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Carrier iPhone 7/7+ T-Mobile Pre-Order Thread

For real his toke spoke with a tmo rep and she said apple has stopped iphone 7 plus production in order to make the demand and value high.
 
Money St.Mitch said:
On the other hand though I live in Houston,TX and there wasn't a single iPhone7+ in the entire greater Houston area for T-Mobile and thats as far as I bothered to search. They could have known that at least one person might want a iPhone 7+ in Houston. It was just a bad launch but stuff like this happens all the time doesn't mean its ok though when they were advertised like they were on sale and available. Simple announcement before launch would have lessend the blow a little.
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I hear you, very well put. A little accountability and an explanation to their customers wouldn't hurt.
 
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I went with TMO this time because Verizon wouldn't move my upgrade date up from 10/8 so I could take advantage of their "free" iPhone 7 pre-order deal. Ironically may not get new phones by then anyway. Lol
 
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Kwatts said:
Nothing towards you but i would believe that theory if more reps say that.
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  • No offense taken it just actully just made sense to me. I just called when my card was charged and asked if it was shipping because they put on Free 7-10 day shipping when I wanted the overnight . I was supposed to call back when it started shipping and thats the answer they gave me. Also in line with what happened with my note 7.
 
tstathakis said:
How exactly could they be "held accountable"? Granted they are a public traded company, but they have the freedom to produce as many of their product(s) as they see fit and only have to answer to themselves (even if their small ownership had any say, stock holders aren't going to punish their own investment). Limited supply creates a higher demand and inflates price/value.

Sneaker industry is another perfect example. All the big companies produce limited amounts of sneakers to generate demand (or as we in the industry like to call hype) and drive up the value of the product. Nobody threatens to hold Nike or Adidas accountable and have done this for decades. They supply however much they damn well please.

Both examples show that a good product, smart supply decisions, and high perceived product value lead to successful business. The only thing they have to account for is profit margin.
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Would be nice if they come out with a public statement and just say this and that happened this time and we're a little bit behind because of that reason. We apologize to all our customers for waiting in line and not be able to deliver what we promised them etc....
Something along those lines would be good and would be a PR booster IMO.
 
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Hope this isn't too off topic but I just want to get everyone's opinion. Will many issues coming out over the new phones. Between the hissing sound and now remotes on earphones not working, are any of you guys having second thoughts about the new phones? I don't usually get rattled but I don't know lol. I've been fortunate enough to never have an issue with an iPhone in the past so not sure what to expect. What do you guys think?
 
Jellousy said:
It's rather apparent you won't have any updates yet.


You must not understand the wireless phone world. ALL carriers, not just TMobile, are going to push ANYTHING over the iPhone because they make VERY little profit on the iPhone. They make a CRAP TON more profit on ANYTHING other than the iPhone. And it's not just the iPhone, it's ALL Apple products. I worked for Verizon for about 2 years (iPhone 4s-iPhone 5 range). The samsung Galaxy S4 came out during this time, and we made about 150-175$ in profit per phone. The HTC Incredible made us close to 250$ in profit. Every iPhone we sold, made us about 30-40$ in profit.

So tell me, if you were running a wireless store or carrier entirely, wouldn't you want to make more profit?
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Yep, pretty much what he said above.
Whether you go to a verizon, AT&T store etc...
They all try to push hard android devices and talk junk about iPhones. They care about their pockets and their commision.
 
PanAm-L1011 said:
It's not Koolaid. Maybe you need to study up on the theory of supply and demand.
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No, I think you need to study it a little bit further and apply a little bit of common sense.
Supply and demand is not having any product to sell on release date and turning away customers? Announcing and releasing products that you dont have any stock to sell?
That is called a botched/failed release.
 
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Hope this isn't too off topic but I just want to get everyone's opinion. Will many issues coming out over the new phones. Between the hissing sound and now remotes on earphones not working, are any of you guys having second thoughts about the new phones? I don't usually get rattled but I don't know lol. I've been fortunate enough to never have an issue with an iPhone in the past so not sure what to expect. What do you guys think?
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It worried. They'll sort out the EarPod issue soon - although I don't use them often. Will have to see what the hissing is about when I have mine in hand. One person already reported that it's no different than any other iOS device. Somehow, I don't think I'll be disappointed.
 
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