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Apple Employee claims <20 iPhone 6+ per store
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I dont know about apple stores. All i know is working for bestbuy mobile. We will know counts today. It is getting drop shipped tonight via fedex.
And this thread is about a rumor purportedly posted by an Apple store employee.
Combine that with previous experience during iPhone launches and things add up.
No offense guys, but if you all believed all that this guy said....lol. Maybe, somebody already stated this, I did not want to read through all posts, but I will give you all some info here that is for real. Apple retail employees never know how many units of what they are getting in until the day of. Phones are brought in in large crates and not opened yet. Further more, there is no way that one store knows from another store how many units they will have. And lastly, Apple stores often get deliveries even the day of phone release. They often have in the past. I have had stores run out of stock in the AM and then have more stock to sell later the same day. If stock of the 6+ was that poor, Apple would have delayed the release some. They did this back with the iPhone 4 white version due to production problems at the time with the coloring.
I hope you are right. I don't want to wait in the cold for hours and go home empty hands. This thread definitely make me worried.
So you guys are saying the quantity for plus' are limited but if you do your homework correctly you should be good?
well that was a color the 6+ is a seperate phone if they cant have that many phones they would have just held the relase to build up supply.
Yea, I'll come back to this post tomorrow and just completely laugh. 500? If that is true, I'm guessing most will be iPhone 6s and not the pluses.
My store had 1 gold and 10 silvers in Valencia which I'll be honest is a small store. The Santa Barbara had 1 gold and 1 silver. Mark Gurman tweeted "is the plus the new 5s?" If he has any insight on inventory.......we could be looking at 2-5 per store.
i think if the shipment is decent 10-20 per store will be realistic. 50 pluses.....not happening.
Not that I disagree with you. But as of now.. there is somewhat a hold on the release with a 3 to 4 week delay. I plan on showing up around 9pm tonight.. Since that's when Apple Store nearby closes and get a sense of what's available. I'd rather not stay for hours and to be told there is none available...
Will you be lining up? I'm hoping to land a TMobile 64gb plus at this point i dont care what color or capacity (Just not a 16GB) LOL
There will be tons of 6's you guys think though correct?
FWIW, a friend who works at T-Mobile just told me that all that her store got was space grey. No gold, no silver, no 6 Pluses, PERIOD. I know the thread's about Apple stores, but I figured I'd pass it on.
FYI 2013 5S launch, Apple Tyson's Corner (1st apple retail store) only got 11 Gold 5S. We were roughly #25 in line, and I had to buy a scalper's ticket to get a Gold 64gb. This year 6+ has production yield issues with the larger screens meeting Apple specs, so 20 or less alottment/store seems realistic.
I don't think it'll be a problem getting a 6. 6+ is going to be the tough one this year.
Thank you. I am after a plus but I obviously havent seen or held it so it may just be a little too big. Maybe I'll want a 6 instead but now I feel like I'm just buying whatever just stick to my guns lol
I'm lined up already. I'm number one at my store and even in this position I'm expecting anything. It's PURE gamble. I'm in line for a 128GB ATT in any color. I hope they have a 128 GB for ATT here but would i be surprised if they didn't?
I'm not sure its going to be a color thing this year. I think its purely a 6 plus thing.
Agreed. 5-10 per store is what I'm preaching with larger stores 10-30.
The exception would be the NYC store. Wouldn't shock me if they have 100-250 pluses.
What did you pay for the ticket? This year with the reservation pass that won't happen. It's a little bit more controlled.
Is there a line already? Could you DM me which apple store you're at?
This is looking bad lol
Color Vs actual phone model. Different thing. I am not saying that the supply won't be constrained. On the contrary, I am sure it will. I am just saying that there is no way this guy could have known how many his store will have let alone other stores. The fact that the thread is now gone makes something smell fishy too. Will they have thousands on hand of the 6+, I doubt it, but more than 20, yes. And I got, a gold 32 GB on day one too for the wife. ;-)
It's not a different thing.. the gold iPhone 5S was a phone model. One they didn't make enough of.
You were one of the few lucky ones.
Haven't read the whole thread but I've had similar information from one of Apple's store leaders from a London store that 6+ stock is extremely limited and that unless you are queuing now, you won't get one.
Also, 416 Apple stores worldwide. Only 20 per store? Apple production of 6+ is, around 140,000 per week. Why only 20 per store at their flagship stores?
Edit: Sorry WSJ states 140,000 6+ per DAY, not per week.
Edit: Sorry WSJ states 140,000 6+ per DAY, not per week.
We are talking about stock for people queuing and walking in. Most of that stock has gone to pre-orders, reserved for collection and carriers.
You don't get it...nevermind.
Back to fantasy land.
Like I've said to others ... I look forward to your whining thread tomorrow afternoon... Say hello to Peter Pan for me.