Apple almost needs to skip a year to catch up. In 2007 June release. Now in 2017 we are November.
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iPhone X Production Faces Further Delays, Will Start in Mid-October
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All I'm saying is that ship times are going to slip pretty quickly. I don't believe there's a "shortage", but Apple is likely going to sell every iPhone X that they make. There's a huge demand for the phone which obviously will exceed initial supply because Apple can't make an unlimited amount of phones.
They would never admit to there being a short/constrained supply anyway. They would just say that there's overwhelming demand and that they're manufacturing them as quickly as they can.
We'll see what happens.
Is that a serious question? Lol of course a new iPhone will launch in 2018.
Apple will make and sell a lot of iPhone X this year and next. They know what they're doing.
Why shouldn't it bee serious question? I can see a new product cycle for the high-end iPhone to begin now in october or november instead of september. Yea, it'll still be 2018, but anyway.
That is would be reasonable, but I don't think so. I think Apple will return to it's September schedule as before. Apple's Q1 is the most important quarter for Apple. And launching the iPhone in this quarter would hit sales tremendously. And with Huawei and Google adopting an October release schedule it will be better for Apple to release them in September as before. I think the iPhone X will serve as an exception to the rule here.
i think even after 3-5 mins after ordering you will be looking at 4 weeks at least
Anyone purchasing the X on launch day is just asking for trouble. For the first time ever, I believe Apple rushed this model into production too quickly and it will show with a myriad of problems.
I'm definitely going to be purchasing it, but not until mid-year 2018.
I'm definitely going to be purchasing it, but not until mid-year 2018.
You take what KGI reported for pure gold? The same guy who said that texting and calling would not be supported on the Apple Watch? And this guy here in this article without any track record?
I think we have to take all of this with a grain of salt. KGI knows a lot but he also gets a lot wrong. 10'000 pcs are not even a trail run. With 4 SKUs you would be looking at 2500 pcs per day per SKU. The other guy stated that they haven't even started, so he is clearly saying that KGI was wrong. So both reports contradict each other.
The only facts we have are;
- we know it's difficult to produce, like any other new flagship phone.
- the launch is later than expected, but that does NOT mean that there are difficulties with production and more of an intentional move by apple. But that is also not guaranteed.
- The launch will be happening in 55 countries. To compare: The iPhone 7 was initially launched with a first wave containing 28 countries. This means that this will be the biggest launch of an iPhone ever.
So there are several possibilities here;
- Apple is producing the phone as we speak and will have plenty in stock on launch. -> Unlikely, but not impossible based on the large first wave.
- Apple is not producing the phone and they will run into the worst launch ever with people ordering on the 27.10 at 9.02 European time and receiving 2018 as a delivery date. -> seems like the most unlikely case to me, given the large first wave, Apple's dependency on Q1 and holiday sales and only having to "reports" backing this theory up.
- Apple will have a pretty normal launch. We will have some initial stock to order for launch day, and it'll soon go up to 1-2 weeks, then 4-5 weeks and stay there until January. -> Most likely because of my reasons above and the fact that other releases were similar to that.
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Just like they did with the Apple Watch, AirPods, iPad and even the first iPhone, Apple announced those products weeks before they were avaiablr mainly to block competitors without canibalizing their own products.
Next year the iPhone x2? Will be announced and released in September, back to regular schedule
That is why I hate reports like that. We get the notion that the product will be rushed but it won't be. If it really was rushed they would be launching it in a few countries at start. You are looking at the biggest launch ever.
Please take this and any other report with a grain of salt. Analysts want their 15 minutes of fame, too. Frankly speaking I am not even sure if the guy in the report knows what he is talking about.
Wow, they didn't even start making the phone yet, mind boggling. Seems like a screw up of epic proportions. Seems very unapple like imo.
I'm decided to skip this phone, there's definitely some things that are looking great about it, but overall I couldn't justify the price tag. I guess there will be one less person waking up at 3:00am to order it (me).
I'm decided to skip this phone, there's definitely some things that are looking great about it, but overall I couldn't justify the price tag. I guess there will be one less person waking up at 3:00am to order it (me).
Thank you! too much misinformation from people
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This!
No way in hell that production hasn't started yet.
For me it’s all about how Apple has set up phone storage and pricing tiers. I have a 128 GB 6s+ that I will be replacing. I don’t really care all that much about facial unlocking and animojis, etc. but the first consideration in my case is storage. Since there’s no 128 GB option for 8+, I have to opt in for 256 GB. That puts me within $200 of an iPhone X, and I’ll be damned if I forego the screen and formfactor for $200!
Thank you. My words exactly.
I belive KGI's report from ca. 2 weeks more because it makes more sense. They started production with 10000 pcs a day and are now ramping up. If someone thinks, that Foxconn is still producint 10'000 phones they would be mistaken. I think they are between 50'000 to 100'000 phones a day. Next week they double or triple that number. And then they have the rest of october to produce.
8 plus
only a complete dip **** would pay 700$ for a used 7 plus
No touchID slow downs for you? I kept reading about introduced lag to it and have been scared to upgrade on the 7+, given that iOS 10 killed my 6+.
Apple doesn't look to Nintendo for anything. They don't have to artificially create a shortage. There will be a shortage because demand would be greater than supply even if they started production two months ago. There is always a shortage at release of the iPhone. This is almost of a rehash of Steve Ballmer's stupid conjecture that "no one will pay $500 for a phone". Up until recently folks were wondering whether Apple could sell the X for $1000. Question answered. People want what they perceive to be the latest and greatest. I know a number of folks who have held off upgrading the their iPhone from iPhone 6 or earlier in anticipation of this phone. There is pent up demand for a flagship device.
You can play purchased music and movies from iTunes on android? Cause that’s my issue. I am not repurchasing everything from google.
I assume you're being sarcastic as Tim Cook never promised those plants. Just more bs coming from the orange man.
