OLED iPhone 8 Rumored to Ship Sometime After Standard iPhone 7s Models

[tjleonard]

Can't wait for the iPhone 9 rumours once my iPhone 8 ships.

I heard the 9 is a contact lense with a literal “retina” display...called “Retina+”. Siri knows what you’re thinking, before you ever even think it and feeds you the information instantly.

They’re having trouble with the wireless charging though...apparently it shocks your eye.

 

[KPOM]

I'll let Apple try and sell me on the Edition. I love Apple and their products, so I'll at least hear them out. But if this iPhone is missing features (Touch ID) without a suitable replacement and costs $1,000. Then I will absolutely consider the competition for this first time since the iPhone 4. (I have the S7 and the S6 before that through work, so I am current on Android devices, it isn't just a "grass is greener" thing)

The "7S" models will still likely have TouchID and not cost $1000.

 

[shplock]

If the iPhone 8 costs £1000 I'm going to be getting the 7S.

The iPhone 7 plus tops out at over £900 so a £1000 is not that expensive compared, so stop with the "Oh my gosh it's going to be so expensive" rubbish.

I do not see the iPhone 8/x/edition being £1000. The only reason we keep hearing this figure is from so called analysts who could not analyse 6pm at 5:59pm.
So please stop accepting their **** as truth.
There is a reason this site is called Macrumours.

 

[CarlJ]

Last year during Xmas AT&T were offering buy one get one free for the 7S.

The 7S? Last Christmas? I highly doubt that, since that phone won't be announced for a few more days.

I definitely not paying over $1k if these rumors are true for the iPhone 8. But I can see myself getting two phone for that price.

You absolutely won't be getting two of the "8" for that price. They'll still be on two month backorder by Christmas. But the 7S should be in plentiful supply by then.

 

[shplock]

Going by the rumours, there's a good chance it will be over £1,000. No way I'd pay that for a phone, even though a phone is the most used item i'd own. I wouldn't even feel comfortable getting the 7S, knowing it was Apple's 'second-tier' phone and having waited 3 years since my last iPhone purchase. I've already got one eye on the Note 8 and if all the rumours on the price and design come to fruition, I'll feel comfortable switching over to the other side.

Yes they are called rumours! Stop accepting the **** that the iPhone e8/x/edition will cost well over £1000. IT WON"T!
Can you hear me over this **** you swallow!

It probably will cost a bit more than an average iPhone but not a ton more.
Even Apple could not get away with charging loads more than £1000 for an iPhone no matter how small the bezels are or how fancy it looks.

 

[ThisBougieLife]

Anybody who doesn't own a 7 and isn't willing to pay whatever price the 8 has.

Yep. I have a 6S and I'm fine skipping this touch-ID-less $1000+ phone. Plus I prefer to have the "S" models. You miss out on the fun of the new design, but you get it refined and perfected.

 

[Freida]

That begs the question.... what are people buying the OLED iPhone for. The other iPhones will have everything but the OLED display, semi edge to edge design with notch and mice ears, and the 3D Face ID. But these non-OLED iPhones will indeed have the luxury of Touch ID that never fails. Therefore, they may be the overall more useful and convenient devices.

Thats what I was thinking! Unless there is a massive surprise I don't think I even want the iPhone 8. I want to upgrade from my iPhone 6 but I think I will want 7S or wait another year. From the rumours the 8 seems to be a big fail (for me)

 

[Cosmosent]

Perhaps Apple's Mgmt has come to their senses, and will divulge (to the public) that their "Touch ID under glass" R&D gamble simply hasn't yet worked out, and that they need more time (before kicking-off iPhone 8 distribution).

Without Touch ID, the iPhone 8 will flop, BIG TIME !

 

[shplock]

Firstly.

Will everyone please stop accepting the rumours as truth. These so called analysts come up with some half baked **** from a so called 'trusted source' that may as be the cleaner in a supply chain factory. They then keep changing their analysis and you all swallow it.
Every year they say the same things.

Apple won't be able to put a fingerprint sensor in an iPhone
Apple won't produce larger screen phones
Apple are not producing an iPhone plus because our 'sources' say so.
Apple are not working on an Apple car

Blah blah blah

Yet still you all swallow the ****.

Apple could not get away with charging over £1200+ for an iPhone no matter how swanky pants it might be.
Even for Apple that would be expensive.
I also can not see Apple being late by months and months and months, considering that to may be ok for other products to be late by a bit but the iPhone is what makes Apple more than 60% of it's revenue.
They can not afford for it to be so late and miss out on the holiday season.

Most people will not wait a few months to get hold of it, they will go with another phone such as Samsung nor will they be ok with accepting the inferior iPhone 7s/7s plus.
Some will wait and some will accept the iPhone 7s/7s plus but most will not.

