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

Apple should probably just announce they are waiting until they have a product. Seems like every new Apple product has delays and issues around getting a product out.

This is going to be like the AirPods perpetual backlog.
 
lotsalag said:
In light of today's news that Apple hasn't even started producing the iPhone X (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/20/iphone-x-production-further-delays/), my question is one that every iPhone X buyer should start asking themselves.
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Depends on who you believe. https://www.macrumors.com/2017/08/09/2017-iphone-models-volume-production/This one saying it’s been in volume production for over a month.

Or https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/11/kgi-gold-iphone-x-possibly-delayed/ saying they are making less than 10k a day of the X but hoping to ramp up soon.

No idea what’s the truth or even close to the truth. In 6 weeks we should have an idea.
 
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As I’ve said, I have a feeling it’s being blown out of proportion. I think that the X will be hard to get at first, but probably no more so than previous iPhones. I’m sure there’s a certain minimum stock that Apple must have ready before they launch a flagship product. If they weren’t prepared to accommodate a healthy number of orders before the holidays, they probably would have downplayed the whole anniversary thing, and launched the X early next year while coasting on the sales of the 8 and 8 Plus.
 
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slippery-pete said:
Lets face it, Apple wants to sell as many as they can prior to year end. I am guessing that if you get orders in during the first 15 minutes you should get in 1st wave of shipments. After that, will slip to 4 weeks before going to 6-8. Year end is huge...

As some others have said, I believe the pushed back release of the X will give them time to build up supply.
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This. iPhone 8 allowed Apple to have another 6 weeks of production for the X and Apple isn't stupid and knew from the start of 2017 they couldn't make a Sept date for the iPhone X.
 
Dirtydutch said:
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.
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It's going to be just like the JetBlack 7+ all over again. How many days after you preordered your JB 7+, is when you'll get your X.
 
If I were in the market. As with any other iPhone, any date past launch is a no go.
 
If I cant get it right away, within couple weeks, I will buy used 7+. My 6s+ is limping right now since I dropped it 2 weeks ago. I need asap.
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MacBreezy said:
I'm going to my local Verizon store. I'll have mine on launch day about 8:30 am EST. I'll just have to go a few hours earlier than I normally do.
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Is this for Att as well? Do they go onsale at 3am also?
 
lotsalag said:
White iPhone 4, AirPods, ... it's happened before.
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I think this is a lot different than a color variant or an accessory. They’ve known for a while that they need to sell a certain amount before the end of the year. If they don’t they will be losing a lot of money for this calendar year.
 
Joker45 said:
Depends on who you believe. https://www.macrumors.com/2017/08/09/2017-iphone-models-volume-production/This one saying it’s been in volume production for over a month.

Or https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/11/kgi-gold-iphone-x-possibly-delayed/ saying they are making less than 10k a day of the X but hoping to ramp up soon.

No idea what’s the truth or even close to the truth. In 6 weeks we should have an idea.
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I knew I wasn’t crazy when I recalled they were making 10k a day.
 
I'd say by the end of November/early December

I'm looking towards iOS 12 in January or February so I would just wait.
 
One week past the launch date (2 at the max). If I get a ship date greater than this, then I’ll wait until the next September release.
 
What Apple doesn't want, is for a longer wait times where customers are canceling their orders due to extensive wait times for delivery. So I'm hoping, they have these two colors/models readily available For ample shipping or at least a decent amount of stock for launch day.
 
lotsalag said:
All evidence points to the iPhone X having the worst availability of any iPhone ever.

First, we have record high levels of demand:
  • An unprecedented 55 launch countries (ie hundreds of millions more potential buyers than any other launch in iPhone history)
  • Very little demand for the iPhone 8 (ie everyone is waiting for the iPhone X)
  • The first major redesign of the iPhone since the iPhone 6 (ie everyone is looking for a new form)
  • The redesign was expected (ie everyone knew that the tenth anniversary iPhone would be different, and therefore many people have held off on upgrading -- huge pent-up demand)
Second, we have extremely low levels of supply:
  • Reports of a mere 10,000 units/day
  • Reports that supply will not meet demand until sometime in the first half of 2018
  • Low yield for OLED panels (ie it is difficult to ramp up production)
As a result, delivery times are likely to slip to 2018 within seconds of orders opening on October 27.

What delivery date will cause you to give up and skip the iPhone X in favour of its successor?

For me, it is March 12, 2018 because that is half way through the product cycle (6 months from September 12, 2017). By then, we should be getting an idea of what the iPhone X's successor will look like.

How about you?
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If I get a September 2018 delivery date, I may just pass on the order lol.
 
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IIRC, some jet black 7 plus models saw backlog into November. Pretty sure the X will be much worse. So we are looking at around feb 2018, and possibly longer.
 
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