective?
As with Chicken Little (aka Henny Penny), when everything is over-hyped, nobody will pay attention when the singular phenomenon occurs.
(I write this as one who loves using Apple hardware and software!)
Considering the Nexus 5 hasn't been officially announced yet, who knows for sure exactly when it will achieve its normal stock levels? Also, since it isn't Apple or Samsung there likely won't be 5-10 million people looking to buy one the first month, which makes it easier to fill demand.
The only "strategic" reason for releasing now is that their fiscal year ends next Saturday and they have established a pattern since the 4S of a third-weekend-in-September release date. The sales jolt helps keep year-on-year numbers comparable, and it also gets Apple some buzz going into the holiday season. The holiday quarter is what is most important to Apple, and by preparing it for an early September launch they pretty much ensure that it will be in ready supply for the holiday rush.
Plus, if they have 5 million phones they can sell now, they want to sell them now, not later. Sure, they might wish they had 10 million phones now, but they'll sell what they have.
Funny how apple will say "incredible demand" but won't give specific numbers like the last two launches
Oh, I forgot to mention, I had my old 4S/Blk/32GB device - in lovely, near new condition - lying around (was using it as an emergency backup and development phone). I took it with me to trade-in.
The AT&T Store gave me $205.00 for it. I'll take that.
(I probably could have gotten more for it, but I got it subsidized so I made 67% of the purchase price of the device back, so I'm thrilled...)
Very, very nice. I sold a 2 year old iP4 last year for $200. I gave the older gentleman a very nice price and there was no haggling involved. I know I could have gotten more too*. Selling to ATT is much easier than dealing with craigslist creeps.
*Within minutes of posting my email was flooded with responses. A few low ballers, but mostly people wanting to buy it now.
Didn't the idiot analysts only 7 days ago predict that Apple would sink because these phones are way overpriced, not exciting enough, and would therefore cripple consumer demand for these phones? Where are those bozo forecasters hiding now?
Counting the pallets of unsold 5C phones?
(They were calling the 5C overpriced, after all.)
They just butt-hurt Apple is doing well. Really someone said he was tired of Apple using of the word every launches but when every Apple launches are success, what else to use?
They could replace "incredible" with "awesomesauce"?
Yeah exactly. Although there were people in line who took FOREVER to buy their phones walking out with the 5c. They do look better in person.
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Yep, that is the mini. They've made gold/yellow in several generations.
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