iPhone X Production Faces Further Delays, Will Start in Mid-October

[KmanOz]

So I just bought an 8+ to replace my 6. The 8 is just a beast compared to the 6. All the frustrations are gone. The 6 was great but now having 3D touch, lightning fast TouchID, apps that open instantly, apps that do things instantly as opposed to having to wait, speakers that sound AMAZING, TrueTone display, a camera that's awesome, ARKit etc etc etc. Yes it's the same phone from a looks perspective but it really isn't from everyday usage point of view. The 8+ does everything an X does except for FaceID and wow factor. iOS is iOS so after you setup your X from your current phone it won't seem any different like say moving to Android would. Personally I think all phones have hit a technological wall similar to the one we had before iPhone came along. Something massive has to happen, then we'll get excited again. I don't think the X is that excitement, it's different but apart from FaceID everything on it has been done before. Of course Apple will do it better because they're Apple but true innovation that happened when the iPhone launched is not what the X is by a long shot. Nothing is at the moment from any camp.

 

[macsba]

Well, a good discussion here. I wonder if Raymond James chip analyst Christopher Caso is trying to short Apple's stock. Since Monday, Apple's stock has dropped around 10 points. The nervous nellies bailed. Just wondering if the SEC should be involved. I smell something funny from the analyst. I also wonder if he has some financial gain for hurting Apple's stock.

For Apple launching the iPhone X in 55 countries, I don't think Apple would severely disappoint the customers.

 

[lazard]

Well, a good discussion here. I wonder if Raymond James chip analyst Christopher Caso is trying to short Apple's stock. Since Monday, Apple's stock has dropped around 10 points. The nervous nellies bailed. Just wondering if the SEC should be involved. I smell something funny from the analyst. I also wonder if he has some financial gain for hurting Apple's stock.

For Apple launching the iPhone X in 55 countries, I don't think Apple would severely disappoint the customers.

While the news of a possible further delay was a factor, the drop had more to do with the lackluster reviews (and lack of customer enthusiasm) of the 8, 8+, and watch.

As Apple enthusiast Mark Gurman put it, "At $699 for the iPhone 8 and $799 for the iPhone 8 Plus, the phones compete against a range of higher-end smartphones. 'This phone is pretty lackluster compared to what Samsung has on the table here.'"

 

[KmanOz]

'This phone is pretty lackluster compared to what Samsung has on the table here.'"

And yet when I went to the Apple store on Saturday to buy my phone it was as usual packed to the brim. Samsung popup store in the middle of the shopping mall had a few people floating around in it. 30 employees at Apple, 5 at popup store. Doesn't make sense.

 

[uwdude]

And yet when I went to the Apple store on Saturday to buy my phone it was as usual packed to the brim. Samsung popup store in the middle of the shopping mall had a few people floating around in it. 30 employees at Apple, 5 at popup store. Doesn't make sense.

Well that's because most people buy their Samsung products from a carrier or a third party, not a Samsung branded store.

 

[Oliveira46]

Ummm, Samsung already has a phone with facial recognition, so its not a feature that apple leap frogged its competition.

Samsung also unlocks your phones if you show a picture on a piece of paper or on a tablet screen and unlocks the phone... is that a feature too? (even samsung adverts that it should not be used as a security method)

If you arrive at your neighborhood with the first icecream van, but all icecream you have is melted does that count as being first too??

 

[asleep]

Brightwire @BrightwireInc

Apple may delay shipment of first 1 million iPhone X handsets to December as yield rate dips below 10%, sources say

 

[Looney01]

Brightwire @BrightwireInc

Bull crap, I have a source that says Apple will start shipping iPhone X mid October and has and endless supply of stock.