What about the other iPhone users who were upgrading from an older model iPhone to the iPhone 8? Not Everybody's interested in the iPhone X or Face ID.
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iPhone X Production Faces Further Delays, Will Start in Mid-October
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What about the other iPhone users who were upgrading from an older model iPhone to the iPhone 8? Not Everybody's interested in the iPhone X or Face ID.
Honestly, screw this. Ten years of Apple phones, and now I am finally ready to look elsewhere. More attractive hardware at a much more reasonable price available right now in every carrier store across the country without all of the 'there may be one left in the back...' silliness kind of does it for me.
Yeah, the 10K a day was the last I heard, and given the soft demand (I'm assuming) of the 8/8+ should theoretically allow them to ramp that number up if it's not a component-sourcing delay.
I very much doubt this was avoidable considering the effort it takes to design a new phone. They might have done themselves a favor by announcing in October though.
good, one more chance for me to pre order early. bye
The first 30 minutes!?
iPhones (excluding the 8 and 8 Plus) usually sell out within a minute or two!
Ehh, if I can get the 7 Plus Jet Black on launch day this will be no problem 
HAHAHAHAAH You really just have to laugh at it all at this point.
Or it could end up being that no one but scalpers want to pay $1K for a phone and they will get screwed over.well at least if i don't like it i can be sure that someone will pay me at least as much as i payed..
Would be nice if all these reports made it sound worse then it actually is that, we would be jumping for joy if it ships 3-4 weeks or 4 - 6 weeks. LOL
Well.....i imagine 10.000 iphones per country when pre-orders start give or take. Pre-orders going to the month-2months+ within a minute when the pre-orders are up.
There weren't any Plus models in any stores for a couple of launches over the last four years. There won't be any in stores on the 3rd.
Add this to the rumors last week that production was/is going to be around 10,000 phones a day and yeahhhhhhh
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/11/kgi-gold-iphone-x-possibly-delayed/
It took around 20 minutes for the popular models of 7/7+ to start slipping from release date delivery: https://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/09/iphone-7-pre-order-shipping-estimates-slipping/
Apple needs no extra hype. This will only hurt sales and profit. They're not doing this intentionally. This is just bad luck and planning and being too aggressive in what they thought they could achieve.
I can already picture the BS marketing headline „iPhone X - fastest selling iPhone EVER. We got incredible demand! “
I‘m actually already looking at 2018 - to get the iPhone 9. iPhone X is too expensive and probably lacking maturity for some details being introduced.
They probably announced it because of all the leaks this summer. But the device wasn’t ready. We heard it was going into production in September but could only produce 10,000 a day. Seems they’re having even further issues preventing mass production. Also with the NAND shortages and screen supplies from Samsung being shorted makes perfect sense that it’s not ready.
xD 2017. Like my airpods last year they arrived the day before christmas!
This is why you don't rush products. They could've easily 'gotten it right' and released iPhone X next year. Messed up all in the name of a 10-year anniversary.
Not really useless but keeping the whole legacy range reeks of easing the high price of the X: "something for everyone" yeah, so long as you are happy buying a three year old spec/design. Great way to sellthrough your old inventory stockpile too. "We are now so environmentally friendly we recycle old ideas".
I usually look forward to new phone releases. I come off contract and would have upgraded. In a month or two I will just be saving money using my old phone on a cheaper SIM only plan. The telcos hate that: customers churn to better deals when not locked in.
This year has been all sizzle, no steak. The excitement has been the iOS upgrade which did improve things and is already available and FREE. Hats off to the software guys this year while the hardware guys get the "Maps debacle" cap to wear. Looks like a 12 month cycle is too much of a rush.
In hindsight, perhaps Apple would have been smarter to just release the 8/8s and not announce the X until it was ready. You can feel the tech journos circling to call this a failure. And bad press can lead to bad sales. The X will sell out. It will be well received by the few who get them. It will be a status symbol. But the taint of the delay will linger.
Apple has learnt nothing from their AirPods: couldn't buy them in shops for months. It gets to a point you wonder "buy now or wait for the next improved version". It will definitely be like that for the X. By the time you can actually walk in and buy one, the new model wont be far off.
Can only wonder what the smart speaker availability is going to be like...
I'm no hater, but this suits me personally. There's literally no reason to upgrade from a 7plus to an 8plus and seeing as the X won't be freely available for months I'm more than content with a Jet Black 256GB 7plus until the next cycle. The jet black is still PRISTINE after several months without a case and it's arguably better looking than the 8. Best looking current iPhone in my opinion. Free upgrade to the 9plus in 12 months and so all is well with the world.
I'm also wondering what kind of abuse/pressure the factories and workers are getting to meet deadlines on manufacturing.
"If you ever want to see grandma again you will make me ONE MILLION IPHONE Xs TODAY!!!"
"If you ever want to see grandma again you will make me ONE MILLION IPHONE Xs TODAY!!!"