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Other UK iPhone 16/16 Plus/16 Pro/16 Pro Max Pre-release, Orders and Dispatch Thread
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Mines preparing for despatch now, same 1st-8th delivery window. How often do they normally take before despatch?
Ummm I’m disabled, I’m a full time carer and I live 80 miles from my nearest Apple store. There’s no way I can ‘just go to a shop’
Yeah people forget how little Apple Stores are spread out in UK, they are mostly around London or other major city and not always easy to get to them. Lucky I am not too bad but I have to make lot of effort to go London to get Apple Store myself, I can't just go, I need plan day out too.
Thanks, though at £880 for a used 15 Pro Max I’ll stick with the new 16 Pro Max order I have.
I know.
Problem is that eBay is full of Android copies and I just don’t have the energy for it.
This is definitely worse than previous years. I'd have expected some stocks in stores this week every few days. Call me a cynic, but I've always thought Apple controls supply for revenue reporting management. We are approaching the last few days of the quarter. I wonder if they have sold enough for the financials this Q so not putting more into the supply chain so they have an immediate load of sales next Q.
It does feel like yet again Apple hasn't quite figured out the the Pro Max is a product a lot of people want compared to the Pro.
I might be wrong here, but I believe they show as available when they have arrived at the store and they have been 'checked in'. That's historically been the case, though it might have changed now ?
I have an absolute mint Blue Titanium 15 Pro Max that will be going on eBay this week but if you want to make me an offer, drop me a DM
PM'ed you. I have a (recently replaced by apple Care) pristine iPhone 256GB in Black available.
I think it’s also partly that Pro Max buyers are more likely to be people who want the phone on day one, to the point of joining forums to talk about the phone months before it is even released etc.
People who buy the standard iPhone I think are often people who just buy a phone when their contract runs out, or the old one dies.
Yeah this has been first year I didn’t preorder didn’t think a week later I’d still be with no iPhone
You’re right .. locally, we have a Currys and an Argos 😉
John Lewis 80 miles away in the same place as the Apple Store.
Also have EE but they have none for sale yet (late October apparently)
We recently (in the past 5 years) have an M & S but, unfortunately, they don’s sell iPhones 😁
Sound, thought so - so you can see them closer to home than travelling 80miles then (they don’t need to be in stock to see the display units and inform your order).
Clearly we’re not going to see eye to eye on this because I’m of the opinion people are unboxing unnecessary amounts of iPhones, whereas you’re not bothered and counter any suggestion.
To chime in on this I agree it is more of a philosophical thing. I've come to realise that many people tend to return stuff very often, whereas I do not. I'm a 'commit before you buy' person vs. 'I will give it a go and see if I like it'. I've only returned something Apple once, where I historically bought iPads with Cellular, lots of messing around on availability and for a new generation picked the WiFi and within a few days realised the error of my ways ! There's also quite frankly the hassle of returning things which I hate (including potentially having to outlay more cash then normal depending on credit card payment cycles).
I do appreciate though that some people don't have the luxury of being able to get out at any point in time.