This story perfectly illustrates how important it is to take everything you read, including AppleInsider, with a grain of salt. Believe none of it until it can be verified by at least several different sources.
You guys might want to try getting them directly from an Apple Store by walking in or reserving in a store as a pre-order at 9pm on any given day.
I already have an iPhone 4 - and I am eligible for an early upgrade discount - so for me - it is less about getting it as soon as physically possible versus being able to buy it with the credit terms that are most favorable to me.
Though I wish I could just pay cash for everything I buy and avoid interest charges that way - such is not the case for now (at least until the convertible is paid off).
Look at the 3GS numbers over the 3G. An exterior change surely help create interest as we all like new gadgets but the numbers speak for themselves.
Now look at the record breaking first weekend sales, records with ore-orders, the number of initial countries and rollout speed of new countries. I think Apple has really stepped up their ability to keep up with a massive demand.
It's not perfect in the sense there are people having to wait, but considering the growth of this market and the record breaking number of units they will sell of one model phone this quarter I don't see how it's anything short of impressive.
PS: You get AppleCare+? I think it's worth the price. If they give you replacements in a sealed box I may even purposely break mine in a year so I sell an unopened 4S on Craig's List. That ought to be worth $49.
I agree I think Apple really stepped up to the plate to make sure most did not have to wait long to get the 4s. Another factor could be that its now available through Sprint, Verizon and ATT. Sprint in my area had a longer wait, followed by ATT. I went with Verizon because they have the best service in my area.
I did get Applecare + on all three phones and it is certainly worth the money seeing I have a 16 year old daughter, also a wife that is a teacher and the kids want to play with Siri on her phone. The funny thing is if student gets a question correct while she is teaching the reward is they get to ask Siri a question...lol.
I did get Applecare + on all three phones and it is certainly worth the money seeing I have a 16 year old daughter, also a wife that is a teacher and the kids want to play with Siri on her phone. The funny thing is if student gets a question correct while she is teaching the reward is they get to ask Siri a question...lol.
With 3 in the household you get the benefit of playing musical chairs with the distribution to keep the person most likely to break their 4S with the one that has been replaced the least under warranty. Your daughter can break her 4S six times in 2 years? assuming the other two don't suffer.
iPad and iPod I can see because they dominate the market by unit share, but the iPhone has never done that and likely never will come closet. But maybe dominating mindshare is another way for these associations to happen.
Samsung 32-bit RISC ARM 1176JZ(F)-S v1.0 620 MHz underclocked to 412 MHz
128 MB eDRAM
4 GB, 8 GB or 16 GB flash memory
Fixed-focus 2.0 megapixel camera
3.5 inch (9 cm) 320×480-pixel resolution at 163 ppi 18-bit (262,144-color) LCD
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850 900 1800 1900 MHz)
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
Bluetooth 2.0
USB 2.0/Dock connector
Visual Voicemail, multi-touch gestures, HTML email, Safari web browser, threaded text messaging, and YouTube
iPhone 3G
CPU\tSamsung 32-bit RISC ARM 1176JZ(F)-S v1.0 620 MHz underclocked to 412 MHz
PowerVR MBX Lite 3D GPU
128 MB eDRAM
8 GB or 16 GB flash memory
Fixed-focus 2.0 megapixel camera
3.5 inch (9 cm) 320-by-480-pixel resolution at 163 ppi 18-bit (262,144-color) LCD
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850 900 1800 1900 MHz)
Tri-band UMTS/HSDPA 3.6 (850 1900 2100 MHz)
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
USB 2.0/Dock connector
Assisted GPS and turn-by-turn navigation with Maps
iPhone OS 2.0 introduced App Store, 3rd party applications, Microsoft Exchange mail support, push e-mail, and scientific calculator
iPhone 3GS
Samsung S5PC100 ARM Cortex-A8 from 833 MHz underclocked to 600 MHz
PowerVR SGX535 GPU
256 MB eDRAM
8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB flash memory
3 megapixel camera with tap-to-focus and video recording at 480p
3.5 inch (9 cm) 320-by-480-pixel resolution at 163 pip 24-bit (16.76 million colors) LCD
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850 900 1800 1900 MHz)
Tri-band UMTS/HSDPA (850 1900 2100 MHz)
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
USB 2.0/Dock connector
Magnetometer (digital compass), Voice Control
iPhone OS 3.0 introduced Accessibility features (VoiceOver, Color Inversion, and Text Zoom), Compass, Voice Control
iPhone 4
Apple A4 (ARM Cortex-A8) from 1 GHz underclocked to 800 MHz
