...yes, but technically you are required to declare and pay customs for the full price of the phone upon arrrivsl in the US
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...yes, but technically you are required to declare and pay customs for the full price of the phone upon arrrivsl in the US
Of course they will, except Apple won't be able to charge 'special edition' prices. So if you literally wait like 9 months, you can get this phone at a much lower price...and probably with better internals.
At the rate things are going, some people won't even get their X until the new iPhone is merely months away.
I ordered mine through Sprint and haven't gotten a tracking number. I placed my order around 1:20AM Pacific Time on 10/27. My delivery date says Nov. 3 but im still stuck on "processing your order."
AT&T: FedEx Overnight for Preorders. UPS for anything after launch date.
MyAT&T shows “Preparing to ship” under Orders but Order Status page shows “In Progress” for me.
IIRC, they usually appear Weds before release Friday. The NDA reviewers get is crazy. My friend is a reviewer. He isn’t even allowed to acknowledge he has it (he does)
Unfortunately I think the precedent has been set. All new iPhone will be OLED with OLED pricing. Don’t think we will ever see an OLED iPhone below £999.
It's still only 5-6 weeks for supply and supply times will only get better from now on. This rubbish about the X was going to sold out until next year just shows how much fake news is out there.
Kinda surprised that even the first pre-ordered iPhones get shipped straight from the factory in China, several months after announcement, and that there don't seem to be units already through customs sitting in American warehouses. Seems like they were busy sorting production out right until the last moments. Shipping now is 6 weeks so it seems they are already selling several weeks of future production runs, without having built up significant stock to supply for the initial demand.
We get it-- you decided not to get the phone. But telling everyone to wait 3/4 of a year for a new phone that may or may not be cheaper yada yada comes off as childish and without any real substance (you know absolutely nothing about the next phone).
You could copy and paste your same exact post next year and probably will. What's your motive here?
You could copy and paste your same exact post next year and probably will. What's your motive here?
Getting close now although as I didn’t order direct no chance of shipping info here yet. Until then I will be charging my 6s twice a day with these annoying battery issues... roll on 11.1 as my OH wants my phone but only if the battery works resonably well!
I was ready at 2.55 am to preorder my iPhone X from the Apple US store. Unfortunately I learnt it was only for the chosen ones. - ATT, VERIZON, Sprint, T-Mobile. How about prepaid companies like Cricket for example? Why can't I preorder paying the full price? And.... They ship them UNLOCKED with SIM card inserted.
Funny funny funny....
My friends in Europe ordered without any problems.
Welcome to America. All is a business.
iPhone 8 (US Apple web) can be ordered without contract (full price) with no problem.
Funny funny funny....
My friends in Europe ordered without any problems.
Welcome to America. All is a business.
iPhone 8 (US Apple web) can be ordered without contract (full price) with no problem.
So what is your point? You have to wait a few weeks? I am in America and ordered it with no problems at all. Be here in 6 days
Apple would choke a huge portion of its customer base if they made it so you couldn't buy a new iPhone less than £1k. I think we're all about to find the upper limit of what people are willing to pay for a smartphone. It will hurt Apple if they keep being unreasonable with pricing.
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People mindlessly buying an overpriced phone. That's my motive.
The price gap between high-end and low-end phones is higher than ever, and yet the feature gap between them is as small as it ever has been.
Like, there are usable phones you can get for $100 now, especially if you buy used. Companies must do something more than this to justify the 11 times higher price.
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I agree with you, but I don't agree with the part about it being bad for Apple. Even if the market rejects the offer to pay $1000 for a phone (a completely ridiculous offer to have in the first place), customers will flock instead to the 'cheap' iPhone 8, allowing Apple to quietly slip the price of their base model up to $700, ($800 if you buy the plus version) and look like they're offering a good deal. And this will shortly become the new norm for iPhone pricing.
The fact that the iPhone 8 isn't selling well indicates that this is not the case, and far more customers are willing to accept $1000 as the new norm for iPhone pricing. I hope I'm wrong though, and Apple's pricing strategy does backfire. It would be better for the customer if they didn't get away with this.
Like, there are usable phones you can get for $100 now, especially if you buy used. Companies must do something more than this to justify the 11 times higher price.
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I agree with you, but I don't agree with the part about it being bad for Apple. Even if the market rejects the offer to pay $1000 for a phone (a completely ridiculous offer to have in the first place), customers will flock instead to the 'cheap' iPhone 8, allowing Apple to quietly slip the price of their base model up to $700, ($800 if you buy the plus version) and look like they're offering a good deal. And this will shortly become the new norm for iPhone pricing.
The fact that the iPhone 8 isn't selling well indicates that this is not the case, and far more customers are willing to accept $1000 as the new norm for iPhone pricing. I hope I'm wrong though, and Apple's pricing strategy does backfire. It would be better for the customer if they didn't get away with this.
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My point is that pre order was only for those who participate in the iPhone Upgrade Program.
Those who have other carriers than 4 listed were not able to order. Why can't I preorder having Cricket? But I could preorder iphone 8 without the iPhone Upgrade Program.
Eh, I can wait until I get back. I do feel a little guilty that it’ll be sitting around in a box for a couple weeks while tons of people are still waiting for theirs to arrive.
Did anyone notice this btw? That engineer? .....he gaaawwwn. Fired. Chopped. Stupid, stupid girl.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/28/16565110/apple-engineer-iphone-x-youtube-video
https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/28/16565110/apple-engineer-iphone-x-youtube-video
UK orders don't tend to come direct from China, so we probably won't get tracking info until Thursday
