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iPhone 5s Inventory Said to Be 'Severely Constrained' at Launch
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Trust me, I do. I was already using Macs back then when pretty much everyone else was proclaiming Apple dead...check back here when Wall Street finally sees the vast inventories of unsold 5Cs.
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The iphone 5c is going to be one of the biggest successes in history. Wait and see...
Actually, Chuckles is mostly right.
The manufacturing and assembly of most of this phone should be about the same. Yields should be very good.
The only thing that is killing supplies is probably the A7 yields and maybe the fingerprint sensor.
M7, flash and camera modules won't be causing supply problems.
The manufacturing and assembly of most of this phone should be about the same. Yields should be very good.
The only thing that is killing supplies is probably the A7 yields and maybe the fingerprint sensor.
M7, flash and camera modules won't be causing supply problems.
He is not being serious - it's just a new kind of stupid joke made by some trolls infesting this forum nowadays.
I dont see a big demand for a 128 gb phone. With more and more reliance on the cloud (itunes match, dropbox etc), I dont see many users needing so much space
not surprising. considering apple didn't let people pre-order the iphone 5s and apple has been focusing on the 5c, it's obvious the 5s constraints are low. I wonder if that's their strategy. Kind of like macbook air is to apple, the 5c will be the cheaper product that it uses to compete with android. the 5S and future 6 will now be the "expensive" phone
with more and more carriers placing limits on how much you can download, the cloud is not the best place to keep itunes.
Matter of fact, I just passed up a 4g iPad from my work because it would kick my plan off of unlimited data and I would only get 2gb data per month.
And I was using Apple computers (this is what they were called before the Macintosh came out, FYI) in, hmm, something like 1983? So what.
The 5C is going to sell extremely well. Ludicrously. It's going to be the iPod mini of the iPhone line -- another product that everyone debunked, before it went on to crush every iPod sales metric ever.
Who will be buying up iPhone 5Cs in the literal millions?
The huge number of people who are still using feature phones and will be able to get the 5C for free or nearly free w/ subsidy. It will probably be my Mom's first smartphone. She will love it. She doesn't need a 5S.
China, India, Russia, Brazil-- it's going to be selling in droves, but hey, we shall see, right?
Not true. price is a big component of the demand. always was with any product. of course there is little demand for 64GB models right now but a big part of the reason why is that the prices are so ridiculously high. This is especially relevant for subsidized phones (which covers vast majority of iphones in US) where you pay twice as much for 64GB compared to 16GB. no wonder most people choose 16GB. My point is that Apple (unlike other manufacturers) can easily afford to make increments they charge for extra storage to be much less than 100$ and still maintain 40%+ profit margins. I'm certain if it was 50$ instead of 100$ to go from 16GB to 32GB and from 32GB to 64GB we would see a very different spread in popularity of various storage options. then they could add an extra option of 128GB without the overall price going through the roof.
I'm expecting to show up at my local mall's Apple store around 8am and be one of the first 50-75 people there. I'm completely serious. We'll see what happens.
i agree with him, 128gb won't be in high demand. NAND chip prices haven't come down substantially for Apple to buy into it as well. Remember, it might be ridic that apple charges $100 per upgrade, but that doesn't mean going from 64gb to 128gb on one NAND is a cheap upgrade
http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/128gb-phone-tech-is-coming-says-sandisk
I wish you luck! I just called my local Apple store to find out when the mall is opening on Friday morning, and they told me 6am. I plan to arrive around 4-5am. I still plan to wait for quite some time after 8am. I have a 1pm meeting that I can't miss, so we'll see how it goes!
64 for me too. Just like my 4S. I just can't understand why there is no option this time around? They were first with the 64bit ARM processor, seems only fitting to be the first with 128gb on-board.
I don't see the appeal much in an iPad because I take a lot of pictures and videos with my phone. As the iPad and iPhone become more powerful, they need more storage as they can be great for editing and even rendering in a few years.
I pray there is more than 1gb of RAM but I have serious doubts because Apple sucks in this area. Let the defenders come in and rail me but you'll be praising 2gb next fall
There is no mostly right. It only takes one component to delay the production of an entire phone. His failure to acknowledge the probable existence of such components makes him entirely wrong.
64 for me too. Just like my 4S. I just can't understand why there is no option this time around? They were first with the 64bit ARM processor, seems only fitting to be the first with 128gb on-board.
I don't see the appeal much in an iPad because I take a lot of pictures and videos with my phone. As the iPad and iPhone become more powerful, they need more storage as they can be great for editing and even rendering in a few years.
I pray there is more than 1gb of RAM but I have serious doubts because Apple sucks in this area. Let the defenders come in and rail me but you'll be praising 2gb next fall
i'm goign to guess that it'll have 1.5gb or 2 because ios7 is so graphic heavy. just a guess
Gold is so rare for the iPhone 5S. It will be very tough to find one in retail stores. If you want one; go to Ebay and expect to pay at least 5X that of retail price! It is going to be a nightmare to get! Better off getting the Ebay 14 carat goldplated 5 for $1,500 in 16GB or the 64GB for $2,500!
They have more cash on hand than the US government.
They have been making this phone for 7 years and have had this issue and known it was going to happen again through past experiences.
They are a company that, if the world doesn't offer what then need to make something, then they will go our of their way to create it.
Which means that this issue, is a choice, not a circumstance, because Apple, aren't victims to circumstance.
