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Long Lines Forming for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Launch in Australia
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I'm (at the cost of appearing racist) seeing a lot of Asian people sitting in that line ! ...but , that's not important. What's important is (like being bad drivers, they are prone to phablet dimensions) , I'm seeing a lot of Android switchers here !!!!
I pre-ordered.. early, too. Guess what, I'm waiting a hell of a lot longer than those in line. That's why.
I actually pre ordered my phones through at&t 15 mins early at 2:40am EST. Had a confirmation by 2:44am EST. Apple store was never up for me on the east coast. And I currently use a HTC One m8 so no Apple app. And by the time I figured the apple app was the trick, went and grabbed my kids iPad but my orders had already gone through on AT&T.
So 20 minutes ahead of schedule and still got dates for 10/02-10/13. :/ Two iPhone 6 plus phones BTW.
So 20 minutes ahead of schedule and still got dates for 10/02-10/13. :/ Two iPhone 6 plus phones BTW.
1.) There already are some s-Sheep too...
2.) We don't know how many of those in the Apple store queues actually are hired by Samsung again - for whatever reason Samsung apparently is quite curious about the "Apple lineup phenomenon".
http://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-sends-spies-to-uncover-apples-iphone-line-phenom/
Nah, the English did a pretty good job of killing most of them off way back when...
+1. That was morbidly funny. All the more so because it's true.
I just got a notification that my iphone 6 has shipped and that it's at the courier company's depot in Botany (near the airport in Sydney, Australia). Mine is being delivered to my Sydney CBD office (15km from depot) so fingers crossed it will be around normal courier time of 10 am, ie about 12 hours from now.
I can't...I get subsidized pricing combined with phone trade in. If I were to order online, I stand the chance of paying full price, the system not recognize and I lose my unlimited data plan and not getting my trade in credit.
+1. That was morbidly funny. All the more so because it's true.
Well it's kind of insulting getting a smart arse comment from an Englishman implying that only indigenous folk can use the title "Aussie".
Like nowadays they can just conveniently forget their treatment of the former colonies whilst wagging their finger in judgement at us or something...
I agree re your original point, but what about if it's a gift?
There is an easy anti scalper solution that could be implemented today:
Make the purchaser 'nominate' a person it's going to and that gets recorded (along perhaps with names of any other people who may bring it in for repair), that way the scalper gets scalped.
I've often though the same should apply to hugely popular concert and sporting event tickets. Make the buyer name the people who the tickets are for.
If you then can't go, you can sell your your ticket back to the venue, who have a channel that people watch, that resells at face value again.
Scalpers (or touts as we call them in the UK), go out of business overnight.
I want to know what happened to those guys who started lining up in NY a few weeks back: https://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/03/campers-waiting-for-iphone-6/
I just knew this comment was coming and people here would love it.
Let's have another take on it shall we, and use common sense if that's possible here.
If you make a range of different models, with different features at different price points, and release them at different times over the year, people will buy them when they want them at times spread over the year.
If you basically make 1 new model (2 sizes) and release it at one date of the year, then of course, people who wish to buy that brand will end up in a queue.
What else would you expect.
Apple cause this to happen due to the way they make and release their products.
The sad fact is the sellers don't care. Whether it's phones, concert tickets, or whatever, as long as it's sold the seller makes money. The only concession to this is limiting the number of items an individual can purchase. The seller, in this case Apple, knows they will be selling their product for more than one day so everyone who wants one will eventually get one. Might not be a day one purchase but in the end what does it matter to the vendor as long as the purchase gets made at some point.
Don't want to stay up at home until 5am.
Are willing to line up in front of some store over night.
Well, ok then.
Ok, it's off-topic for this thread, but why do people even get AppleCare+? I have been an iPhone user since 2007, and I have never had any issues that required a repair. So from the money that I would have spent on AppleCare, I could nearly buy a whole new iPhone by now.
And yes, it contains an accidental damage coverage, but the main thing that usually breaks in iPhone accidents is the screen. There is a $79 service fee for using the accidental damage coverage. So that's already $178 for a repair that - without warranty - would cost $269, and that you can get quite a bit cheaper if you are willing to trust a "third party".
Of course, once you break your screen for a second time, it becomes cheaper. A third time however is not covered anymore. So the word that comes to my mind (as with most extended warranties) is: "scam".
How do you know how much a screen replacemt on a 6/6 Plus will cost?
That's assuming Apple even offer it as a service of course, so what if they don't? You'll have to fork out £300/$400 for a refurb.
What about if they do offer a screen replacement service, but you drop it in water (down the toilet, or in a sink for example) and you need a whole new unit, how gutted will you be that you didn't get Applecare +?
However, the answer to your question of "why do people even get AppleCare+?" is because history is not a guarantee of future events and people want peace of mind, it's really that simple.
These idiots do not reflect other normal Australians.....
Jesus I hope not. Twenty minutes max is what you should spend in any queue that isnt A&E.
Agreed, which is why I said it "could" happen.
There's nothing to,stop them implementing that system today, but as you say, they ultimately don't care who it goes to, as long as they sell.
I do think major stars have a responsibly though and they should really get behind an idea like this, after all, it's their fans that are losing out.
Think about it, if the Justin Biebers and U2s of this world all agreed to get it implemented, others would soon join in and touts/Scalpers would be bankrupt overnight.
Samsungs flagship is the galaxy series and that's the overwhelming majority of their smartphone sales. Its not like sales are spread out evenly among all their models.
People are just not as excited about Samsung as apple. There's no need to try to explain it away further.
I actually remember vividly my "experience" of standing in line while getting my IP4. Now I didn't wait over night but I was in line for a few hours. It was unique to say the least but it was cool talking with people.
Shoot sometimes we may watch silly TV shows for a few hours on any given day or even tell people over the phone, "I'm bored." So possibly, quite possibly, this could be a time killer for something they really want.