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Severe Supply Shortages Again Rumored for iPhone 8 Due to Production Difficulties
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same crap every time a new product is coming out by Apple. Shortages. its just a came Apple plays to hype up their products.
How does waiting 1 or 2 months for a new phone (if you aren't that eager) affect your life?
Or if you really want it anyway, iPhone Update Program, bro.
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They won't because...
SPOILER ALERT
they don't know. And it's getting closer to the release date.
1) that's not my point at all. Apple will want the iPhone 8 to stand on its own. I still believe it WILL NOT go on sale the same day as the 7s/7s+.
2) the size factor is so not the issue. The "8" will be FEATURE driven over size. If size was the issue then they'd make it in two sizes.
3. I'm glad you quote Cook here except reality is that it can't legitimately be compared to this seasons releases. C'mon. I should qualify my comment by saying I meant "attention" cannibalization .
It won't crash as this has been rectified from years past experiences. However, the servers are incredibly slow from past experiences and I have been timed out before when placing orders in the past. So hopefully they continue to improve those concerns with their servers.
That is my experience with the last 4 preorders. I was able to purchase faster each time from the apple retail store while my preorder was weeks to months away. Online preorder user to be the fastest and best experience, now it's the slowest and worst experience in my opinion.
While apple has our preorders they are happy for us to wait while they supply 3rd party stores. My take on it , would be , supply your fans first.
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Well that explains the iPhone 7
Every year we see this same report countless times in the spring and summer yet the iPhone is released at the normal schedule.
There fixed it for you.
As long as you know it's 'your" belief.
History is against you.
As others have stated Apple has release multiple models in the past: 5c, 5S; 6, 6+
Are you kidding?
Since the 2 size introduction there has always been a feature difference in favor of the larger size.
And there have always been complaints about it with comments like:
- "Why can't Apple put those same features for the larger version in the smaller versions."
- "I don't want a TV in my pocket"
- "Can't easily use the larger size with one hand"
- "I wear skinny jeans, won't fit in my pocket"
Otherwise, whats your hypothesis for them releasing the SE?
The only reality here is that you're making your own reality.
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Readers are wising up to this perennial clickbait, so websites need to amp up the drama to keep those clicks coming.
Same rumours every year.
In fact it is quite difficult to get an iPhone in September, and even at the beginning of October, but it is not a big deal.
I never pre order online, I just wait a few of days after launch date, then go to the nearest AS and get my iPhone after queueing for 15/20 minutes.
If this year I'll have to wait for a couple of weeks ore more it won't be a problem. It is just a phone after all
In fact it is quite difficult to get an iPhone in September, and even at the beginning of October, but it is not a big deal.
I never pre order online, I just wait a few of days after launch date, then go to the nearest AS and get my iPhone after queueing for 15/20 minutes.
If this year I'll have to wait for a couple of weeks ore more it won't be a problem. It is just a phone after all
Reasons cited why Iphone may be delayed
: (1) whether the 3D sensor of OLED iPhone provides an innovative user experience; (2) whether OLED iPhone cancels Touch ID (fingerprint recognition); and (3) whether Apple's competitors launch more innovative products which could compete with OLED iPhone in 4Q17-2Q18.
Ok, number two, I get it. They are having trouble with getting it under the screen. I dont think I would mind.......that much..... if it was on the back of the phone. I for sure would prefer the back then no touch id and have facial recognition. I currently can unlock my phone while pulling it from my pocket, so by the time im looking at it its unlocked. Number 1 and 3????? How those affect production I have no idea. Sales, yes, but weather a competitor comes out with a competing phone has zero affect on Apples ability to produce theirs. Ming is usually spot on with his predictions, not too compelling of a explanation for this one.
: (1) whether the 3D sensor of OLED iPhone provides an innovative user experience; (2) whether OLED iPhone cancels Touch ID (fingerprint recognition); and (3) whether Apple's competitors launch more innovative products which could compete with OLED iPhone in 4Q17-2Q18.
Ok, number two, I get it. They are having trouble with getting it under the screen. I dont think I would mind.......that much..... if it was on the back of the phone. I for sure would prefer the back then no touch id and have facial recognition. I currently can unlock my phone while pulling it from my pocket, so by the time im looking at it its unlocked. Number 1 and 3????? How those affect production I have no idea. Sales, yes, but weather a competitor comes out with a competing phone has zero affect on Apples ability to produce theirs. Ming is usually spot on with his predictions, not too compelling of a explanation for this one.
