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iPhone SE Remains in Tight Supply at Apple Stores and Online

You can't stop people buying phones... The only way i know is if u stop selling them.

That's it.. Doesn't matter how big a supply u have, it will find a way to get short supply regardless. We all just buy more phones in the numbers and u already have s short supply..

Apple doesn't predict that more users will be buying more phones (probably double, or 4x time that number every new phone comes out ?) it sure seems like that didn't. Therefore, i would be 4x upping my supplied regardless... It will never be a waste of money, even though they reckon it may be... You will always get users buying new phones.
 
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Smoovejayy said:
Everyone (including myself) is getting tired of the 16GB crap Apple is selling. How does Apple expect people to fully utilize their devices if they buy the starting option of 16GB storage? Sure, you can invest in cloud services but that is annoying to use when you have weak/no data coverage. I used to have 16GB for iPhone 4, then went to 32GB for iPhone 5, then went to 64GB for iPhone 6 and 6S. I don't need 128GB and I know I don't need 64GB (although since they nixed 32GB I have less than 20GB avail on my phone to make me "think" I need 64 - I can tailor my habits). Of course Apple selling 64GB as the next tier is a scheme for the customer to pay $100 more (which works), but its just sad given what their iDevices can do nowadays, not to mention the ever increasing size of apps (don't know if developers are taking advantage of app-thinning). Maybe Apple will have better sales if they started at 32GB. I think their margins can take a little hit, especially for a company that is so driven to make products to enhance someone's life.
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They should do a 64 and 128. Anything less is quite small considering the phone supports 4K video.
 
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I can't fully understand why, but I'm so incredibly tempted to get this in September to replace my iPhone 6 once my contract ends. I'll buy it outright and no longer be at Verizon's mercy (sort of)!
 
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"See the problem is no one wants a 4" phone now that the larger screened iPhones are available. That's why these aren't selling. Why would you ever want such a small phone when the larger versions are so much better?"

Well guess what? I'm part of the reason these are sold out. I'm ECSTATIC that finally I can get the modern iPhone guts (more or less) in a smaller form factor phone. Love my iPhone SE. I "downgraded" in size from the 4.7" iPhone 6 to the SE.

Also don't hate on the 16GB. Its really just intended for corporate use, for phones issued by an employer to employees. It's supposed to be cheap and do it's task (whatever the company needs) without costing them an arm and a leg. I agree it shouldn't be so forward facing though, normal users really shouldn't be able to buy it.

Buying the 16GB version should be limited to corporate sales/bulk purchases and not on the public sale site.
 
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pgwalsh said:
They should do a 64 and 128. Anything less is quite small considering the phone supports 4K video.
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To be fair, there are people who don't put much on their phones at all. Not many apps, and they don't take many pictures. Why should they pay more for storage they'll never use? Likewise, it might be a good "first" iPhone for a teen. If you have a huge amount of space on a phone, you can keep buying apps or keep taking photos/videos without a second thought. If you're limited, you're more likely to buy and have on your phone only apps you really need. Likewise, you won't go crazy taking photos and videos for fear of running out of space. And you'll remove those regularly from the phone. All of this could be useful in keeping a teen frugal and a bit more careful with what they put on their phone and how they use it.
 
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usarioclave said:
There's all kinds of demand for form factors outside of Apple's norm, and it's unclear why Apple continues to ignore them. . . . .
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Simple, Ivy League MBAs and marketing 101 that goes something like, "If you are going to sell a product you want to be the #1 or #2 volume seller or get out of the market. As an MBA you can't make your mark being #3, #4, or #5." Jobs knew how to create an image, these new guys don't care about image, its about the money. They think its the product that sells, not the image. Hence we get big, ugly, and thin instead of best performance, best quality, broad appeal, and new features.
 
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I ordered mine from the online store on Sunday the 3rd. At the time the delivery estimate was April 20-25, but I just got word that they will deliver it today. So, a couple of days early.
 
applesith said:
No numbers announcement but it's clear there is huge demand based on the SE being sold out and the previous stats of how many iPhone users are still on that smaller screensize.

Hopefully the SE's sales can help offset the expected YoY decline in overall iPhone sales.
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Not sure if it's huge demand or small supply.
 
It doesn't make sense to me how can articles publish that the SE sales are lackluster when the product is not even available and still a 2-4 weeks wait. If it really was selling poorly they would be in plentiful supply but that is not the case. So what does that tell you?
 
