“The iPhone XS is up to $200 more expensive than last year’s already pricey iPhone X and represents one of the smallest advances in the product line’s history,” Mark Gurman, Stephen Tan, and Nate Lanxon report for Bloomberg. “But that means little to the Apple Inc. faithful or those seeking to upgrade their older iPhone.”
“Hundreds of consumers lined up at Apple stores around the world either the day before or in the early hours before the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max went on sale Friday,” Gurman, Tan, and Lanxon report. “At 8:30 a.m. in London, about 250 people were queuing to enter Apple’s flagship store on Regent Street. At least one person began waiting in line the day earlier, but most Bloomberg spoke with said they’d be standing for about an hour.”
“This year, many consumers ordered online so that they’re delivered on launch day. But those who missed the opening of pre-orders last week have to visit a physical store to get one on the first day. In the U.S., new online iPhone XS orders aren’t arriving until between Oct. 4 and Oct. 11,” Gurman, Tan, and Lanxon report. “Wait times are similar in Hong Kong and Australia, while deliveries are taking one to two weeks in Mainland China.”
“Those waiting times are shorter than last year when the iPhone X went on sale. But those looking for the latest Apple Watch aren’t so lucky. New orders of many of the new watch models won’t arrive until the end of October in the U.S., while orders from China are seeing a three to four week wait time1,” Gurman, Tan, and Lanxon report. “Consumers likely feel they’ll have better luck grabbing one from a retail store.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Good luck, everyone!
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iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max and Apple Watch Series 4 arrive in stores – September 21, 2018
Who’s lining up? I could have sworn no one was going to buy any iPhones this year because everyone says they’re too expensive for mortals.
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How is going from 600 million processes a second to 5 trillion a small advance?
According to idiots: “The iPhone XS is up to $200 more expensive than last year’s already pricey iPhone X and represents one of the smallest advances in the product line’s history,” Mark Gurman, Stephen Tan, and Nate Lanxon report for Bloomberg.”
I just checked…the iPhone Xs 64GB model is $999. That is the same as the iPhone X from last year, not “up to $200 more expensive.”
If you jump to the iPhone Xs Max 64GB, which offers a larger display than the iPhone X (or Xs), the price is $1099 or $100 higher.
This type of “reporting” is inaccurate and misleading FUD, and we need a way to correct stuff like this.
Just received the XS Max Edition 64GB in Silver. It’s stunning, I hate to put this in a leather case. Anyone here have any ideas on a good clear case that isn’t bulky and doesn’t yellow? Heard Speck has one but reluctant as the others previously yellowed.
Thanks. Hope everyone is enjoying their new devices!
We used the ESR Slim Clear Soft TPU Case for iPhone Xs/ iPhone X, Soft Flexible Cover Compatible for 5.8 inch(2017 & 2018 Release) for most of the year before switching to the Spigen Classic One [10th Anniversary Limited Edition] iPhone X Case which was just to honor the original iPhone. That clear ESR case fit iPhone X very well, allowed the iPhone itself to show through, and only cost around $11.
Thanks so much! Appreciate it.
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50% off sale. $10.97 including shipping MATTE or GLOSS. Free 9H screen protector included as part of the sale.
My Gold 512GB Xs Max is already up and running full time thanks to Xfinity Mobile and FedEx. Congrats everyone!
Long lines leave Android losers fuming over their trashy phones compared to artful Apples.
I got my Series 4 lte.
Let me tell you all one thing:
Upgrade!!!… its worth every penny….. !!!
Everything about it is noticably better! bigger but just right , thinner, louder, smoother, faster…. name it.
I have upgraded on every iteration…
but this one is at whole other level.
(And no , taptic crown does not feel like its tapping on the arm.. it feels like clicks in the crown.. sweet. )
After 1 full day..running two apps parallel . Path/speed tracker and apple workout .. …..4 hours or so…
The combination drained the series 3 to low red zone…
on series four.. low green zone !!!🤙
Love this thing..
So many cool changes and improvements about it …smooth !!!!
And The screen .. love it !
And the walkie talkie on watchos 5 is just sweet.. works to calls overseas… 🙂
Love this thing ..
My main/primary anchor to Apple ecosys ..
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