Its "business-as-usual"
besides there is no way Apple can be on track with anything, since the u more they try, the more will buy
Touch I.D, facial recognition, iris scanning?
Hmm, interesting times. Could this be Apple's opportunity to make another really bold leap forward and distinguish itself from the competition?
Hmm, interesting times. Could this be Apple's opportunity to make another really bold leap forward and distinguish itself from the competition?
They already did that with the iPhone 7. The home 'button' isnt a button its just glass with a circle around it. And uses haptic feedback to simulate a button feel. This can easily be replaced with a virtual Circular icon with the same haptic feedback it currently has.
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...why not a "touch edge" scan your finger from somewhere sensible on the edge, the mysterious back circle is for wireless charging, everyone (including Jony "no distractions" Ive) is happy, one trillion bucks here we come!
...we can but hope
I really hope that Apple is just messing with us and at the keynote after the unveil where Tim demonstrates the Touch ID under the glass he says "did you really think we would put it on the back?"
The problem is Apple has a hard cut-off point; if Touch ID under the screen isn't working as desired and further development would mean missing the holiday season then it gets moved or removed and that feature gets bumped to 2018's iPhone. Having a new iPhone for sale at Christmas is way more important to Apple than having a cool new feature that everyone wants. Besides it gives people a reason to upgrade from 2017's iPhone to 2018's.
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Apart from the fact that this "10th Anniversary Phone" concept was made up entirely by rumors and fan's hopeful wish-fulfillment. Apple has never acknowledged such an anniversary iPhone. Not once. Not ever. Yes there will be iPhones and there will now be a new top tier model but ascribing anything else to it is just fan-fiction.
It doesn't matter how much money you have, you still take risks. And risks mean things can go wrong. I don't see this as Apple not being willing to spend enough money or Apple being incompetent but rather as Apple taking a gamble (or rather multiple gambles) and things coming down the side of Apple not being lucky this time.
You can argue that Apple should not have taken the gamble (eg, TouchID below the display) on such an important product as the lost revenue by delaying shipments is enormous. But the upside in additional revenue can also be enormous.
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You know how non-sensical this is? Apple didn't have 10 years to prepare production for a phone with this specific feature set. The rough feature set was decided at most two years in advance. And for all we know, the iPhone 7s is right on track, Apple could just call it the 10th Anniversary Phone if all it cared about was shutting down people like you. Would that make you happy.
Because making 100 million of something is hard. Apple is pretty much buying up the year's output of whole parts factories to make these. In the meantime they are tweaking designs and testing reliability while they start making parts and iPhones. While other companies have "cooler" phones, those companies don't really make the FLAGSHIP models in the quantities or availability that Apple does. It does feel like Apple is moving too chaoticly at times and the wheels are about to come off. But they "just barely" make it to release every year so far.
100% agree. Any iPhone that comes out in the 10th anniversary period is a "10th anniversary" iPhone. The recent spec-bumped iPhone SE, that came out in the 10th anniversary period, the upcoming 7s/7s Plus they'll come out in the 10th anniversary period; are these not 10th anniversary iPhones? Apple can't release four iPhones (SE, 7s, 7s Plus & iPhone 8/anniversary, X, whatever) in 2017 and only call 1/4 of their line-up an "anniversary iPhone".
The only way an "anniversary iPhone" makes sense is if Apple only released an iPhone 8 in 2017.
As I stated in the other thread a few weeks back - MacRumors could literally clone articles of pre-launch predictions about supply for every iPhone.
Why?
go on, explain why and in simple terms?
Could it be possible that their use case does not need a huge display? Perhaps there is some other reason? Perhaps they have tried a 7/7+ and found that there was not a compelling reason to upgrade?
Just saying upgrade without knowing the use case of the person you are suggesting it to does no one any favours.
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$1000?
That's 70% of my current monthly income (pension).
Not to say that I'm broke or living in poverty but one has to be careful with the pennies. Us 'Baby boomers' might be cash poor but asset rich so we need to consider purchases like a $1000 phone very carefully.
Perspective and context please.
Some are. Some are not. A lot is based on ripping off other rumour sites and repackaging it as though he came up with it.