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Apple, you done messed up
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Do you not understand grammar? I HONESTLY think that, that is correct usage. Go be a grammar nazi somewhere else if you aren't even going to correct my grammar correctly...
Nothing I said is hyperbole. It is brand-new. It's the first 64-bit mobile chip on the market. And according to Apple, the fingerprint scanner is the state of the art; much more advanced than previous scanners on the market. I didn't inject my statements with anything approaching "magical", what I said is to inform the thread author that he is comparing old tech with new tech. Inventory problems often arise with new tech, be it Intel chips, GPUs, etc.
Touch ID is causing all the constraints, whether it's the sapphire or other constraints it certainly was not an internal decision. If Cook could have had more on launch he would have, now the limited gold at launch, I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't a decision.
Touch ID is the main reason we have not seen the iPad 5 yet, and probably will not until late October, for the most part it was ready some time ago.
There will be constraints on the iPad 5 and the iPhone 5s for a while, not as simple as you think to manufacture 40 million of these high end devices.
The 5c is a much easier process, and materials to make it are already available in quantity.
Touch ID is the main reason we have not seen the iPad 5 yet, and probably will not until late October, for the most part it was ready some time ago.
There will be constraints on the iPad 5 and the iPhone 5s for a while, not as simple as you think to manufacture 40 million of these high end devices.
The 5c is a much easier process, and materials to make it are already available in quantity.
I have predicted this before and I say this again Apple is open to drop 5C price at least by $100 any time it sees the 5c not selling good. Will see. They are arrogant so won't drop the price soon.
Analyst say that kind of crap every product. To cover their butts if they were wrong about the zillions of units that would sell
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Says who. Some blog, some analyst, some unnamed and possibly BS spewing fake source in Asia.
Certainly wasn't Tim Cook or anyone else at Apple.
I'm said this before but I'll say it again.
The iPhone 5c isn't intended for users of this forum. Yes, there are those of us here that bought one (me included), but in reality the iPhone 5c is for the "average" iPhone user. The soccer mom or teenager or average person buying a cell phone. The kind of person that doesn't know what "64-bit" means. The kind of person that doesn't watch Apple's Keynotes and likely doesn't even know that Apple makes products outside of the iPhone and iPad.
The iPhone 5c is for them. These are the folks that buy a new phone whenever they need one: Whenever their previous phone breaks, is stolen, or they just decide to get a new one.
The iPhone 5s, meanwhile, is for the Apple fans and tech geeks. The kinds of guys and gals what will sacrifice an entire workday to wait in line to get a new phone. The kind that drools over spec sheets and drop tests and every bar graph and pie chart that they can get their hands on.
These are the folks that buy their phones on the first day. Some will buy a new phone every cycle, some will buy a new phone every two years. But these are the customers that pay attention to tech news and plan their purchases accordingly.
And this is why the 5s is currently sold out but the 5c is still in stock. It's because the folks that want the 5s want it NOW, while the customers that will end up purchasing the 5c likely don't even know it's available yet. They'll buy them as they need them, not just because they want them.
The iPhone 5c isn't intended for users of this forum. Yes, there are those of us here that bought one (me included), but in reality the iPhone 5c is for the "average" iPhone user. The soccer mom or teenager or average person buying a cell phone. The kind of person that doesn't know what "64-bit" means. The kind of person that doesn't watch Apple's Keynotes and likely doesn't even know that Apple makes products outside of the iPhone and iPad.
The iPhone 5c is for them. These are the folks that buy a new phone whenever they need one: Whenever their previous phone breaks, is stolen, or they just decide to get a new one.
The iPhone 5s, meanwhile, is for the Apple fans and tech geeks. The kinds of guys and gals what will sacrifice an entire workday to wait in line to get a new phone. The kind that drools over spec sheets and drop tests and every bar graph and pie chart that they can get their hands on.
These are the folks that buy their phones on the first day. Some will buy a new phone every cycle, some will buy a new phone every two years. But these are the customers that pay attention to tech news and plan their purchases accordingly.
And this is why the 5s is currently sold out but the 5c is still in stock. It's because the folks that want the 5s want it NOW, while the customers that will end up purchasing the 5c likely don't even know it's available yet. They'll buy them as they need them, not just because they want them.
3 days, 9 million units.... slippery slope.
Sales have nothing to do with my point. The 5c is a stupid product and it wasted production space when Apple could have produced more 5s instead of all those 5c
Yeah - it's a failure of a product. Estimates are that it's sold 2m units in a weekend. Total failure!
Production of the 5C hasn't slowed down the 5S production:
- The 5C is using year old components, of which there will likely be stockpiles.
- The 5S is using brand new components - which are, of course, going to take longer to produce.
- Availability isn't going to effect sales that negatively.
- Of course the 5S is going to be more popular. People that buy on day one are likely to want the latest and greatest.
But yeah, have a tantrum on a message board because you can't get one straight away.
They don't seem to have done too badly considering they've sold 9m handsets over the weekend and AAPL stock price has had +3.4% rally today as a result.
The title of this post is by definition - impossible. Everyone knows Apple is incapable of any wrongdoing.
The 5C wasn't created for us forum user types/early adopters. It was created as a cheaper alternative that will eventually out-sell the S model over the next 2 years.
I know people who bought the 4 just this year because it was finally cheap enough. Those are the masses and the people Apple wants to sell to.
I know people who bought the 4 just this year because it was finally cheap enough. Those are the masses and the people Apple wants to sell to.
Swisher,
The is another post from you saying how Apple has messed up.
You do realize they have broken every record for iPhone sales in the last few days.
Sorry but Apple knows better than you!
The is another post from you saying how Apple has messed up.
You do realize they have broken every record for iPhone sales in the last few days.
Sorry but Apple knows better than you!
When the iPhone 5 was released was it hard to buy a 4S?
No.
How about the 3GS when the 4 came out?
Same story.
People still bought the 4S and 3GS when they were a year old, but they were not as popular as the latest phone.
Apple didn't mess up. You just messed up your logic.
No.
How about the 3GS when the 4 came out?
Same story.
People still bought the 4S and 3GS when they were a year old, but they were not as popular as the latest phone.
Apple didn't mess up. You just messed up your logic.
Do you know how misinformed that statement is?
Do you really think Apple has one factory in China that makes both?
How would it waste production space when it wouldn't be in the same factory, most likely that 5s would have taken over the 5 factories production lines, and the 5c would be a new line.
It's an addition, not both in the same factory.
