Just checked iStocknow at 11:47am Oct 8. According to iStock there is not a single 7+ available in the world...Which leads me to believe Apple has quietly ceased shipment of the 7+ to address the heinous build quality issues. Or so I hope.
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Steve686
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JulesJam
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Yeah, Apple services the carriers before they service 3rd party retailers.
I believe this is the first time that Apple releases new phone in more countries within a short period. so the supply is spread thin.
also Apple makes alot more 7 than 7+, which is based on last year sale demand. you can find Jet Black 7 easily. so Apple prediction is wrong. but it is not their fault since history shows more people like smaller phone.
Nanotyrns
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tripleh3lix
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I picked up a black plus 128gb at an Apple Store on Tuesday. Never pre-ordered. Just refreshed the heck out of iStockNow and saw several shipments in stock throughout the day.
Steve686
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Main differences between 7 and 7Plus:
Screen size
Camera modules
Ram
Battery size
Demand
Any one of these differences may have run into complications or supply constraints.
Regardless, this is the worst supply constraint on a whole version of the phone yet. It's not some simple high demand like the gold iPhone 5s.
Screen size
Camera modules
Ram
Battery size
Demand
Any one of these differences may have run into complications or supply constraints.
Regardless, this is the worst supply constraint on a whole version of the phone yet. It's not some simple high demand like the gold iPhone 5s.
That's what I'm wondering. I just checked iStock right now, and there's only a scattered few pluses available in the whole US and Canada. But yet almost every version of the 7 is available in most stores. That would seem to be a very wrong prediction indeed. I've never seen it that lopsided before where one model is completely available and the other model completely unavailable. This tells me there might be some kind of manufacturing issue with all the pluses, not just jet black.
And that's in a Manhattan store, where you would expect them to send more stock! And as an aside, I looked at the watch availability as well- it's very similar to the Plus availability. Only a handful of stores in North America have any aluminum watches.
That's solid. I bet those previous IUP customers who reserved a phone stemming from that whole 7 IUP launch debacle are getting first priority when it comes to store stock.
Mac7
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It's possible they may have a few tomorrow, I'd bet they're spoken for at this point by people like you who have been emailed to pick theirs up through IUP reservation.
Except that the pluses show up all the time on iStock; they just disappear immediately. The fact that demand is radically outstripping supply doesn't mean that there is no incoming supply, and there clearly is.
Mac7
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metzy25
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Not true. I work for an att Corporate store, we've had no iPhone pluses at all, yet Best Buy's have had them. Same with jet black 7's. We've had no jb's but Best Buy has.
ajscorpio69
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Most likely the hissing, and terrible noise in recorded video playback. After 3 exchanges, I gave up and settled for 7. No issues with hissing or LTE dropouts.
Well I would argue that there is at least far fewer pluses coming in, unless you're arguing that people are choosing the pluses 99 to 1 or something like that.