I need a new phone but I want to wait out and see if theres gonna be any new deals for other iphones so I don't want to preorder anything. But I also have to leave on Christmas day and won't be back for 3 months or so so I need to receive the phone this year.
Although I still havent made my decisions, I'd like to know my options.
Unlikley… it is anticipated that shipments will be slow and could blow out to early 2018
https://9to5mac.com/2017/09/26/iphone-x-production-rate/
Pu estimated that Foxconn has made only 2 million iPhone X units to date, but is expecting the number to hit 10M in October, and 40M by the end of the year. With KGI predicting that preorders could top 50M units, that would mean that Apple couldn’t even fulfil those orders before early 2018.
I don’t think the demand will be as high as they are anticipating, you might be in with a shot.
wouldn't you rather buy 1,500 loaves of garlic bread?
That's 300+ domino's value range pickup pizzas or 300+ connoisseur ice cream tubs on special.
Let me ask the dog of this lady i see at the park. They seem to know the scoop.
Basically…..
Hmm so they've got the poop on the scoop?
Very hard question we need to wait for cheap crystal ball deal pops up on OzBargain.
Oh would ill be able to pre order that ball?
You will be fine, just wait for the right deal for you.
I think people that preorder might not even get one until mid november.
Ask Siri.
100% yes.
Just offer somebody $6000 for theirs before they open the packaging.
I honestly wonder how often this may happen with chronically late or slow but wealthy individuals.
just camp 2 months before in front of the store - you might get it
Don’t know if it still exists but when I got my iPhone 6 Plus there was a website you could order ones from certain stores for that day. It meant sitting up to midnight, checking who had what, and hoping you could get in fast enough to order one.
Sounds like a terrible clickfrenzy… Which would be super terrible.
It was a tad frustrating but the iPhone 6 Plus was the best upgrade sine the iPhone 4 and hellishly hard to get. It look me about 10 days but it meant I could walk into a store and pick one up rather than waiting for postal delivery, which I really hate.
I dunno about "the best upgrade" premise. Let's analyse it:
The iPhone OG was a pretty bad smartphone, the iPhone 3G fixed a lot of obvious issues but the competition weren't sitting idly.
It was with the iPhone 3GS in which I could say this was the first superphone, or the best smartphone, compared to the clunky Google G1 and the HTC Touch Diamond2.
The iPhone 4 was practically an iPhone 3GS in terms of speed and camera performance, they both were bad. However, the iPhone 4 did all that in a svelte new body and hi-res display. And some new tricks in the software helped too.
The iPhone 4S was the refinement that was visibly missing from the 4. Now Apple was clearly a contender for the cameraphone market, and the slightly slower-than-market processor proved much more powerful with the native-software of iOS. Not to mention some newer software tricks. I think this upgrade was pretty big for iPhone 3GS owners, however, at this time Apple was now the second-best due to the release of Android 4.0.4 ICS and the Samsung NOTE (with custom roms).
The iPhone 5 (and 5C) were practically the worst launches in Apple's lineup. They did refine the experience slightly in terms of performance, cameras, and OS. However, the new aspect ratio and the huge lineup of yet-to-be-optimised Apps left a sour taste. And at this point, it was competing against the better HTC One X, Nexus 4, and NOTE 2 handsets.
The iPhone 5S kept the superior design of the device compared to competitors, and made refinements to the cameras and other certain areas. However, where it excelled was the new, and much needed, iOS 7 overhaul… as well as the world's first 64-bit SoC and Fingerprint reader. Combined, the experience was arguably better than the competitors, who also arguably had a better experience with a larger screen such as the Samsung NOTE 3, Nexus 5, and the SONY Z1c.
The iPhone 6 was a iPhone 5S with a weaker body in a slightly larger size. It felt dated compared to the iPhone 5S, and felt small compared to the iPhone 6 Plus. The 6 was also behind other competitors like the Sony Z3c, NOTE 4, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Plus. They did add in Apple Pay, which was useless at the time, but quite useful today if you have one of these handsets today. The iPhone 6 Plus is where they copied the competition with the bigger battery, larger display, HD screen, and they improved the cameras. Also forgot to mention the good refinements in the iOS, TouchID, and Selfie-cam. The 6 Plus definitely feels like an upgrade over the 5S, even the regular 6.
Conclusion:
Looking back through all of that, I think the biggest upgrade was from the Nokia N95/Blackberry Bold/HTC TyTnII to the iPhone 3GS. Doesn't count? Alright, alright.
The biggest Apple upgrade was the iPhone 3GS to the iPhone 4S, considering the competitors were only transitioning away from gimmicky Skins and refining the Large screen form-factor. The competitors also were behind in the AppStore race, the performance race, the luxury design race, and the camera comparisons were very close.
The second biggest upgrade, I would say the iPhone 4S to the iPhone 5S mostly because of the more modern iOS, the only competitor that makes me doubt this decision is the Phone of the Year 2013, which is the Samsung NOTE 3. Then coming in third place, almost equal to second-place, was from the iPhone 5S to the iPhone 6 Plus. It was the third next biggest upgrade due to the new large form-factor, and the massive slump in the competition that was from the QSD 810 bad chipset. The reason why this is third-place is because its a 1-year upgrade, whereas the second-place winner did have the advantage of a 2-year upgrade.
Moving forwards; the iPhone 6S Plus was a great upgrade over the iPhone 6 Plus… sturdier body, solid performance boost, very competitive camera, and overall a package with slight refinements all over. I would say the jump from the iPhone 5S to the iPhone 6S Plus is now the biggest upgrade, moreso than an iPhone 3GS to an iPhone 4S.
The iPhone 7/7+ wasn't as impressive in upgrades to the build design, OS, battery life, camera, or performance. The biggest upgrade/catch-up was with their impressive high-IP67 ingress protection. It was the best waterproof phone for a while. However they used this great feature as an excuse to remove another great feature, which is the 3.5mm headset aux jack. On top of this, they used this upgrade to bump prices worldwide a second time, the first being the iPhone 6.
And now it seems the iPhone 8/8+ seems to sing to the same tune as 2016's iPhone. There's little improvement/refinement overall. The biggest addition seems to be the SoC and wireless charging. However, this comes at the deficit of a full-glass body… which means greater fragility and less sturdy build. Definitely a small upgrade over the iPhone 6 Plus.
iPhone X… we will have to see it in person.
Here's my scoring card (yay!) for Apple's products over the years:
2007 Competitors = 7/10 - iPhone = 4/10
2008 Competitors = 5/10 - iPhone 3G = 7/10
2009 Competitors = 6/10 - iPhone 3GS = 11/10
2010 Competitors = 9/10 - iPhone 4 = 15/10
2011 Competitors = 19/10 - iPhone 4S = 24/10
2012 Competitors = 26/10 - iPhone 5 = 26/10
2013 Competitors = 34/10 - iPhone 5S = 33/10
2014 Competitors = 40/10 - iPhone 6 = 37/10 - iPhone 6 Plus = 42/10
2015 Competitors = 45/10 - iPhone 6s = 41/10 - iPhone 6S Plus = 47/10
2016 Competitors = 53/10 - iPhone 7 = 46/10 - iPhone 7 Plus = 51/10
2017 Competitors = 61/10 - iPhone 8 = 49/10 - iPhone 8 Plus = 54/10
2018 and iPhone X = ???
Yes.