What delivery date will cause you to skip the iPhone X?

I know this doesn't answer your question, but I think that the availability issues are probably being overstated. If delivery dates end up 6 months back within the first hours of pre-orders, It shouldn't have been launched this year.

 

Yea I think it will be like getting a jet black last year, or a cto Mac pro back in 2013 like up to 12 weeks maybe but not longer, no way.
My biggest question is, will there be store pickups on nov 2nd?

 

Agreed and was just about to post this. You might as well shelve it until the following fall of its going to be six months out.

As for the OP, I don’t think dates will slip into 2018 that fast. The iPhone makes money in the fourth quarter and Apple is already up against the wall with such a late launch. They need to have as many devices as possible ship before Christmas.

 

If a delivery date of a few weeks to a few months (in and of itself) causes one to not want to get the new iPhone X, it might behoove said person to sternly reconsider the motivation to get a phone in the first place.

Only wanting the latest and greatest at every moment is very superficial, in my opinion. It is only good for bragging rights on forums such as this. I think life is more meaningful than that.

 

Well, if we're setting six months backorder as the deal breaker date, how fast do you think it will reach that point?

 

Yea I agree. I honestly think the most they hit is around 6 weeks. I would imagine apple will have plenty of foresight into the production necessary especially with the staggered release.

 

My guess is 3 months before they clear through the backlog.

 

HEHE...mac pro 2013...don't need to remind me...sigh...

 

has there ever been a launch that had waits longer than 6-8 weeks?

 

Maybe not. Unfortunately though, this is the first launch where 6-8 weeks would mean after the holidays, and that may put some people off.

To answer the original question, it might not be a deal breaker, but in addition to the holidays, my birthday is in December, and I would be disappointed if I didn't have the phone by then. What better time to make use of an improved camera?

 

I would be willing to think January is a very likely date someone may not receive their device until around that time frame if they do not pre-order or Later.

 

I'm on yearly upgrade program, if we get too far into next year, I might as well pay off the phone I have and start over with the X. So there will be a break point, I just don't know what that is yet. I waited a LONG time for my airpods.

 

If I get my order in at 12:00:05 and I get a delivery date of December, forget it.

 

You are joking right?
Plenty of launches with shipping times far beyond 6-8 weeks.

and to the OP; I have a very strong feeling that the pre orders of the iPhone X will be similar to last year's jetblack iPhone 7 (Plus) and even worse than that launch, why? you exactly mentioned it allready yourself:

- first ever worldwide Apple launch (expect literally tens of million people all around the world trying to to get their order in, in lets say 1 or 2 minutes), instead of waves with earlier iPhone releases
- first ever oled iPhone
- well known shortage of oled screens

Add these 3 simple facts up, and just be ready for a big slaughter on oct 27th. It wouldn't surprise me to see an Apple Store App and website traffic of about 20 to 25 million people (from all around the world) all at the same time on oct 27th.

 

There is nothing like scarcity to stoke up demand. However there is a point when the wait is no longer worthwhile. For me that is the end of January for the iPhone X, i.e. 3 months from launch.

 

Don’t really care. I will just wait it out. Happy with my 7+ and have the upgrade every year. Will just take my lumps and pay the extra and wait until I get it

 

I preordered original Space Gray Apple Watch Sport April 10, 2015 less than 5 minutes after preorders opened (official release date was April 24) and didn't receive it until May 19. I hope we don't face a similar fate.

 

I preordered the iPhone 8P.

Idk...but I have a strange feeling that the X is going to be hard to get just like the Airpods are now.

I think most people will start receiving their X in January ..Febuary.

 

If people see long wait times i guess people will cancel their launch day orders hence other people will get their orders. There will be less demand than supply. People may prefer in store purchase then ordering. If its really the case that people had to wait 6 months for their iphone x i guess then apple will not realease iPhone's successor in 2018. I think its best to not to cancel the order.