Apple A4 PowerVR SGX 535 GPU
512 MB eDRAM
16 GB or 32 GB flash memory
3.5 inches (89 mm) diagonal 1.5:1 aspect ratio widescreen LED backlit IPS TFT LCD Retina display (640×960 resolution at 326 ppi (0.61 MP) with 800:1 contrast ratio (typical) 500 cd/m2 max brightness (typical) and Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front and back glass
Rear Camera: 5 MP back-side illuminated sensor with HD video (720p) at 30 frame/s and 5× digital zoom and LED flash
Front Camera[/I][/B]: 0.3 MP (VGA) SD video recording (480p) at 30 frame/s
Photo and video geotagging
3-axis gyroscope complements the 3-axis accelerometer for 6-axis motion sensing
Quad-band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (800 850 900 1900 2100 MHz) (800 MHz not yet announced as supported by Apple)
CDMA model: Dual-band CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A (800 1900 MHz)
iOS 4 (now decoupled from iPhone releases) includes: AirPrint, FaceTime, Folders, Game Center, High Dynamic Range imaging, iBooks, iTunes Home Sharing, Multi-tasking, Nitro JavaScript engine in Safari, Notifications, Personal Hotspot, Ping
iPhone 4S
Dual-core Apple A5 (ARM Cortex-A9) from 1 GHz underclocked to 800 MHz
Dual-core Apple A5 (PowerVR SGX 543MP2)
512 MB DDR2 (1066 Mbit/s) RAM
16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB
3.5 inches (89 mm) diagonal 1.5:1 aspect ratio widescreen LED backlit IPS TFT LCD Retina display (640×960 resolution at 326 ppi (0.61 MP)) with 800:1 contrast ratio (typical) 500 cd/m2 max. brightness (typical) and Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front and back glass
Rear Camera: 8 MP back-side illuminated sensor featuring IR filter, Aperture f/2.4 and 5 element lens as well as Image signal processor, Facial recognition with HD video (1080p) at 30 frame/sImage stabilization
One of Apple's key marketing techniques has long been to create the illusion of shortage (and "news" stories of panic buying) by ensuring that they supply less to the market than the current level of demand.
The story that Apple has cut orders seems entirely credible to me.
One of Apple's key marketing techniques has long been to create the illusion of shortage (and "news" stories of panic buying) by ensuring that they supply less to the market than the current level of demand.
The story that Apple has cut orders seems entirely credible to me.
This is nonsense believed by idiots. Apple will get hammered in the market at the next financial call if the fail to meet targets.
One of Apple's key marketing techniques has long been to create the illusion of shortage (and "news" stories of panic buying) by ensuring that they supply less to the market than the current level of demand.
The story that Apple has cut orders seems entirely credible to me.
This is the dumbest marketing logic i've seen. So artificially restrict supply so that many people can not get the product so these people could go to competitor's product. I'm glad you're not running a company. I could have sworn businesses would rather sell more products to more people to actually make money.
There is no stock in any O2 store in the UK. Demand is off the wall.
True, i have bookmarked thier stock checking website and check it every day but not all have any stocks. In the end, I ordered one from Apple online store SIM Free a week ago with delivery expected between 11-18 Nov but the order status have not change since I made my order which could mean it is not yet built. I bought a White 16GB 4S. And O2 even only sell them to their existing customers. They were the sole network at the start do basically more old subscribers that needing an upgrade than the other 3 major networks. Demand is indeed high.
To all the people going off topic talking about whether the iPhone 4S was a big enough upgrade; Lets just put it this way, if the 4S was given a new form factor no one would be bitching. Which shows how superficial people can be. Instead of buying iPhones to show off that you have the newest phone, buy it because of all the simplicity, functionality, apps, speed, etc etc.
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I ordered a 32GB black 4s on Nov 1st, and it hasn't shipped yet. There's no way Apple is cutting back when they can't meet current demand.
I am waiting for Best Buy to get them in stock - or maybe they have and they are just not using the web site to report inventory.
Say what you will about Best Buy - but it is the only place that I can spend $400 on an Apple product and not pay interest for 18 months.
I ordered a 32GB black 4s on Nov 1st, and it hasn't shipped yet. There's no way Apple is cutting back when they can't meet current demand.
I am waiting for Best Buy to get them in stock - or maybe they have and they are just not using the web site to report inventory.
Say what you will about Best Buy - but it is the only place that I can spend $400 on an Apple product and not pay interest for 18 months.
