The impatient ones will be disappointed as usual. The patient ones will maybe order one 5 months from now once the hoopla is over. Yawn.
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Apple Says iPhone X Demand is 'Off the Charts' After Device Quickly Sells Out Around the World
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I was. Woke this morning and it was sent about 3:45 a.m. MST. Followed the basic instructions, it’s already approved and set for Nov. 3 delivery. #lucky
Yeah I was force quitting it every 15 seconds or so, lol. Maybe it was a coincidence as I got through after rebooting around the same time you did. I didn't even think to check store delivery because I already had my mind set on doing that new box swap thing because I live nearly equal distance, about two hours from Apple Stores in two opposite directions. Maybe I should have driven like the last two years, but I was really on board with the convenience of doing it this way and was scared if I spent extra time messing around the delivery date would get pushed back even more or worse, the app would have more errors and I wouldn't be able to get it through at all. It was a snap decision, but I'll likely be getting it closer to the 17th if I just slipped into that window and that's not awful. I just hope it doesn't come right before Thanksgiving because we're hosting the family. I also imagine a fair amount people will be cancelling orders. I saw a lot of people on Twitter and on the forums last night who were ordering from multiple places to secure one and said they're going to cancel duplicates, so hopefully I'm around Friday the 17th or maybe even the 15th but maybe that's just wishful thinking, lol.
When I clicked order, 5 minutes before you, it said delivers Nov 3 also... when i got the email at 12:02am it then said delivers nov 10 - nov 17.
Apple is counting on many to take advantage (or to be taken for lol) of these payment plans. Undoubtedly many sees the monthly payment and think oh what's another $10/mo here and there let's do it. This is how they can afford to keep raising prices and still sell them by the millions. I positively hate these installment plans, but have to admit I'm guilty because many deals now involve convoluted monthly credits. My iP7 has 11 more payments to go, for a combined total of $200 off the phone which could only be had doing the installment plan. I can't even pay it off early, as I'll lose out on the remaining monthly credits.
$999 or $1149 is insane for a phone, as is paying $50/mo for one. And I'll come back and eat these words if I end up buying one
although I don't foresee any deals will be given on it by the carriers.Same here. I was up at the right time but had the infamous message that Apple couldn't connect with Verizon and was given a reservation. I've been waiting for the Apple email all day to complete the order. As promised, I just received the email, completed the purchase, and I will receive the X in 2 - 3 weeks. There could've been better communication for sure, but I'm happy now and looking forward to receiving the new phone. Thanks to all on this forum for sharing your experiences and keeping me informed.
I wonder what the price is where they would actually have trouble selling phones?
I personally think they could price something like the X at $5000 each and they would still sell all the ones they want to.
I personally think they could price something like the X at $5000 each and they would still sell all the ones they want to.
My experience doesn't jibe with that chart.
I wasn't able to get into Apple's website store and start ordering until 3:04 Eastern and my order of an AT&T 256GB Space Grey was finally completed at 3:08 Eastern (website was slow trying to check the AT&T part.) I got 2 week delivery of the 17-24th (which is more like 3 weeks.) Got a confirmation email from Apple of it all at 3:10 Eastern.
That doesn't jibe with the chart saying it didn't slip to 2-3 weeks until 3:17 Eastern.
Going to cry in my cheerios now, congrats to all that got delivery on the 3rd.
I wasn't able to get into Apple's website store and start ordering until 3:04 Eastern and my order of an AT&T 256GB Space Grey was finally completed at 3:08 Eastern (website was slow trying to check the AT&T part.) I got 2 week delivery of the 17-24th (which is more like 3 weeks.) Got a confirmation email from Apple of it all at 3:10 Eastern.
That doesn't jibe with the chart saying it didn't slip to 2-3 weeks until 3:17 Eastern.
Going to cry in my cheerios now, congrats to all that got delivery on the 3rd.
Partially true, but when you see the monthly payment of $54 it's a big huge OUCH!! Let's say you have 2 phones on your T-Mobile, $120 a month. Now add another $108 a month to that.. Damn that's a lot to stay connected in today's day and age. We went ahead with the Tmobile deal, get $300 for our existing iphone, pay $549 down with Tax, and get the 256 gig for just $17.50 a month. Much more doable.. Just depends on if you have the cash to plop. I'll definitely be thinking twice the next time the new iphone comes out.
I'm sure that both things are happening. Short supply + unprecedented demand. It doesn't have to be just one or the other.
OH so you tried it before? On your 4 years old android device? Because you know, Android had it 4 years ago. Funny...
He/she doesn't. It's the same thing every year. You get armchair CEOs on Macrumors who have zero business or manufacturing experience sit there and claim that Apple is pulling a marketing stunt by artificially limiting supply. No company in their right mind would artificially limit supply if they know demand is there. Apple is a nearly $1 trillion company. They don't need to artificially do sh*t...
The problem is people are comparing the monthly cost of the iPhone X to things like how much a cup of coffee costs per day. The proper comparison is to other smartphones like iPhone 8 or Samsung s8. You can't surf the internet with a cup of coffee.
Rule of thumb is never buy a first gen apple product, or first gen redesign of a car.
I'll wait for iPhone XS
I'll wait for iPhone XS
Don't believe they could sell many at 5K for a second. The currently sell for about 1350 which is the 256gb upgrade program which comes with the warranty. So they could definitely go higher, but as they approach 2000, the numbers would drop significantly. Over that would fall drastically just like with the Apple Watch Edition which they discontinued. At least those were made of materials that were physically valuable. To sell premium version they would have to have it made of something with value in itself. I could see them someday selling a ceramic edition for a top tier and that they could certainly sell for 2K+, 3K+ etc.
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Good thing then this is a 8th generation product =).
The iPhone 8 is just the iPhone 6 again with a better chip inside. No one was buying it,Because they made enough of them for the launch
I've got an even better headline:
"Consumer electronic company sells electronics.....to consumers."
It's 100% true after all....
THEY NEED TO FIX THIS! Apparently my reservation doesn’t exist anymore
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