Guessing with this delay, the iPhone X gets to actually compete with the S9. I may have my S9 Plus before many of you have a iPhone X.
Which would matter if any of us wanted a Samsung, eh?
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iPhone X Production Faces Further Delays, Will Start in Mid-October
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Which would matter if any of us wanted a Samsung, eh?
Even if the rumour of 10,000 iPhone Xs per day is correct, it is no where near sufficient.
Apple needs to be producing 500,000 to 750,000 iPhone Xs per day to be ready to supply the expected 30-50 million units they will want to ship before January.
Remember Apple sold over 13 million iPhones in the first three days in September 2015. And that was when Apple launched in a small number of countries. This time it is launching in 55 countries. And it is the biggest redesign of the iPhone since the iPhone 4.
We'll probably never know. But they've priced their new phone out of a lot of people's ranges, unlike previous years. Damn shame, really, for those who could always afford and enjoy the newest significant iteration because the price was the same.
People can only enjoy the Apple products they can afford. Apple got us hooked on a certain price point and then blew it to smithereens.
their line is something like-- it's the first one they felt was good enough to put in an iPhone.
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idk, i don't really feel like they're hyping it up as much as you're hyping up that they're hyping it up.
: )
(deer in the head lights? what's that supposed to mean, anyway? it's possible i'm misinterpreting your point)
heh.. an even crazier low number is what this thread is saying:
"Final production on the iPhone X has yet to start"
this means the 10k/day number is baloney and there are currently zero iPhone X ...
none
hah!
Maybe I need to camp out at the Apple store now to reserve my spot in line for the X? Everyone else will be showing up for the 8 but I'll kindly let them go in front of me since I'll be there for another month and a half.
But seriously, if this report is even partially true it makes me even happier that I ordered the 8+. I couldn't' imagine pre-ordering the X and have it tell me it could be months until the phone arrives. My anxiety would get the best of me.
But seriously, if this report is even partially true it makes me even happier that I ordered the 8+. I couldn't' imagine pre-ordering the X and have it tell me it could be months until the phone arrives. My anxiety would get the best of me.
heh.. an even crazier low number is what this thread is saying:
"Final production on the iPhone X has yet to start"
this means the 10k/day number is baloney and there are currently zero iPhone X ...
none
hah!
I know, right?
For a phone that is supposed to ship November 3rd... you'd hope production would have begun in... uh... August?!?!?
But again... these reports come from somewhere. These analysts have people in all these overseas factories.
Someone must know they answer to:
"Has iPhone X production begun?" YES/NO
pretend you didn't read macrumors then ask yourself that question.
I'm just saying.... someone knows the answer.
Maybe the analysts talked to one of those people.
How is it much better? If they are making 10,000 units/day and need to be producing 500,000-750,000 units/day, come launch day they will have, at best, ~500,000 iPhone Xs to accommodate launch weekend demand of 25+ million.
There will still only be around 1 iPhone X for every 45+ people who want one.
Picture that for one moment. A single iPhone X is placed in a room with 45 people and only one person gets to keep it. What do you think will happen?
The launch of the iPhone X is going to be an absolute, unmitigated disaster.
i'll phrase like this..
If this report is true and iPhone X production has yet to begin, you would not be reading about it at macrumors (alone)..
it'd be at CNN, NBC, BBC, Aljazeera, Wall St. Journal, Bloomberg, (ok-- every news and financial outlet you can think of).
it would be the first time "Apple is dooooommeed!!1!" .. might hold some weight.
just so we're clear--
you're basing this off of something you read on the internet about some dude you've never even heard of who's working for some company you've never dealt with that did some 'analysis' whose process you're clueless too..
and reaching the above conclusion..
is that correct?
if not, what, exactly.. are you basing this off of? a gut feeling? or what?
We have seen report after report after report that Apple is having production difficulties with the iPhone X. Whether those difficulties are resulting in 10,000 units/day or 0 units/day, the end result is the same: an absolute, unmitigated disaster.
seen them where?
you’ve been here less than a week.
i’ve seen the same report after report regarding iphone production delays for 10 years here.
i’ll leave you alone about it.. have fun.
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srry about all the finger pointy ‘you’ in my previous posts.
I don’t suppose the first “Apple is doing this to create artificial demand” post is already up, is it?
This might be the first iPhone I wait to order and I’ve had them all since 2007.
Hurried production and HUGE expectation might lead to more defective units than normal. Might not.
But I’d like to see how it evolves over the first month or two.
This might be the first iPhone I wait to order and I’ve had them all since 2007.
Hurried production and HUGE expectation might lead to more defective units than normal. Might not.
But I’d like to see how it evolves over the first month or two.
How can you have placed an order, ordering isn't available until more than a month from now?My iPhone X orders are already placed. I'm good to go for launch day.
Because 10k per day is better than 0?
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10k is massive for a test
Well, truth told, most people were hooked on the 200-300 every other year for the carrier upgrade here in the US.
When people started having to look at the actual prices of these phones, they all had sticker shock. Now, this phone is 200 more than its predecessors, but it's also probably going on a NEXT plan or an Apple Upgrade plan (or some other equivalent) and people are only paying several dollars more per month than they normally would, so I really don't see this having a drastic impact on sales.
Not when people can also just go with the 8 or 8 plus.
Some folks have even started placing orders in order to practice for the big day. lol
he says this every time a new product is announced.. so far this year, i remember he used his connections at Apple to order a maxed out MBP prior to public availability.. he also has a maxed out iMac Pro on order, and now he’s ordered 6 of these new iphones that are being set aside for him to be delivered on Nov3.