But I thought they haven't started making them yet
You're thinking about the good ones. Of course some have already been manufactured.
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Estimated Supply of iPhone X on Launch Day Revised Down to Just Over 12 Million Units
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You're thinking about the good ones. Of course some have already been manufactured.
Well 12 million that seems like a lot I mean people hate the camera and cried like baby's about the black bar on the front. We should be good, right?
Low yield rates are not the result of conservative planning, it means not been ready to market.
I refuse to buy the Iphone X on principle (like the new MacBook Pro 15'), it's simply too expensive - especially here in Europe. The prices are ludicrous! Less moral preening and virtue signalling from Tim Cook, and more reasonable prices I say.
This device was code-named "Ferrari", which effectively tells you it's much more expensive than its peers and quite limited in number. I'll consider any delivery in 2017 to be sooner than I expect, if I see it before Springtime 2018 I'll be impressed (and that's for people waking up for the 3AM preorder).
Only 12? Apple let me pre-order up to 20, but I only needed 1.
It Doesn't make a difference, there is a preauthorization process first, which essentially Apple ensures the funds are available, then the account is charged when preparing for shipment. That's how the process has always been.
Those aren't guaranteed in hand by launch day, unless you're magically better than all the other business partners they have that tend to wait for their units until later.
Maybe try reading the entire post I made before quoting and trying to correct... That's pretty much exactly what I said, but thanks for the truncation and redundancy.
Same here, i cannot justify spending 1300€ on an iPhone especially when I compare the prices with android phones. I won’t switch to Android so the only thing I can do is complain here
and hold on to my phone longer or buy a last gen phone which i don’t prefer - it is what it is.
I wish they had that ugly gold. People could fight over it while I buy a regular color.
For you to always have them on launch day no matter what? Well, that's nice. Enjoy.
This. Your Apple Store business partner will tell you "yes it's a priority order, you'll be taken care of." which is true, but skewed. If there's ample inventory, they'll fill the order - if it's constrained, you'll be waiting.
Make no mistake, the GM of an Apple store doesn't divert spoken-for inventory to fulfill business orders with much priority.
Businesses that truly get priority go directly through Apple and are known customers that place gigantic orders - the Microsofts and Googles of the world building high-profile iOS software that needs updates and their engineer's eyes on it... not a local law firm or dental office doing business with their local mall Apple Store.
In that case I have 12 million secured for launch day
I suppose there could be some friends of well-placed people at Apple who get theirs at launch. People who still work with them and the like. Most of the people who partner, even directly with Apple, are not stealing inventory Apple can sell full price at launch. They're getting deep discounts in exchange for waiting a month or two to take delivery. All companies have arrangements like this. They are mutually beneficial.
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I can move 5 million of those for you if you can cut me a deal, man.
Please stop taking the words of these analysts (including Kuo) as gospel. I honestly think they just take a 50/50 guess and hope for the best. Even Ming Chi Kuo is wrong a hello of a lot!
Your unnecessary hyperbole aside, your redundant Post was already Made clear before you decided to regurgitate the same information clearly stated by four other members, which Was unnecessary to multi quote a whole page of information provided to the OP's Post. Your first Post didn't educate anyone else on anything what was already discussed. Nor am I correcting anything. I'm simply reiterating something already stated that was accurate before you chimed in saying "Be carful with this". My wording was accurate contrary to your retort as was others. Perhaps it would behoove you to reread what was already duplicated by others.
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I guess you did not take the time to read Craig Federeighi's explantation for what happened.
Ahh, though it seems you're having beef with another member, thank you for the thorough explanation. I'll probably just throw it on my credit card then and pay that right off just to be safe.