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Apple Online Store's iPhone 5s Shipping Estimates Slip to 7-10 Days, Gold Models to Ship in October
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I am interested as well (SIM Free, not the T-Mobile w/ no contract). If I had to guess not until after the holidays.
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Yeah... sometimes you wonder if it's like one of those clubs with a huge line outside and a dozen people inside.
I showed up at my nearest AT&T store in Dallas at about 8:05. Store was already open, and there were about 20-25 people in line outside still at that point. They either didn't get any or quickly sold out of the gold. And by the time I got in, they were sold out of the silver. Luckily, I wanted the gray anyway, so it worked out. The whole process from the second I pulled up to the AT&T store at 8:05 took about half an hour. Much better than waking up in the middle of the night, ordering online, and then waiting 3 days to 2 weeks.
Just got iphone 5s 32gb verizon after waiting an hour in suburbuan strip mall best buy in nj. There are no gold anywhere (local apple store 4 miles away had 17 total and they sold out in 30 seconds) and the target next door to the best buy did not receive a shipment. I wanted a 64gb and they had none. I was the 8th person in line (got there an hour before opening) and they had only 16gb for AT&T and nothing for sprint. I really think Tim Cook was trying to push people into the Apple Store + they did not have any stock for launch day.
Or the Gold is outselling Apples original estimates too. Either way.. this is good news for Apple.
Okay, I'm a little bummed right now. I waited for 14 hours outside my local APPLE STORE, was first in line, and didn't even get the model I wanted. They had about 200 phones to sell today, and ONLY ONE, was a gold model, 64GB AT&T. Of course I had Verizon. ugh, i'm kinda ticked right now.
I'm gonna agree with you here. Supplies were much better when the 5 launched and there were still long lines, but the source of this just seems to be low inventory.
By all indications the 5S and 5C will set a new sales record, maybe 6 million phones first week.
So the stock price will probably tank. It seems inversely proportional to the success of Apple's products.
If opening sales bust through 6 million, you can be sure that Apple is doomed.
I did my part! 32GB slate gray 5S coming by October 2 according to the online store.
So the stock price will probably tank. It seems inversely proportional to the success of Apple's products.
If opening sales bust through 6 million, you can be sure that Apple is doomed.
I did my part! 32GB slate gray 5S coming by October 2 according to the online store.
Ya, not saying it was on purpose by any means. But I think their supplies were severely constrained. We will know when they release the number.
I am pretty sure it is safe to say the US Apple store is the only one that initially had a "ships in 1-3 days" when the sales went live for the iphone 5S. Apple is a US company first and will prioritize the US, just as Samsung and HTC prioritize countries in Asia and Europe for that matter over the US.
As to the gold, I did order one at 3:01 EST for my wife as she is due an upgrade. Shipping in 1-3 days. Her response when I showed her the color choices was, "Get me gold. What female wouldn't want gold. Gold is very in right now." I think Apple underestimated this fact.
As to the gold, I did order one at 3:01 EST for my wife as she is due an upgrade. Shipping in 1-3 days. Her response when I showed her the color choices was, "Get me gold. What female wouldn't want gold. Gold is very in right now." I think Apple underestimated this fact.
Just ordered through AT&T - 16GB space gray. Was given a 7-14 business day ship time. So I'll see it in mid October probably.
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wake me up when we're not talking about iPhone shipping times anymore...
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wake me up when we're not talking about iPhone shipping times anymore...
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Apple is run by a bunch of guys in their 50s or so (no female executive at the top), of course, they don't understand Gold.
As to the gold, I did order one at 3:01 EST for my wife as she is due an upgrade. Shipping in 1-3 days. Her response when I showed her the color choices was, "Get me gold. What female wouldn't want gold. Gold is very in right now." I think Apple underestimated this fact.
These forums overwhelmingly opined that the gold phone was a big mistake and would fall flat.
Doesn't look that way, does it?
Again, Apple seems to know more about what we want than we do. At least more than the people who post on these forums.
On the other hand, Apple appears to have been caught flat footed in terms of gold/white phone availability for launch day.
why so few gold phones?
The gold phone is a new option,so Apple has no basis to judge how well it will be received. So the initial stocks were probably limited to "test the waters"--it would be very embarrassing if all the stores had stacks of unwanted gold phones, and people were complaining that they had to buy a gold phone because it was all that was available.
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I used Safari on my computer. The Apple Store refreshed a bit later than 12:01, but the white 5s (which was the one I wanted) said 2-3 days
My retail store had less than 5 gold phones... Wtf??
The gold phone is a new option,so Apple has no basis to judge how well it will be received. So the initial stocks were probably limited to "test the waters"--it would be very embarrassing if all the stores had stacks of unwanted gold phones, and people were complaining that they had to buy a gold phone because it was all that was available.
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I used Safari on my computer. The Apple Store refreshed a bit later than 12:01, but the white 5s (which was the one I wanted) said 2-3 days
I started ordering with the app on 3:00AM(EST), completed 3:01AM, and got a confirmation email on 3:02AM. Shipping 1-3 days, delivered Sep-30 to Oct-2. AT&T, space gray, standard shipping.
TRied to buy one online this morning. Stupid site says I have a POBOX for a billing address so they can't ship it. But they will allow me to pick up at a store. I click next and it zeroes out my shopping cart.
Tried 3 times. Same result.
I guess I have to sit on my broken, barely still working phone while all the fan boys and girls get it out of their system.
Tried 3 times. Same result.
I guess I have to sit on my broken, barely still working phone while all the fan boys and girls get it out of their system.
My local AT&T store had no 64GB models, and my local best buy had no AT&T versions, hah. I ordered online, I can wait until October.