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Apple Updating Some iPhone X Orders With Improved Delivery Dates
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You're actually misinformed. There is a great deal of market research available that shows consumers who often plan to buy something at a later date, panic and move that purchase forward when they feel demand for an item is so great it might limit their access down the line. There is also a lot of market research available that most certainly does demonstrate the herd mentality of consumers. If something is perceived as in high demand, more people want it.
This has always been true of Apple products, well, since Job era 2 anyways, Apple consumers, MYSELF INCLUDED, often buy not with justification, but instead "I want it!" as a driving force.
I have a close friend who bought the 8 on release day, telling me he was going to skip the X, only to get nuts over HAVING TO HAVE ONE yesterday as soon as he thought it would be in high demand. He was willing to pay double. He went from rational to irrational simply because the internet told him the X was in high demand.
This type of business practice works, and it works great, it's shady as all get out and I am disappointed in Apple, but I certainly don't blame them, their objective is to make money, period. We consumers are nothing more than a wallet waiting to be opened to them.
Exactly, and if any serious defects show up you can cancel and reorder if/when Apple fixes them. I don't expect anything serious but at my income level I require certainty before spending $1200.
This is my exact config... except the email time
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Thats the hope!
We checked lead times for US, UK, Germany, UK, China, Japan and UAE, and interestingly the 5-6 week lead time is consistent across carriers, colors, memory size and geographies. This could mean that the 5-6 weeks number is conservative and users would likely receive it before that timeline.
Yes, plan to buy. No different than what I wrote. But there is zero benefit and loads of downside for a company to intentionally limit supply. Businesses can’t book sales until the item is sold and low inventory does not significantly spur impulse sales, your anecdotes notwithstanding.
Exactly what happened to me, except in was 12:12... I was almost to the point of wondering if Apple had totally flaked and then I started to see all the reports of orders all through and lined up for the 3rd... RAWR
Set for delivery between Nov 22 and 29, flying to US for 10 days on the 28.. 
Same. Apple really screwed this up for me as well. My order went in at 12:12 with a 2-3 week shipping time. I was furious.
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Yeah, I'm part of the iPhone upgrade program and my AT&T contract is month to month. I can't for the life of me understand why Apple needs to have any contact with the carriers at this point.
Just adding a data point. My "We're processing your order" email came at 8:15 AM central time (on the 27th). I joined the upgrade program. The email from Citizens One came at 9:47 AM central time. My delivery date is Dec 11th - Dec 18th. (No bump up yet.) So, in six hours they sold out until mid December.
I did have a question. I would prefer to pick up the phone at the local Apple Store for various reasons but that was not an option. I've had other items that I ordered via the internet and delivered at the store. Anyone case to guess why I could not do that with the phone?
I did have a question. I would prefer to pick up the phone at the local Apple Store for various reasons but that was not an option. I've had other items that I ordered via the internet and delivered at the store. Anyone case to guess why I could not do that with the phone?
Anyone have this problem or see this message when they were pre-ordering?? I’ll attach a pic of it. But I showed one week delivery and just before completing the order I kept getting a message about the IMEI number on my current phone being wrong. Then Apple gave me a reservation number to keep my spot in line and said I had 24 hours to fix my IMEI number. ATT fixed my IMEI number 8 hours into the 24 hour period but on apple’s website they never could recognize the change and I spent all day on the phone with both ATT and Apple and they seemed to just blame each other for the discrepancy, although one Apple rep did some reaearch and said they had a bug they were working out. But...24 hrs came and went and I lost my spot. Any suggestions?? I feel like both companies really screwed be over.
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Yeah, a long with a cheap case until one that my wife really wants is released from Twelve South.
The cheap case and 2 screen protectors were $20 from Amazon. If not for the early release date (Nov 3) I could have gotten discounts to bring the price down to $10.
I’m getting the Tumi case. Had one for my 7 and it was perfect. Didn’t add any weight to the phone....protected just enough of the front and all of the back. And still added some “style” to the phone.
Didn’t protect against water but I’ve dropped it PLENTY times and it’s never broken.
Didn’t protect against water but I’ve dropped it PLENTY times and it’s never broken.
Just noticed this happened to me! Such a nice suprise....made the staying up late worth it!
Same exact situation here. My wifi is amazing, yet apple store did not load untill 3:07. Do you think if we call apple they can get us a better shipping date?
That's awesome news !!!
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Any new update?
I ran into the same issue - I was selecting my phone at 3 minutes past the hour as soon as the store went live for me, paying full price without contract for a 256GB on AT&T to pick up at the store on 11/3, but they couldn't communicate with AT&T and gave me a reservation. But they didn't actually hold my spot and gave me a 2-3 week delivery date after finishing the reservation the next day when AT&T gave them the "ok".
WHY DID THEY NEED AT&T PERMISSION IF PAYING FULL PRICE? Also, I got multiple errors before I even got to the screen that had my phone number and other info on it, and multiple errors after, so that the reservation message didn't come up until after 10 minutes of trying to push the order through with the Apple Store App on iPhone 7+.
Now I'm seriously thinking of canceling and just getting a SIM free model in a few weeks that will work on all networks, since I'm perfectly happy with my iPhone 7+ for now. But a little part of me is saying "well, I have 14 days to play with it and see if I change my mind".
I got caught up in the excitement when originally planning to skip the 8+ and X, since I'd rather save my money in case they update my iPad mini 4 soon. My iPhone 7+ Geekbench score is more than 2x faster than a typical iPad mini now. I mostly want it for the smaller form factor while keeping a big screen and almost the same battery life as my 7+
Hey Da Hurdler--just checked, I'm still showing 17-24. I found out that both UPS and FedEx do "vacation holds" so hopefully I can have them hold it till I return. Super relieved! Thanks for asking, and hope you get yours soon!
So, just an observation; T-Mobile doesn’t require any such checkups. When buying the phone (full price) there is no check or otherwise communication with the carrier. It just adds to the bag and you checkout. For some reason the other carriers require you to inout the current numbe,r account etc - regardless of your status. Gotta say, go T-Mobile...
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This has little to do with Wi-Fi speeds or your internet. No site in the world can handle millions of simultaneous hits. Apple uses CDNs to load balance (used to be via Akamai, but it looks like they may have their own now) and to some degree it’s luck when you get on. The store was open at 12:01, but a lot of folks weren’t able to get on right when. When yours loaded at 7 past, you simply got an open slot.
Not much Apple can do about that. A lottery or waitlist rooms (which is utilized for, say, HP tickets in London) would be just as random.
Same story here in Italy for me. I was ready with two laptops, my iphone and my ipad. when the time came the apple web store kep the 'down refreshing site' for ages. I finally got to enter at 9.11. At that point my order was set to be delivered on 21/28 11. I really hope they can speed up things.
I've ordered the 256gb silver version.
I've ordered the 256gb silver version.
I'm in the UK and was given a list of options to collect from local shops, but when I choose any of them it said it was "unavailable".
