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Launch Day Reaction Mixed as iPhone 7 Shipping Estimates Improve but Some Reservations Turned Away

To the people telling them to ramp up production sooner: If they did that people would be complaining about Apple hoarding stock for an unnecessarily long time prior to launch. Or they could push back the launch date next year by a month to have more units ready. See, they can't get it right in some people's eyes no matter what they do.

I'm pretty sure that anyone with a 5s or better can still enjoy a decent experience with iOS 10 while they wait for their new phone to arrive.

I haven't put iOS 10 on my 6s yet as I wanted to wait to see if there were any major bugs, but on my old (spare) 5s 32gb iOS 10 runs great.

Now, for people still rocking 4, 4s, and to an extent 5 and 5c I can see why they would be a little put out by having to wait yet another month for a new device. I expect getting by on those older devices, especially the 4 and 4s, may be pretty rage inducing and require a massive amount of patience with modern apps and OSes loaded on.
 
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Have to give it up for Apple Store Americana (Glendale, CA)! I had an 8am reservation, but they also couldn't find the phone. Apparently the shipment they were expecting was late. No worries from me, the manager calmly explained it to me and took my info with a promise to call me when it arrived, and comped my new leather 7+ case on the spot. I walked to the local coffee bean and less than 15min later he called to say it had arrived. Walked right back and was out the door 15min later with my 7+ and a free leather case.

Great service, you just have to be nice!
 
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Hi,

got my iPhone 7 black today. But the quality/finish of the camerabump is absolutely terrible. This is not the standard I expect from a product that costs 860 Euros!! It is suttle but I saw it instantly when I held the phone in my hand for the first time.


Is your quality better? Maybe there is something wrong with the production process!


What should I do: Go to apple store?, Send it back?, Do nothing?

I live in Germany and I fear that they don't have any stock for replacement!

Thanks for replies guys!

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SteveJobs2.0 said:
Angela does it again! Pay her more millions!
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It was really her idea to have people not wait in line anymore, & thus Apple is not getting the hype nor the news coverage it once used to get. I think Angela needs to change her strategy or be replaced. retail has not been the same since she stepped in & I initially welcomed her, but seems to not be working.
 
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skemez1 said:
My black 7+ has a ship date of Oct 3rd - 10th. Has anyone gotten upgraded shipping times with initial October 3rd dates?
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I would like to know the same. And if none has been received, when do you think we should get notification.
 
sohilpandya said:
I actually don't think apple has many of these jet black models built. stores here in london didn't even have them on display!
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I was at the store in Nashua, New Hampshire, and there was one guy with a jet black and that was the first one the staff had seen, none on display. I guess is supplies are constrained they're not going to use them up as display models?
 
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just.in.time said:
To the people telling them to ramp up production sooner: If they did that people would be complaining about Apple hoarding stock for an unnecessarily long time prior to launch. Or they could push back the launch date next year by a month to have more units ready. See, they can't get it right in some people's eyes no matter what they do.

I'm pretty sure that anyone with a 5s or better can still enjoy a decent experience with iOS 10 while they wait for their new phone to arrive.

I haven't put iOS 10 on my 6s yet as I wanted to wait to see if there were any major bugs, but on my old (spare) 5s 32gb iOS 10 runs great.

Now, for people still rocking 4, 4s, and to an extent 5 and 5c I can see why they would be a little put out by having to wait yet another month for a new device. I expect getting by on those older devices, especially the 4 and 4s, may be pretty rage inducing and require a massive amount of patience with modern apps and OSes loaded on.
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I am really more pissed about the fact that I got up on the preorder date and had 3 devices going and none couldn't get on the site until about 9 to 10 minutes after 3AM Eastern time and then by the time I complete my order in 2-3 minutes it was delayed to 2-3 weeks for shipping. I am stuck with an iPhone 5 that screen shuts off around 20-30% and the Mophie battery case I have does not help. Just got the case a month or two ago.
 
just.in.time said:
To the people telling them to ramp up production sooner: If they did that people would be complaining about Apple hoarding stock for an unnecessarily long time prior to launch. Or they could push back the launch date next year by a month to have more units ready. See, they can't get it right in some people's eyes no matter what they do.

