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iPhone 6 Plus Reportedly in Very Short Supply for In-Store Launch
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I'm not sure where you guys are looking,but every 128gb (the one I want) plus is over 1200.00USD
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Well, then, how would you do it? I guess you would force Foxconn to build twice as many factories and to hire hundreds of thousands of workers and to force the suppliers and their suppliers to do just the same. And when the demand relaxes, tear down the factories again, fire all those people and once again ask the suppliers and their suppliers to do the same.
Yes. That'll certainly work.
This forum reminds me of a football match. Lots of people sitting in the audience who know much better what the coach or the team should be doing despite not having any football talent whatsoever themselves.
Shame on people for letting that many get in line. The way you are making it sound is he is letting people in front of you for money without actually selling a spot and getting out of line. Stand up for yourselves.
It was a Plus 16GB Silver Verizon model which sold for $1201. Which is basically $297 profit after fees (not including shipping and taxes on original purchase though).
Math:
140,000 x 32 (18 days in September + 14 days August days of production week 32) = 4,480,000 iPhone 6 Plus produced
4,480,000 x 0.06 (15 countries) = 268,800 iPhones per country/carrier
268,000 x .36 (64% for total preorder, can't sell and charge a card for something you don't have, that's fraud) = 96,480 iPhones not preordered
96,480 / 420 apple stores = 229 iPhones for inventory
I low ball the apple store numbers by 10+, carriers by ~2x since I only counted one carrier per release country
140,000 x 32 (18 days in September + 14 days August days of production week 32) = 4,480,000 iPhone 6 Plus produced
4,480,000 x 0.06 (15 countries) = 268,800 iPhones per country/carrier
268,000 x .36 (64% for total preorder, can't sell and charge a card for something you don't have, that's fraud) = 96,480 iPhones not preordered
96,480 / 420 apple stores = 229 iPhones for inventory
I low ball the apple store numbers by 10+, carriers by ~2x since I only counted one carrier per release country
I feel like a broken record saying this every year, but Apple gets exactly 0 sympathies from me.
They're the most valuable company in the world with over $100B in cash. They're onto the, what .. 8th or 9th generation iPhone now, and yet they STILL haven't figured out how to meet launch demand??
We don't even have China in the first wave this year.. I'm surprised at Apple's incompetence sometimes, especially with Tim's supply chain background
This feeding frenzy is free publicity and hype. If everyone quietly and contently got their iPhone 6, there won't be as much buzz. People caught in the feeding frenzy may buy stuff that they may otherwise pause to think about. Its marketing...
Not if you were eligible for a full upgrade. That's a lot larger profit....but thank you for clarifying.
This is the biggest launch, yet.
It also seems like it's going to be the biggest return of devices, as well. Many seem to have ordered both with the plan to return the other regardless. Will be interesting to see the spin put on this.
As to android no having near this hype. I agree. Then again with so many manufacturers and releases, there simply isn't the pent up demand for a phone as there is with the two year cycle of apple.
It also seems like it's going to be the biggest return of devices, as well. Many seem to have ordered both with the plan to return the other regardless. Will be interesting to see the spin put on this.
As to android no having near this hype. I agree. Then again with so many manufacturers and releases, there simply isn't the pent up demand for a phone as there is with the two year cycle of apple.
So let me get this straight, first you tout the amount of cash reserves Apple has on hand, along with commenting how they're the #1 valued company in the world, and you then proceed to call them incompetent?
You're making a lot of assumptions about the entire process along with Apple's methods. When was the design actually finalized? What was the first day they were able to start production? Over the production life of each model, how many sales are being lost by not being able to meet demand on day 1?
He wouldn't happen to be in the Central Valley or Bay Area in northern Cali would he?
There's been so many threads that I just assumed I missed him somewhere along the line.Clearly, this is all in good fun...
I didn't figure the upgrade in because if you wanted to get another phone you would have to pay full price at that point.
However if you didn't want a new phone right away and could wait 2 years, then yes, you're right.
Store had plenty of Space Gray and a nice amount of the white/silver. There were probably more than 200 people in line by the time I got out of the store at 8:15am.
Exactly! I posted that the day the announcement was made but since the forums were crushed I am sure it got lost in the mix. It still makes me laugh, actually...
I shoulda bought a surplus 6+ when I had the chance to flip it next week. Would have been a sweet ROI. Ah well, I will be happy with my own, my precious...
Really? You would do that? You would announce the phone on Sep 9 and start selling it two months later, while Samsung releases the Note 4 and sells it right under your nose? Wow, you'd be leading a really successful company!
And what is the advantage for the customer if Apple waits for two months? Apple chose not to wait, so I will be getting a 6 Plus tomorrow. If Apple had followed your suggestion, I would get a 6 Plus in two months. Now please explain how that would have been an advantage for me. Or for anyone for that matter.
Really, what is the disadvantage of selling the phones nearly immediately after the announcement? There is none whatsoever, except that some people are now jealous. Hey Apple, you reading this? There's people here who think you should be catering more to jealous people!
I kinda had a choice between getting a new phone or iPad mini this year. I had to hand down my iPad mini to my daughter (instead of giving her a phone) so she could text my wife and I from school. I had thought about replacing the iPad with an iPhone 6+, but I am now glad I decided to get a new iPad mini instead. Now I just need to wait another month for the new iPads, and then will get the iPhone 6S+ next year.
On another note, will we be able to go in to an apple store tomorrow just to check out the new phones?
On another note, will we be able to go in to an apple store tomorrow just to check out the new phones?
I did, reported to security twice, first when I quizzed one of the guys and he said he paid $50 for the spot and pointed out who sold it to him (which resulted in security almost getting into a punch up, the guy denying he told me that and then repeatedly called me a liar). Secondly when another 5 turned up looking fairly homeless and stood in front of me, reported to security, they kicked the main guy out, had no security footage of money being exchanged and allowed everyone to stay in the line who had bought seats.
Now, an hour before launch the scalper us back giving his cronies preloaded gift cards and instructions on what to buy.
Security don't even care..
"US $264.33 Standard Shipping (UPS Ground)
US $326.08 One-day Shipping (FedEx Priority Overnight)"
Haha...