Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
When will the phone be regularly stocked in stores?
- Thread starter TH55
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Depends on the model. YOu can probably get lucky whenever, but my guess is you won't see a good supply of every model (of the regular 6) until mid October.
I would say at least mid October as well. Then most pre order shipments will be fulfilled and the hype will settle. You can just stroll in and get one. (If you're patient enough to wait)
For whatever reason, I didn't preorder the iPhone 5. Right after release, I was looking for one when the ship times were still a few weeks out. I remember having to go on apples site at a certain time when they'd update their stock, and try in store pickup. After a couple tries it worked, and it had my phone within about a week of launch.
If you're looking for the quickest possible way to get one without standing in line on launch day, that's probably your best bet. Otherwise, I'd think we start seeing the 6 in stores about 2-3 weeks after launch.
If you're looking for the quickest possible way to get one without standing in line on launch day, that's probably your best bet. Otherwise, I'd think we start seeing the 6 in stores about 2-3 weeks after launch.
Possibly, it depends on their ship times. I haven't check in a couple days.
Doing in store pickup, you might get lucky and snag one a couple days after release, but if ship times are already pretty low, it probably isn't worth the hassle.
IF the supply chain is still having display yield problems with the 6+ screens, well past October. And depending on whether or not they launch China while having the display supply issues will adversely affect availability, also.
Supposedly China isn't launching at all this year, so that shouldn't be an issue at least.
Honestly unless you are married to a certain color/storage, you probably won't have too much trouble getting a 6 on launch day. Like you could show up at 8 am and probably get whatever one you want, although it would probably take a few hours to get into the store to actually buy it. The majority of people in line are going to be aiming for a 6+ (especially the hardcore types who camp out). Also, I wouldn't be surprised if after launch day, Apple shifts some of the production capacity over to the 6+, which might make the 6 harder to find for a bit after launch day.
I might have to do this. When do they update their site to reflect current inventory?