I'm pretty sure that anyone with a 5s or better can still enjoy a decent experience with iOS 10 while they wait for their new phone to arrive.

I haven't put iOS 10 on my 6s yet as I wanted to wait to see if there were any major bugs, but on my old (spare) 5s 32gb iOS 10 runs great.

Now, for people still rocking 4, 4s, and to an extent 5 and 5c I can see why they would be a little put out by having to wait yet another month for a new device. I expect getting by on those older devices, especially the 4 and 4s, may be pretty rage inducing and require a massive amount of patience with modern apps and OSes loaded on.
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Just said I wish they would ramp it up more... Apple has always done it like this. Nothing new. I can wait for my new iPhone. Just want it sooner than it's scheduled. It wasn't really a complaint, just a wish. :)
 
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pilot3033 said:
Have to give it up for Apple Store Americana (Glendale, CA)! I had an 8am reservation, but they also couldn't find the phone. Apparently the shipment they were expecting was late. No worries from me, the manager calmly explained it to me and took my info with a promise to call me when it arrived, and comped my new leather 7+ case on the spot. I walked to the local coffee bean and less than 15min later he called to say it had arrived. Walked right back and was out the door 15min later with my 7+ and a free leather case.

Great service, you just have to be nice!
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Cool story bro...tell it again.

All kidding aside you deserved that for their shortcomings. You shouldn't expect anything less. However, Apple has messed up this whole launch in some way or another. Too bad they will not be able to please everyone. I am sure there will be others that will not bother to do it again...myself included. I am sure Apple will replace those they have lost with new customers...so it is what it is...
 
just.in.time said:
To the people telling them to ramp up production sooner: If they did that people would be complaining about Apple hoarding stock for an unnecessarily long time prior to launch. Or they could push back the launch date next year by a month to have more units ready. See, they can't get it right in some people's eyes no matter what they do.

I'm pretty sure that anyone with a 5s or better can still enjoy a decent experience with iOS 10 while they wait for their new phone to arrive.

I haven't put iOS 10 on my 6s yet as I wanted to wait to see if there were any major bugs, but on my old (spare) 5s 32gb iOS 10 runs great.

Now, for people still rocking 4, 4s, and to an extent 5 and 5c I can see why they would be a little put out by having to wait yet another month for a new device. I expect getting by on those older devices, especially the 4 and 4s, may be pretty rage inducing and require a massive amount of patience with modern apps and OSes loaded on.
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Totally agree with you. I am rocking a 4S and I couldn't stand it any longer; hence, I am raging right now!
 
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Does anyone know what time the in store reservations start up again in the US? I've seen 12:01am, 8am, and 3am eastern. Anyone know the exact eastern time?
 
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kingofwale said:
another year, another man-made supply restrain
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Bingo. This is done on purpose to create what is called scarcity value.

If everyone could easily get a phone on launch day or shortly after, you wouldn't have any of the press, or 'hype' that helps the product look more valuable to not only existing customers, but new ones.

Apple knows exactly what they're doing.
 
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What in the hell is wrong with Apple? They make the Plus model even more desirable this year over the non-Plus but they produce more of the smaller models. Pure stupidity!
And it's time to get rid of the pink and gold colors with the white antenna bands. Those two colors could have been replaced with an all white version. A Snow White and Darth Vader phone would have been awesome.
 
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I know there was rumours prior to the launch that supply constraints of the iPhone 7 was a very realistic possibility. The question is, how much of this is all really high demand, or, just unusually low supply.
 
LordVic said:
I know there was rumours prior to the launch that supply constraints of the iPhone 7 was a very realistic possibility. The question is, how much of this is all really high demand, or, just unusually low supply.
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Insanely great marketing.
See post #44 and stay tuned.
 
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