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iPhone 8 Manufacturing Issues May Lead to Extended Supply Shortages and Shipping Delays
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depends on price. While our economy is on the upswing, Canadians are also on average up to their eyeballs in debt, and most Canadian's are living paycheque to paycheque.
As is, the current iPhone price is hard to stomach (off contract). the iPhone 7 starting price is already $899. with HST (for Ontarians at least), that means the cheapest iPhone we can buy today is already $1,015.87.
Doing some basic speculation based of existing product pricing. Note 8 for example is $940 USD, and being sold by Canadian retails for $1,350. So a $999 USD iPhone 8 would likely come with what I am guessing to be a $1,450 CAD price ($1638.50 w/tax).
So despite our economy that is booming, people's incomes aren't generally booming. the question becomes is this going to be a price-point that Canadian's are OK with...
for myself, no, it is not. even the current iPhone at 899 is not worth that value and shouldn't be costing more than $750CAD
Super easy is not having a defective phone, and I recall many times, people had to wait several weeks to get their defective phone replaced by apple, so its not always the case of apple having stock on hand.
"I am so excited to see what Apple has to offer, I honestly just want to see what this damn phone is! I could wait an extra couple of weeks, I just want to see what the hype is all about! So excited for Tuesday!"
+ one on this no sweat to wait a week or two
+ one on this no sweat to wait a week or two
I couldn't agree more. I'm pretty sure most of Google's product rollouts have been botched. If they are serious about entering the hardware market, they need to improve their approach as soon as possible.
It's the same story in the U.S. Unfortunately consumers are very much addicted to instant gratification and like the overused frog in the pot of hot water analogy. Many don't realize they need to cut back spending until it's too late. Nothing was learned from the 2008 meltdown.
So while I'm guessing not too many will be paying full price upfront, many will rationalize "it's only $10 more than I'm already paying." Consumers have a way of justifying spending that same "extra $10" 10 ways to Sunday. So, yes, I think the new phone will be a big seller.
how will people afford this? that's like buying a macbook.
We still have phone subsidies on some carriers and "tab billing" on some others that mask these prices. But for the rest of us who will only buy carrier free phones, it's either pay these full prices or find alternatives. So far, I've stuck with my S6 for far longer than I wished to. and it doesn't look like 2017 is going to change that trend
My thought on facial recognition--once you unlock iPhone with it, and enter your code on the AW it is unlocked and will give you apple pay--with the way the watch is tied to the iPhone if it is removed from your wrist it will not work for apple Pay--you must have it on and enter your code----as far as using just your iPhone when you hold it up to card reader--it will see your face and bingo !
I see no problems with this.
I see no problems with this.
going to be interesting to see. Apple might have unintentionally waited too long in Canada. The Borrowing rates have gone from .50 to 1% (bank of Canada rates) in the last two quarters, and we're being told to expect increases every quarter for the foreseeable future with stress tests showing we should expect a 5% Bank of Canada rate by end of 2018. This is going to make a lot of people who have mortgages and long term borrowing that much tighter for spending cash. That $10 extra is likely going to be going directly into mortgage payments.
when most of the countries mortgage payments are going to go up, spending $1600 on a phone becomes that much more daunting
Aright. Where's my #teambatch1? Go get them. Check out all the flaws for those who waited!
Btw...this type of articles causing stir is not really a good thing...intentional or not. Looking at black friday, NES classic, I wonder if people do crazy thing to get those.
Btw...this type of articles causing stir is not really a good thing...intentional or not. Looking at black friday, NES classic, I wonder if people do crazy thing to get those.
This is going to be the 1st iPhone to deliberately SKIP.
#1 With no Touch ID, it's a road hazard. Unwieldy to use to say the least.
As Steve Jobs would say, "A Bag O' Hurt."
I'll wait until they figure out this Touch ID under screen thing.
This might be the 1st real crack in Timmy's armor. Isn't this the 1st iPhone that Steve Jobs had absolutely nothing to do with or is this the 2nd?
#1 With no Touch ID, it's a road hazard. Unwieldy to use to say the least.
As Steve Jobs would say, "A Bag O' Hurt."
I'll wait until they figure out this Touch ID under screen thing.
This might be the 1st real crack in Timmy's armor. Isn't this the 1st iPhone that Steve Jobs had absolutely nothing to do with or is this the 2nd?
Apple thanks you for your patronage - only 512MB models for youPeople will be desperate and frantic to buy something they can't afford.
I love this stuff
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Uh - wonder how are they going to do that? are they setting aside millions of units in the case people want to upgrade or they will go with a first come first serve approach - this is going to be interesting to see
I just wish people wouldn't unnecessarily use all bold caps. But nothing is perfect under the sun and when it is you'll pay dearly for it. Compare a Chevy Malibu with a BMW 330i with a Rolls Royce Ghost. If you can't afford Apple's best phone now you surely wouldn't be able to afford it if it was "perfect." There are always design compromises made unless there is an unlimited budget and the laws of physics can be suspended.
I can only guess, that there better be something compelling in the next iPhone model to spend that kind of money... at least for me.
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How many times has the Wall Street Journal been wrong about Apple..............at least ten.
