I think I posted this in another thread, but they do seem to have more availability (or I got lucky). Wife went on launch day to pick up her reservation, asked the employee if she could buy a midnight green (not max) in 64gb for me (even though Apple store said sold out) and he pulls out the back and sells it to her right there.
This is also at a flagship store where apparently 50+ people were standing in line to buy phones that day.
This is also at a flagship store where apparently 50+ people were standing in line to buy phones that day.