So that would be a home goal for Apple.

So please stop lapping the **** up and think for a moment!

 

[blumpy]

If Apple releases another iPhone 6s+++ (iPhone 7+) I'll switch teams.

 

[Rob_2811]

No, I'd rather they don't have this odd "premium" phone alongside the "standard" models at all and wait until they can deliver on their vision in sufficient quantities.

Just releasing a 7S with internal updates would have been mighty disappointing, certainly, but the S8 really is a striking design (fingerprint placement notwithstanding) so they needed any sort of answer. I don't think Apple really has anyone to blame but themselves on this one.

Agree. I also have a sneaking suspicion that this will be used as a round and about way of increasing the cost of the phone.

Introduce this OLED model this year at $1000 or whatever the price tag is going to be, alongside the 7s and 7s Plus which will basically have three year old design language but with glass backs to accommodate the wireless charging. Next year the OLED model is the "standard" phone maybe alongside a bigger Galaxy Note sized phone which is already been rumoured. There are the two new iPhone models for 2018, a 5.8 inch and 6 - 6.5 inch phablet sized model presumably both OLED.

If that happens and the 4.7 inch and 5.5 inch 7s and 7s plus phones are done away with, and lets be honest its difficult to see how they fit in to the line up beyond this year, are the 5.8 inch and 6.4 inch OLED models going to get a price drop to bring them in line with the $649 and $769 price points of the 7 and 7 plus base models? Very doubtful, would require a very big price drop.

Perfect way to address the inevitable slide in sales. I might be wrong but it seems very plausible, it has certainly been Tim Cooks MO in the past.

 

[blumpy]

Paying over $1,000 for a phone and waiting another month or two is really gonna test the patience (and wallet) of even the die-hard iPhone users.

Red's Hydrogen is looking like a better option at this point. I've already switched to PC because Apple hasn't supported Pro users with a workstation class computer since 2012..... might as well switch to android while I'm at it.

 

[Droneguy]

Why doesn't everyone keep saying he 7s and 7s plus will be like the 8 minus the OLED. I haven't seen anywhere showing it will have no bezel like the 8, wireless charging etc

I assumed that was only the & or edition or whatever they are calling it

 

[TitleistGolfer]

iPhone 8 will release on time. Apple isn't going to hold an event and not launch the premium product.

 

[tripleh3lix]

Worst case scenario... if this is true. Apple is really trying to build up hype for this phone, they know what they're doing.

People are going to get mad and go to the note (I doubt many people actually will). Apple likes to toy people around. Every year the most appealing iphone gets harder and harder to get, people have to sit on their phones and computers and hope they get a spot to even get a phone.

And no, if you don't do that. It's not a 2-3 week wait anymore. It's more like a 2-3 month wait to even snag one online, and to get one in person is nonexistent by December. Seems a bit ridiculous if you ask me... wish they'd just let people buy their damn phones and make them available. Apple is one of the richest cell phone company, they aren't facing any true shortages

 

[CarlJ]

It probably will cost a bit more than an average iPhone but not a ton more.
Even Apple could not get away with charging loads more than £1000 for an iPhone no matter how small the bezels are or how fancy it looks.

Can't say about pricing in £, but I strongly expect it will sell for over $1,000 in the USA, well above the "regular" iPhone - that's its role: a "boutique" model that tests out new features that are both too expensive for the main line, and can't be obtained in high enough volume for the main line.

 

[oplix]

Macrumors clickbaiting like crazy before the announcement.

 

[CarlJ]

iPhone 8 will release on time. Apple isn't going to hold an event and not launch the premium product.

iPhone "8"/Edition will be announced next week. And it will have availability about as good as the AirPods did initially. And it'll sell about as well as the Apple Watch Edition, because it'll be expensive and hard to get. The 7s will be the main line / workhorse model.
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Macrumors clickbaiting like crazy before the announcement.

Rumors site publishing rumors? Who would have thought?

 

[ForumChick]

Not enough to justify the price increase.


So because Apple scrambled with poor planning to find OLED suppliers the consumer has to pay the price for their shortsightedness by forking over a lot more money? Please.

If Apple couldn't secure enough OLED screens without bending over users on price then they should have waited another year.

So not release an iPhone this year, you're saying.

 

[aapl owner]

Apple's upcoming OLED iPhone 8 will not ship out alongside the standard LCD-equipped iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus, reports TechCrunch, citing "trusted sources."

The high-end iPhone 8 will instead "ship out at a later time," but TechCrunch says it is unclear how long it will be between the availability of the two more affordable models and the iPhone 8.

