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iPhone X Pre-Orders Sell Out as Shipping Estimates Slip to 5-6 Weeks [Updated]
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you'd have to tickle more than just my elmo to get an iphone X as a christmas present
ditto! I was up waiting and web-site came up 3:08, then the app 3:10. I kept hitting refresh. So, Apple didn't come up at 12:01 pacific time. Apple has NEVER been up on time, period. !t's annoying, and yet lead-times started slipping 2-3 weeks the moment I had access.
Yes preorder options are indeed limited per person. Every Apple ID can only order 2 units. But of course there’s loopholes for every system. You can simply create more Apple IDs and order more.
But then again, those buyers willing to fork out >100% premium over the retail price to be the first to own the X isn’t your typical buyers. Their fat wallets checked their priorities for them already. So I don’t think they have any issues. Their only issue is being too d*** rich and too d*** lazy or stupid to wake up early and do the preorders themselves. Lol
How is it that so many people can afford the $1800 256gb iPhone X?
You guys must be earning around $200K a year.
Or are you doing what a lot of YouTubers are doing and asking subscribers for money/donations to fund their purchase of the iPhone X?
Man, I wish I had the money to buy the 256gb iPhone X.
Maybe I need to set up a YouTube account and get subscribers to fund me or set up a GoFundMe page....
I do some photography work on the side, a couple hours of IT consulting a month, and tuck that away for toys; you'd be surprised how quickly that adds up if you are willing to be patient and have specific spending goals in mind...
My T-Mobile experience has been wonderful. Great news for me if "no one wants one on tmobile" but I don't think that is actually true. T-Mobile is growing its subscribers by quite a bit.
LOL, I'm in SoCal where there are many stores around me and there is no pick up availability anywhere and shipping estimates are 5-6 weeks out after 6 hours of pre-orders being live, which they have been since 12:30. What a total flop this phone is.
Everyone hates scalpers, but its the height of hypocrisy to pull the morality card.
It's a £1k luxury item put together by people that earn peanuts in a country where vast swathes of the population live at or below the poverty line (and I mean real you might die from lack of food/water/shelter/the ***** poverty).
So I wonder, if there was a immorality pyramid, who would sit at the top:
1) The guy that scalps a few iPhones to get ahead in the game.
2) Everyone thats ahead in the game simply by virtue of geography of birth and don't give a second thought to dropping £1k on said phone, then moan guy (1) is an immoral **** because they have to wait a few weeks.
Those that live in glass houses should be wary of throwing their old iPhone in moral outrage
Preach!
I got 5 of them total through the 4 IUPs in my family and one unlocked through Verizon. All getting delivered 11/3. No one in my family wants a X so I'm going to sell them and pay for the one i won't be selling plus accessories. Don't hate @Ankaa because we're all rotten lol.
Usually the unlocked version is offered by Apple sometime after the launch. Maybe a few months at most.
Im not sure its due to popularity and more so because they are cheaper and will give stuff away that no other carriers will. There is a reason VZ and ATT wont give the same discounts and perks TMobile will. Because they dont need the business as bad. Sprint is the same deal. I have been with all the carriers and I could not even be bribed with free X's on all my lines to take Sprint or Tmobile back.
How does that work out? Should only be maybe $3k tops if he bought from a store and not a poacher. Some people have more money than brains I think. I had a hard enough time paying the $1149 for mine.
Preparing for Dispatch here as well (Switzerland, Silver 256GB, confirmation mail received at 09:06).
Snagged a day one phone! I noticed that it offered a Nov 3 phone for pickup at my local store, but the deliver to the house option wanted two extra weeks. This all in the first few minutes of sale. Also, I was on the upgrade subscription plan, and did the prepare in advance thing.
I ordered 2nd at 3:43 through AT&T 64 gig SG have Nov 3rd delivery received confirmation email and text at 9:00 am says good to go for Nov 3rd
Ordered ist 0ne through apple at 3:15 64 gig SP 2-3 week delivery received my next installment agreement from apple..
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I used to spend about $10 a week having a Red Bull at lunch (Tropical flavor, tastes like vacation and is very nice on the weekends and some weekdays with a little vodka). However, a diagnosis of high blood pressure gave me reason to stop spending that money. The iPhone X runs about $10/week on the ATT next plan so now that saved money has a new home, it's almost like it's free.
If you break it down by week, it makes the cost much more palatable. A middle class salary can more often than not afford $10 a week. I know from experience...
Had a weird issue pre-ordering through ATT, my current (6plus) phone didn't show as eligible for upgrade as it did earlier in the day. I went to Apple, got right through, and was about to hit purchase on a 2-3 week wait time and the ATT page refreshed and my phone was eligible. Luckily, the delivery for that purchase is 11/3 so I backed out of the Apple page. I started at 8 minutes in the ATT queue that started on time, but it was another 10-20 minutes (felt like forever) until I was able to get the purchase finished. Phew. --256G Black.
If you break it down by week, it makes the cost much more palatable. A middle class salary can more often than not afford $10 a week. I know from experience...
Had a weird issue pre-ordering through ATT, my current (6plus) phone didn't show as eligible for upgrade as it did earlier in the day. I went to Apple, got right through, and was about to hit purchase on a 2-3 week wait time and the ATT page refreshed and my phone was eligible. Luckily, the delivery for that purchase is 11/3 so I backed out of the Apple page. I started at 8 minutes in the ATT queue that started on time, but it was another 10-20 minutes (felt like forever) until I was able to get the purchase finished. Phew. --256G Black.
Of course, I looked at my clock at 11:45PM. Closed my eyes and it was suddenly 4:30AM.
I was able to order the phone with a delivery date of December 1st. Well, I guess I don’t mind waiting a whole month... better than waiting until January / February just for an upgrade
I was able to order the phone with a delivery date of December 1st. Well, I guess I don’t mind waiting a whole month... better than waiting until January / February just for an upgrade
