From Sydney to New York, and Beijing to London, the excitement surrounding the iPhone X is high, and online deliveries seem to be going well too.
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Depending on what network you're tied to or even where you're buying your phone from, the price of a Moto Z2 Force and the perks that come with it vary.
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The phone was supposed to ship with 30 days of its release, but we're now well beyond day 31. Will the Essential Phone withstand?
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Amazon's all backed up on Verizon-supported KEYone phones, so you might want to try your local Best Buy shortly — maybe even for in-store pickup.
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At this stage, we don't recommend buying a pair of AirPods unless you're happy paying over MSRP or waiting weeks on weeks for them to arrive.
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We aren't sure when the package will land on the doorstep, but if it's anytime before April 19, T-Mobile will have kept its promise.
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Samsung begins selling devices, financing and services direct to consumers, but not unlocked devices. There's also that "Guard S8" program we've heard.
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When you are looking for clues for "when," always look first to the phone's screen for a date. Then, make sure to see if it lands on the same calendar year.
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Hopes that the phone may come in May have been dispelled, leaving more of a gap for whatever competitors in between the Galaxy S8 and June to disrupt.
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Hopes that the phone may come in May have been dispelled, leaving more of a gap for whatever competitors in between the Galaxy S8 and June to disrupt.
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Apple's having a hard time of selling its AirPods and Beats is feeling the same pinch with its BeatsX. Unfortunately, that pain's spreading around.
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If you're looking to grab a pair of Apple's wireless earbuds quick and fast, keep tuned to AT&T and Verizon in the morning.
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Warehouses in several territories around the world have packed and sent the HTC U Ultra to awaiting customers. The US gets its turn on Thursday.
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Can we call the launch of the AirPods botched yet? Or should we give the products a chance?
As a commercial entity, Apple’s first wireless earbuds are failing on literal delivery. They were announced back in September with the iPhone 7 and the Beats Solo3 wireless headphones. Both of those products are out — the AirPods are not. Apparently, the company doesn’t “believe in shipping a product before it’s ready“.
So, how far out from announcement will the AirPods be before they are actually “ready” for delivery? Those $159 pre-orders are on the line.
Well, CEO Tim Cook has apparently addressed one customer’s concerns in an email exchange. MacRumors obtained the emails and has verified the headers that tag the email to Apple’s corporate servers. We do have to caution that such things can be faked, but other Apple executives have taken the time to address individual customer complaints once in a blue moon.
Here’s the exchange:
Customer’s comment: “Give us a release date. I really bought in to the wireless vision you painted. Now I’m stuck waiting with my EarPods but can’t charge my 7 at the same time which I need to do at work. Let us know if it’s a month or 6 months, because then I’ll just buy some other wireless headphones.”
Tim Cook’s response: “Thanks for your note. Sorry for the delay—we are finalizing them and I anticipate we will begin to ship over the next few weeks.”
Tim Cook has a little over three weeks to make sure that these wireless earbuds get to his customers’ doorsteps by Christmas.
Retail employees have also been on the scramble to stop customers from cancelling their AirPods pre-orders by, in some cases, mentioning arbitrary delivery dates.
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Another piece of the Barclays Research bonanza from the day has to do with the AirPods, the wireless earbuds that Apple allowed customers to pre-order for $159 and then stalled on delivering because the company decided that it couldn’t release it until the product was ripe and ready.
At this point from announcement, the delay has raised concerns and requests for pre-order cancellations — and thus, Apple gets to be educated on how diminishing returns actually come about. One retail worker claimed that his store was expecting a shipment of AirPods late next week.
Barclays researchers claim that it is far from the case. They note that factories won’t begin churning them out until December — late into the holiday retail rat race and certainly out of range for the typical shopping binge period of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The first lot is estimated to range between 10 million and 15 million units. That could leave Apple catching up to demand as it has been with its iPhone 7 Plus models this year.
In fact, channel inventory has proved difficult for Apple to manage — if not procure — for the past year as the company has tried to pull batch discounts and manufacturer competition to its favor in getting a good price on its components and assembly. Its failure to keep product flowing has left customers waiting for their products week after week — shipping wait times on the iPhone 7 Plus are still at three to four weeks at this stage.
But who knows if exclusivity and prestige may keep Infinite Loop in consumers’ favor. And we’ll have to see if what information the investment firm has is good info.
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