Slim pickings on phones now in the stores nearest to me. Only Pro’s available in one store and sold out in all the others. Looks like they had a big weekend.
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iPhone 11 Pro There's so much "availability" in-Store on the iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max?
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I was able to walk into best buy and get an ATT 512 midnight green on Saturday was very surprised
That’s what I’m saying I struggled last two years and this year it’s a lot left.
Did you do the backstroke to get to the store, I thought they had some flooding in the Houston area, could be the reason for available stock....
It may be that they don't get any deliveries on Sunday, so stock would become depleted. They'll probably get more in on Monday.
Had to wait about half an hour on line, but went into my nearest Apple walk-in line, got a 12:30 appointment at 11:30, grabbed lunch, waited about 20 minutes on line til the 12 pm people went in and got the Green iphone 11 pro with a 10XS Max trade in.
Got my Midnight Green Pro Max 256 with an online reservation on Saturday at the Apple Store.
You have face it, with $1000+ devices, there isn't going to be as many sellouts as years pass.
The days of waiting in line or staying up late to pre-order should be over.
I know I went from upgrading every year to 2 years.
Price and Feature Creep are big factors.
Don't worry about Apple, they are probably doing better selling 80% these $1k devices then the $600 that all sellout a few years ago.
You have face it, with $1000+ devices, there isn't going to be as many sellouts as years pass.
The days of waiting in line or staying up late to pre-order should be over.
I know I went from upgrading every year to 2 years.
Price and Feature Creep are big factors.
Don't worry about Apple, they are probably doing better selling 80% these $1k devices then the $600 that all sellout a few years ago.
I got a walk-in reservation this weekend and picked up a 512 GB Pro Max in Midnight Green; waited for maybe 30-45 minutes.
Store manager said that if I had purchased online that day it could be up to two weeks to get a reservation scheduled for pick up.
Not sure if there’s any truth to his statement, but with the crowds and lines, I wouldn’t doubt it. These phones seem to be selling well.
Store manager said that if I had purchased online that day it could be up to two weeks to get a reservation scheduled for pick up.
Not sure if there’s any truth to his statement, but with the crowds and lines, I wouldn’t doubt it. These phones seem to be selling well.
Tim Cook has really sorted out their supply chain in the years since becoming the CEO.
According to istocknow, only the 11 is in stock in St. Louis. Both of the Pros are out at our two stores.
It comes and goes depending on supply and demand, we don't really know what it means until we see the revenue figures at the end of the quarter.
All of what you said is exactly true, and couple this with the fact that the 2020 model WILL be the upgrade that will sell out. Have you seen the analysts report for the next iPhone???
let this be a lesson that no one cares if you get in launch day or the morning after. Apple makes hundreds of millions of these each year. no rush. just get the color and model you want. How much time wasted from someone getting silver but wanted grey and is now returning, picking up, re-downloading a back up, etc. This is no longer 2007 folks.
I'm not sure how reliable istocknow's data is, but even if its 90% accurate or so this is kind of a bummer. The exact model I want appears to be out of stock across the whole country as of right now: Pro Max 256GB Silver simfree
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Well, let’s expand on this a bit . I don’t think necessarily it’s the ‘supply chain’ sorted out, the iPhone has become more expensive, therefore consumers are not upgrading as often, thus resulting in far more units being available on launch day.
Now, as another differing example, the Apple Watch still sees quite a bit of strain in terms of supply chain, primarily due to it being a far more popular accessory and it’s cheaper in some respects versus the iPhone net price.
More available stock means pre-orders get delivered later than store inventory?
Not buying it.
That’s not been the case for me at all (As someone who orders the iPhone almost annually), besides, I can’t explain how Apples allocation process works, but that something probably you should address with them directly.