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iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max Shipping Estimates Extending Into October
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same people probably also believe cats are being eaten... gotta love a conspiracy
Spot-on. Apple's path to to selling 600,000 iPhones per day, every day of the year, is to employ shady tactics and moves to piss off their customers.
Apparently for some people that's Business 101 for building customer loyalty and delight in your products, leading to 1 Billion active (and repeat) customers.
I ordered the iPhone 16 Pro in Desert Titanium, 1TB, for pickup on 09.20.2024 with no problems on the Apple website.
Got mine ordered. First time ever buying an iPhone on launch day. Upgrading from a 13 Pro.
Got a 512GB Pro Bad Boy in Black delivered 20th.
Just go to Braehead if you can't wait for delivery.
Stop and think about that for a moment...600,000 iPhones per day.....it's staggering isn't it.
Apple are still doomed though!
There is absolutely no object in this world that could make me wake up at 5AM to preorder it, LOL!
"We couldn't be more excited about ship dates slipping into October!"
TIL 2 fairly niche internet sites = everywhere
I’ve read a lot of comments from iPhone 13 owners saying they won’t upgrade this year, especially Pro Max owners. this means people are now waiting up to 4 years to upgrade their phones in some instances. The Pro Max has such a large battery that it’s much easier to get by an extra year and really makes the Pro Max worth the extra expense in the long run. (I understand this is all anecdotal and doesn’t constitute hard evidence)
Yet not too long ago people would stand in lines for hours and hours (often 24 hours in advance, camping out on the sidewalk) going around the block to get into an Apple Store to order/purchase an iPhone.
What we're seeing now is the result of Apple's massive success, selling 600,000 iPhones per day (with many more for a new iPhone release), making the above impractical.
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The increase in screen size is probably a huge draw. Of course, in real life 0.2" isn't much, but it sounds good on paper. Things like that are more likely to draw in the average customer versus changes internally.
I got my iPhone 6S Plus on launch day. My first upgrade since then is the 16 Pro Max (1TB Black). I waited 10 years, what’s another two weeks? Sept 30 to Oct 2 is my preorder window.
I legit just pictured that in my head. Pretty impressive.
Meh. Maybe I'll get one in October - October 2028. No idea why anybody would want to rush out and get a new iPhone before we've even seen how bad the hardware bugs are.
2018... man I can't believe it's that long ago. I still remember the day I got it. It was the best iPhone I ever owned, I loved it so much.
Getting my 256GB Pro Max (Natural Titanium) on the 20th, which is kind of funny because I haven't actually gotten a launch day iPhone in MANY years. IIRC, the last launch-day iPhone I got was the 7. 3G, 3GS, 4, 4s, 5, 6, 6s and 7 were all launch-day phones. From the X on, I stopped bothering to try to get them on launch day.
So, this will be a nice change.
So, this will be a nice change.
Really shows you how commoditized smart phones have become that there are seemingly more and more people waiting to upgrade.
button that's going to a useful addition for those who like to take lots of photos.
3 yo had a notch so the design has changed. always on display.
they upped wireless charging speeds too...
Locked in - well that's how it has always been - except for EU purchasers. Makes it extremely easy to move from old to new device.
higher res cameras. always get great reviews for colour from pro camera reviewers.
same price tag...
so apart from not being correct on almost every point, your post just reads bitter.
pre-ordered mine. looking forward to release day. enjoy whatever you are currently using...
Astonishing, isn't it? So many people insist on being perpetually angry at a company that brings a lot of happiness to so many people who purchase their products.
Apple marketing at work. You can for sure walk into stores and get them way before October.
That is true.
However, I'd expect the general public to not be all that eager to preorder a phone the hour the store gets updated.
That seems more like hardcore audience behaviour to me.
I never understood this take. Apple would intentionally restrict supply and purposely sell fewer iPhones?
Having ordered every iPhone since the first, this is by far the smoothest order process ever. Store up by 8:02am, and when using the iPhone app (having pre-pre-ordered days before), only took clicking two buttons and was ordered. Incredible. Though of course cue the anti-apple folk who will say, that's because of a lack of demand. But then if dates start slipping they shift to a different tactic and say, oh they are intentionally delaying shipping to "fake demand" even though the numbers always show the high demand, and giving longer times would cause many to not order at all. Or if ordering process does have problems, then people will say with all that money how can they not nail down the pre-order process. Funny to watch. Or like how people complain charging speed not as fast as android, then Apple increases to that amount and then people say, oh well Android has had forever and or suddenly switch to saying people will burn through their battery capacity (even though before it was a pro when android only had). Gotta love it lol.