Hey, meant to comment on this earlier. The stainless steel band on the Space Grey will hopefully not mark as easily as those on the silver due to the PVD coating that has been applied. I don't yet know which particulates they've used (I'm certainly hoping it's a form of DLC like the Space Black watch), but I'm hoping it will have a hardness that proves impervious to the day to day handling of the iPhone X.
This is being delivered to my work address. We have a central mail room where UPS delivers to. I run and go pick it up from there as soon as I get a UPS notification saying it's delivered. Fingers crossed.
Apparentely the SG will not scratch as easily, but when it does, it is way more noticeable since the steel underneath shines through an otherwise black border.Hey, meant to comment on this earlier. The stainless steel band on the Space Grey will hopefully not mark as easily as those on the silver due to the PVD coating that has been applied. I don't yet know which particulates they've used (I'm certainly hoping it's a form of DLC like the Space Black watch), but I'm hoping it will have a hardness that proves impervious to the day to day handling of the iPhone X.
Yep. I'm on my second space black watch (S0 -> S3). The first one, not a mark after 2+ years of use. Sure, you baby it the first few months, but after that I got over it...and it was just a watch. Doing reno's, landscaping, you name it. It got beaten on, dinged off of door jams, etc, etc. Not a scratch anywhere on it - including the sapphire lens.
(if the latter, you'd have to let someone scratch it with a diamond ring....or drag it along some shiny concrete at a resort - shiny concrete often has particulates approaching diamond in hardness).
I don't understand why Apple doesn't invest more in anti-scratch exteriors. I always thought it was about money. You drop your phone, a couple of chips and scratches, all of a sudden it looks old and used and you want to buy a new one (at least that's me). If they developed an anti-scratch coating that would be fantastic. If you buy AC+, you'd never need a case.Yep. I'm on my second space black watch (S0 -> S3). The first one, not a mark after 2+ years of use. Sure, you baby it the first few months, but after that I got over it...and it was just a watch. Doing reno's, landscaping, you name it. It got beaten on, dinged off of door jams, etc, etc. Not a scratch anywhere on it - including the sapphire lens.
Really wish Apple would get us Sapphire for the front lens of the iPhone....maybe one day.
I'm looking forward to the interview where one of the Apple execs spills the beans on what they used for the space grey's steel border. Maybe it'll be Jony. Doesn't matter. Just hope it's almost as hard as the DLC....if not the same hardness.
ye thats the thing if i try to get all that info down then the phone will be gone lol. I guess ill do it with my pre filled info and call themThey do say two pieces of ID - so you should give him your license and something else (the credit card you're paying with should work)
Normally you specify a different person to pick it up when doing the reservation, but considering how quickly you need to finalize these, I wouldn't try...you may miss out.
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Thinking about it that way it definitely doesn't make sense. Also, you have to think that anything that dissuades an individual from upgrading their cell phone would be Apple/Samsung's enemy. They have been working towards a world whereby everyone upgrades every year. Imagine that if a phone were to last 1 year versus 2 years, not a big deal to the consumer, but for cell phone manufacturers, it's doubling their income!
I'm in the same boat, but I'll be up at 6 am already so might as well try. I'd probably still set my alarm even if I could be sleeping in later.
Calling them is somewhat pointless. Any stock the store gets is nabbed up pretty quickly as most people trying are either refreshing in their app like mad or using istocknow so they get alerted the moment something is added to one of their local stores.
I got mine by calling the apple store, online reservation didn't go too well for me.Calling them is somewhat pointless. Any stock the store gets is nabbed up pretty quickly as most people trying are either refreshing in their app like mad or using istocknow so they get alerted the moment something is added to one of their local stores.
Go up on iStocknow, setup an alert for the iPhone X configuration you're looking for at the store(s) you're looking for. Then, once you have the e-mail notification setup, use their browser notifications: https://www.istocknow.com/browser
Between that and using the app, you should be able to get your reservation quickly. Good luck!!
Heh. Then you should have run out immediately and bought a lottery ticket!!!
That's some amazing luck!!!
You should be up by now - reservations start in less than an hour.
Which configuration (colour/size) are you trying to get?