You guys might want to try getting them directly from an Apple Store by walking in or reserving in a store as a pre-order at 9pm on any given day.
You guys might want to try getting them directly from an Apple Store by walking in or reserving in a store as a pre-order at 9pm on any given day.
I already have an iPhone 4 - and I am eligible for an early upgrade discount - so for me - it is less about getting it as soon as physically possible versus being able to buy it with the credit terms that are most favorable to me.
Though I wish I could just pay cash for everything I buy and avoid interest charges that way - such is not the case for now (at least until the convertible is paid off).
Look at the 3GS numbers over the 3G. An exterior change surely help create interest as we all like new gadgets but the numbers speak for themselves.
Now look at the record breaking first weekend sales, records with ore-orders, the number of initial countries and rollout speed of new countries. I think Apple has really stepped up their ability to keep up with a massive demand.
It's not perfect in the sense there are people having to wait, but considering the growth of this market and the record breaking number of units they will sell of one model phone this quarter I don't see how it's anything short of impressive.
PS: You get AppleCare+? I think it's worth the price. If they give you replacements in a sealed box I may even purposely break mine in a year so I sell an unopened 4S on Craig's List. That ought to be worth $49.
I agree I think Apple really stepped up to the plate to make sure most did not have to wait long to get the 4s. Another factor could be that its now available through Sprint, Verizon and ATT. Sprint in my area had a longer wait, followed by ATT. I went with Verizon because they have the best service in my area.
I did get Applecare + on all three phones and it is certainly worth the money seeing I have a 16 year old daughter, also a wife that is a teacher and the kids want to play with Siri on her phone. The funny thing is if student gets a question correct while she is teaching the reward is they get to ask Siri a question...lol.
I did get Applecare + on all three phones and it is certainly worth the money seeing I have a 16 year old daughter, also a wife that is a teacher and the kids want to play with Siri on her phone. The funny thing is if student gets a question correct while she is teaching the reward is they get to ask Siri a question...lol.
With 3 in the household you get the benefit of playing musical chairs with the distribution to keep the person most likely to break their 4S with the one that has been replaced the least under warranty. Your daughter can break her 4S six times in 2 years? assuming the other two don't suffer.
. Is the term iPhone becoming the generic form of the device such as Xerox means a photo copy?
It already has. iPad even more.
It already has. iPad even more.
iPad and iPod I can see because they dominate the market by unit share, but the iPhone has never done that and likely never will come closet. But maybe dominating mindshare is another way for these associations to happen.
Samsung 32-bit RISC ARM 1176JZ(F)-S v1.0 620 MHz underclocked to 412 MHz
128 MB eDRAM
4 GB, 8 GB or 16 GB flash memory
Fixed-focus 2.0 megapixel camera
3.5 inch (9 cm) 320×480-pixel resolution at 163 ppi 18-bit (262,144-color) LCD
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850 900 1800 1900 MHz)
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
Bluetooth 2.0
USB 2.0/Dock connector
Visual Voicemail, multi-touch gestures, HTML email, Safari web browser, threaded text messaging, and YouTube
iPhone 3G
CPU\tSamsung 32-bit RISC ARM 1176JZ(F)-S v1.0 620 MHz underclocked to 412 MHz
PowerVR MBX Lite 3D GPU
128 MB eDRAM
8 GB or 16 GB flash memory
Fixed-focus 2.0 megapixel camera
3.5 inch (9 cm) 320-by-480-pixel resolution at 163 ppi 18-bit (262,144-color) LCD
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850 900 1800 1900 MHz)
Tri-band UMTS/HSDPA 3.6 (850 1900 2100 MHz)
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
USB 2.0/Dock connector
Assisted GPS and turn-by-turn navigation with Maps
iPhone OS 2.0 introduced App Store, 3rd party applications, Microsoft Exchange mail support, push e-mail, and scientific calculator
iPhone 3GS
Samsung S5PC100 ARM Cortex-A8 from 833 MHz underclocked to 600 MHz
PowerVR SGX535 GPU
256 MB eDRAM
8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB flash memory
3 megapixel camera with tap-to-focus and video recording at 480p
3.5 inch (9 cm) 320-by-480-pixel resolution at 163 pip 24-bit (16.76 million colors) LCD
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850 900 1800 1900 MHz)
Tri-band UMTS/HSDPA (850 1900 2100 MHz)
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
USB 2.0/Dock connector
Magnetometer (digital compass), Voice Control