Apple is planning its iPhone-centric event for Tuesday, September 12, and rumors have suggested the company will start accepting device pre-orders on Friday, September 15, with the first of the new iPhones becoming available on Friday, September 22.

If TechCrunch's information is correct, it's possible Apple will allow people to submit orders for the iPhone 8, but those orders may not ship out until sometime later in the year. Presumably, the iPhone 7s and the iPhone 7s Plus will ship out as planned in September.

Just this morning, The Wall Street Journal said iPhone 8 manufacturing issues could lead to extended supply shortages and shipping delays. Due to problems creating the OLED displays for the device and difficulties integrating Touch ID under the display (a plan that was later abandoned) Apple is said to be approximately about a month behind on its manufacturing timetable.

We have been hearing persistent rumors about serious iPhone 8 supply constraints for months. While it's true that supply issues plague every new iPhone release, especially when it comes to the most popular models, warnings of supply problems have been notably more prominent this year.

Trusted KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has said the iPhone 8 will see "severe" supply shortages following its release and that it could take into the early months of 2018 for Apple to reach supply/demand balance, while a July report from Japanese site Mac Otakara said Apple may not start shipping the device to consumers until October or early November.

Article Link: OLED iPhone 8 Rumored to Ship Sometime After Standard iPhone 7s Models

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Apple's upcoming OLED iPhone 8 will not ship out alongside the standard LCD-equipped iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus, reports TechCrunch, citing "trusted sources."

The high-end iPhone 8 will instead "ship out at a later time," but TechCrunch says it is unclear how long it will be between the availability of the two more affordable models and the iPhone 8.

Apple is planning its iPhone-centric event for Tuesday, September 12, and rumors have suggested the company will start accepting device pre-orders on Friday, September 15, with the first of the new iPhones becoming available on Friday, September 22.

If TechCrunch's information is correct, it's possible Apple will allow people to submit orders for the iPhone 8, but those orders may not ship out until sometime later in the year. Presumably, the iPhone 7s and the iPhone 7s Plus will ship out as planned in September.

Just this morning, The Wall Street Journal said iPhone 8 manufacturing issues could lead to extended supply shortages and shipping delays. Due to problems creating the OLED displays for the device and difficulties integrating Touch ID under the display (a plan that was later abandoned) Apple is said to be approximately about a month behind on its manufacturing timetable.

We have been hearing persistent rumors about serious iPhone 8 supply constraints for months. While it's true that supply issues plague every new iPhone release, especially when it comes to the most popular models, warnings of supply problems have been notably more prominent this year.

Trusted KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has said the iPhone 8 will see "severe" supply shortages following its release and that it could take into the early months of 2018 for Apple to reach supply/demand balance, while a July report from Japanese site Mac Otakara said Apple may not start shipping the device to consumers until October or early November.

Article Link: OLED iPhone 8 Rumored to Ship Sometime After Standard iPhone 7s Models

Please, Please, Please stop calling the non-OLED iPhones the 7s, it will not be called the 7s while the OLED is called the iPhone 8 if so then what do you call next years iPhones?

 

[bmelson0412]

Is there any real credibility to these rumors?

 

[springsup]

Wow, at this rate the 10th anniversary iPhone is just going to be an opportunity to showcase how Apple's lead has been eaten away by rivals.

Pretty bummed out about this product.

 

[CarlJ]

Seems a bit ridiculous if you ask me... wish they'd just let people buy their damn phones and make them available. Apple is one of the richest cell phone company, they aren't facing any true shortages

There are parts that they cannot get in large enough quantity (over 400,000 per day) in order to put them in the main line phones. And you're talking like the initial shortages are something they do on purpose for some nefarious reason - it's not like they slow down production - there's always a big spike in demand for something like an iPhone immediately after it's released. Say it's 3x demand for the first month. They have two choices: they can spend billions of dollars to have 3x the manufacturing capacity so everyone can get their new shiny the first week, and then have 2/3rds of that manufacturing capacity sit unused for much of the year; or, they can run existing production lines at their fullest possible capacity during that initial month or two and have there be some constrained supply issues.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

iPhone 8 will release on time. Apple isn't going to hold an event and not launch the premium product.

It will release on time. But we don't know what time Apple has scheduled that all. Apple isn't going to launch a major product again without decent inventory. Tuesday event covers the iPhone, ATV, AW, and who knows what else. Apple has had "falling domino" product launches from one event before. No reason it won't do it here if needed.

Example, iPhone 7s launch in two weeks, AW LTE in 3 weeks, iPhone [new flagship] in 4. ATV5 preorders at end of event Tues.

 

[ghostface147]

No TouchID, no sale. Let's hope next year they find a way to integrate the touch sensor. I'll just stick with my 6s Plus.