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iPhone 16 Pro Max sees shipping date slip just minutes after preorders start
Futurama summed it up nicely over a decade ago haha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJyMEkb_8tocharlesn said:
After all these years of delivery dates slipping first and quickly on the top models, I have to think Apple orchestrates this happening. Does anyone really believe Apple doesn't know how many Pro Max phones it would need to have ready to completely satisfy all demand when pre-orders open? Does anyone believe that Pro Max demand keeps catching Apple by surprise, year after year, causing delivery dates to slip by weeks? I sure don't. FOMO has become an essential part of iPhone launches, fomented by delayed delivery dates on the most popular models if you don't order within the first half-hour. Imagine what the headlines would be if, by tomorrow, there was still no delayed delivery date on any iPhone Pro model. The tech press would lose its mind about the iPhone 16 being a total flop. At this point, FOMO is such ingrained part of iPhone launches, Apple has to keep it going. I don't know whether they intentionally constrain Pro model production to create a faux "shortage" or if it intentionally delays delivery dates on a plentiful supply that it actually has available to ship, but it's just not credible to think that Apple keeps getting surprised by launch day demand.retrogusto said:The models that sell out first aren’t necessarily the most popular. Most likely Apple does their best to predict the relative popularity of different models and prioritizes initial production quantities accordingly, so if some models sell out before others, it probably reflects the difference between their predictions and the reality. There may also be manufacturing and/or component factors that affect the availability of some models more than others.
"Shut up and take my money!" But seriously, I had my 16 Pro 256GB Natural Titanium pre-order lined up last night and checked out fully this morning at 08:04AM for a September 20th delivery date like the good Apple fanboy that I am haha.
For anyone else w/ Verizon, they are still quoting Sept 20th deliveries for ALL variants of the 16 Pro and half the 16 Pro Max variants, though the others that have slipped there are mostly still quoting late Sept/Early Oct delivery (Particularly the Natural & White 512GB/1TB models).
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Apple Watch Series 10 vs Apple Watch Ultra 2 - comparing the biggest wearables
Same situation here and I was on the fence until I realized BestBuy was offering $300 trade-in credit for my 45mm S9 GPS. So for $129 net I took the plunge on the S10.ronn said:I'm torn about upgrading to the 10. I usually buy in the Fall and was planning to wait till next year to upgrade since I bought the 9 last fall. But the larger size and jet black has me rethinking. I'll check out the 10 in-person mid-October to decide.
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A complete guide to all of Apple's new bands for the Apple Watches
I used to always order my Apple Watch w. the Nike bands as the holes allow so much more ventilation and keep my wrist from getting so sweaty and itchy in warm climates. But the one I got with my S9 looks not so great, like it was rolled in a bunch of confetti or cake sprinkles lol. The feel is also a bit "off" as well. But yay, at least I'm saving the environment one $49 watch band at a time haha. I just ended up buying like 5x different variants of previous Nike sport bands off eBay for $10 each and thankfully due to the Apple Watch's band modularity they all still work for the time being, and for the S10 I just ordered haha. Oh well, grabbed the solid-colored Apple Sport band in "Denim" will at least go with my M4 iPad Pro folio. -
FineWoven is alive, but just barely hanging on
Speck cases since the iPhone 4 and NEVER had one single broken iPhone since then! (The wife had one, but that was because the puppy decided to turn her iPhone 6 into a chew toy lol.) What is particularly nice is a year or so after buying a new iPhone, I'll typically be able to grab a few spares for $5-8 on Woot or eBay too! -
Apple finally updates AirPods Max with USB-C
Seriously, no H2 upgrade WTF Apple lol? Just kinda relieved in a way that I get to keep my AirPods Pro 2s and my cash for now at least haha.charlesn said:WHAT is going on in Cupertino? Apple Watch Ultra abandoned without the chip or feature updates of Watch 10. And now Airpods Max is abandoned with 4-year-old technology and no update other than USB-C and additional colors... but no decrease in price, even though they're amortizing the hell out of APM. If the mission is to NOT sell new products, mission accomplished!