iPhone OS 3.0 introduced Accessibility features (VoiceOver, Color Inversion, and Text Zoom), Compass, Voice Control
iPhone 4
Apple A4 (ARM Cortex-A8) from 1 GHz underclocked to 800 MHz
Apple A4 PowerVR SGX 535 GPU
512 MB eDRAM
16 GB or 32 GB flash memory
3.5 inches (89 mm) diagonal 1.5:1 aspect ratio widescreen LED backlit IPS TFT LCD Retina display (640×960 resolution at 326 ppi (0.61 MP) with 800:1 contrast ratio (typical) 500 cd/m2 max brightness (typical) and Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front and back glass
Rear Camera: 5 MP back-side illuminated sensor with HD video (720p) at 30 frame/s and 5× digital zoom and LED flash
Front Camera[/I][/B]: 0.3 MP (VGA) SD video recording (480p) at 30 frame/s
Photo and video geotagging
3-axis gyroscope complements the 3-axis accelerometer for 6-axis motion sensing
Dual microphone (for ambient noise canceling)
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) (2.4 GHz only)
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
GSM model: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (800 850 900 1800 1900 MHz)
Quad-band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (800 850 900 1900 2100 MHz) (800 MHz not yet announced as supported by Apple)
CDMA model: Dual-band CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A (800 1900 MHz)
iOS 4 (now decoupled from iPhone releases) includes: AirPrint, FaceTime, Folders, Game Center, High Dynamic Range imaging, iBooks, iTunes Home Sharing, Multi-tasking, Nitro JavaScript engine in Safari, Notifications, Personal Hotspot, Ping
iPhone 4S
Dual-core Apple A5 (ARM Cortex-A9) from 1 GHz underclocked to 800 MHz
Dual-core Apple A5 (PowerVR SGX 543MP2)
512 MB DDR2 (1066 Mbit/s) RAM
16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB
3.5 inches (89 mm) diagonal 1.5:1 aspect ratio widescreen LED backlit IPS TFT LCD Retina display (640×960 resolution at 326 ppi (0.61 MP)) with 800:1 contrast ratio (typical) 500 cd/m2 max. brightness (typical) and Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front and back glass
Rear Camera: 8 MP back-side illuminated sensor featuring IR filter, Aperture f/2.4 and 5 element lens as well as Image signal processor, Facial recognition with HD video (1080p) at 30 frame/sImage stabilization
Front Camera: 0.9 MP VGA with 30 FPS (720p)
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) (2.4 GHz only)
Bluetooth 4.0
"World Phone"
Combined GSM/CDMA antenna: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (800 850 900 1800 1900 MHz)
Quad-band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (800 850 900 1900 2100 MHz)
Dual-band CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A (800 1900 MHz)
GLONASS signal reception in addition to GPS signal reception
Siri speech recognition with natural language processing
iOS 5 includes: AirPlay, Camera Improvements (auto enhance, crop and rotate, red eye fix), Emoji Keyboard, iCloud, iMessage, Notification Center, Newstand, Reader, Reading List, Reminders, Twitter Integration
I think I missed that link.
URL?
being sarcastic...obviously how would htc, google, and MS know about anything about apple shipments.
The story that Apple has cut orders seems entirely credible to me.
One of Apple's key marketing techniques has long been to create the illusion of shortage (and "news" stories of panic buying) by ensuring that they supply less to the market than the current level of demand.
The story that Apple has cut orders seems entirely credible to me.
This is nonsense believed by idiots. Apple will get hammered in the market at the next financial call if the fail to meet targets.
One of Apple's key marketing techniques has long been to create the illusion of shortage (and "news" stories of panic buying) by ensuring that they supply less to the market than the current level of demand.
The story that Apple has cut orders seems entirely credible to me.
This is the dumbest marketing logic i've seen. So artificially restrict supply so that many people can not get the product so these people could go to competitor's product. I'm glad you're not running a company. I could have sworn businesses would rather sell more products to more people to actually make money.
There is no stock in any O2 store in the UK. Demand is off the wall.
True, i have bookmarked thier stock checking website and check it every day but not all have any stocks. In the end, I ordered one from Apple online store SIM Free a week ago with delivery expected between 11-18 Nov but the order status have not change since I made my order which could mean it is not yet built. I bought a White 16GB 4S. And O2 even only sell them to their existing customers. They were the sole network at the start do basically more old subscribers that needing an upgrade than the other 3 major networks. Demand is indeed high.
... if the 4S was given a new form factor no one would be bitching.
Are you kidding?! Perfection just increases the bitch level.