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Rogifan said:
Yet the stock was down over 2% on Friday and is down again 1.6% today because of sell-side analyst reports claiming iPhone sales are crap and the June quarter is going to be a disaster. :confused:
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In itself, iPhone SE availability does not really contradict these analyst claims. It's possible that Apple is just optimizing supply chain management. It probably does not make sense for them to spike production for such low key product for, say, a month when they can spread it over four months. And of course, SE might be selling very well although there is absolutely no indications in favor of this notion (apart from Apple Store delays)
 
The SE is my first smartphone. I had been waiting for a long time for a 4" phone, and this was just what I needed. My wife has an iPhone 6, and that was just to big for me. She was really tempted to sell her 6, and get a SE as well, but is now holding on to her old phone hoping that she will have the option of getting a small iPhone when it is time for her to upgrade.

The SE have hit a part of the market that for some reason is frowned upon by some people, and the fact that it is hard to get hold of, should be an obvious sign that enough people wants it.

That some people are complaining about the two memory options, and the lack of other hardware, and still thinking that even if it was upgraded with those things should be sold for less than the low memory iPhone 6s . They just doesn't understand the meaning of a budget phone, or the extra costs of fitting things in a smaller enclousure.

The SE is a great little phone, and paired with an Apple Watch, it is the perfect match for my needs. So it doesn't tick all your boxes, that doesn't make it a failure. The only thing that you can say is that it doesn't fit your needs, just like the iPhone 6s Plus doesn't fit my needs, doesn't make that a failure.
 
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Love reading the conspiracy theories on here that Apple has been intentionally limiting supply to boost demand. Of all tech companies, it would seem that Apple would be the last to need to resort to that to drive sales. If you loved the smaller screen and design of the 5S, but don't want to compromise (2nd gen Touch ID, barometer) on most of the advancements made with the 6S, the SE is perfect!
 
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Another reason to discount financial institution's "opinions". If sales are lackluster, why are so few available?
 
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I'm one of those people perfectly happy with 16 gigs. I have less than 10 3rd party apps on my phone, no music or videos (and don't watch videos on my phone) and only very occasionally take pictures which I immediately save to my iMac. I also really like the form factor of the SE as it fits in my coat / pant pockets and is easier to handle. I mostly use my phone for making calls (as odd as that sounds in this day and age) and texting. The 16 gb SE with its mostly up to date internals is all I need or want and Apple delivered (I got mine when my local Apple store opened on release day... yeah me).
 
Weeks before the keynote I knew I wanted the SE but it was really contingent on the design, I already had the 6s and hated the power button on the side, once the keynote confirmed the SE retained the power button on top it was a done deal, order placed.

I just hope that if Apple decides to redesign the SE in the fall called SE 2 if it puts the power button on the side that will be bad news because I'd never upgrade to that design.
 
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usarioclave said:
There's all kinds of demand for form factors outside of Apple's norm, and it's unclear why Apple continues to ignore them.

For example, on the Mac side there's a huge demand for a mid-priced mini-tower, something that would fit between the mini and the Mac Pro. The demand has been there since the transition to Intel chips. I say this as a happy 8500 owner back in the day.

Likewise, there's always a demand for smaller form factors, not just thinner. An even smaller iPhone for basically pictures + phone would be perfect...although the demand would be unclear.

I'd like to think Apple's ignoring the other form factors because they won't be profitable, not because they don't know people want them.
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There's also all sorts of demand for simplification of the current product lines.

Don't confuse postings at tech and fan sites with the desires of the public at large.

While I'm sure there are those who want the SE because of its smaller size, most SE buyers are simply buying the entry-level model - traditionally, the two-year-old model.

Now, Apple knows the normal demand for that entry-level model, so they're assuredly making at least as many SEs as they normally do for an entry-level model. And considering they could reasonably assume there would be greater-than-normal interest due to the improved performance and lower price, they most likely produced more than normal. It's harder to know whether the current shortage is a serious miscalculation, intentional under-production, or something else.

In another thread, I provided statistics that show that minimum-storage configurations (the 8GB 5c, the 16GB 5s) are far more popular for entry-level buyers than they are among buyers of current models. It also seems that most of the complaints about availability are focused on the 64GB model. That suggests that SEs are also being purchased by people who might otherwise have bought a 6 or 6s - veteran iOS users who know what they need and are willing to pay extra for it. I'd imagine that, if Apple is guilty of under-estimating demand, that it's due to this group.
 
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Love reading the conspiracy theories on here that Apple has been intentionally limiting supply to boost demand. Of all tech companies, it would seem that Apple would be the last to need to resort to that to drive sales. If you loved the smaller screen and design of the 5S, but don't want to compromise (2nd gen Touch ID, barometer) on most of the advancements made with the 6S, the SE is perfect!
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SE is perfect for some but its sales are very slow. Here is a link to a recent report on SE sales. Quote:

Despite the high stability of the phone, overall adoption has been slow. Our data corroborates previous reports, including Localytics report of 0.1% adoption for the weekend. Our figures show the adoption one week in at 0.14% and two weeks in at 0.26%, but still very lackluster compared to previous iPhone launches.
 
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