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chemgear · 09-24-2012, 12:23 PM

Yeah, apparently they don't count those in transit that are not signed for based on the analysts/article.

Certainly sounds like there are some supply side restrictions. Again for comparison, the 4S had 600,000 orders in the first 24 hours. The 5 had more than a million - demand appears to be rather robust.

Apple also seems to like really short announcement/availability windows as well. They went September 12th to 21 for the iPhone 5. For comparison, the S3 went May 3rd to 29th. Less time to stock up the initial batches I'd imagine.

EDIT: Also forgot to mention that the pre-orders were listed at 2-3 weeks very quickly. They're sitting at 3-4 weeks now. I'd assume that is a fair expectation that demand is quite high and that supply is what is holding it back. Not surprising really, all the previous iterations have been the same. They can't really meet the demand without sitting on building inventory for many weeks/months prior to opening sales.

09-24-2012, 12:23 PM	#242
chemgear Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2010 Exp:	Yeah, apparently they don't count those in transit that are not signed for based on the analysts/article. Certainly sounds like there are some supply side restrictions. Again for comparison, the 4S had 600,000 orders in the first 24 hours. The 5 had more than a million - demand appears to be rather robust. Apple also seems to like really short announcement/availability windows as well. They went September 12th to 21 for the iPhone 5. For comparison, the S3 went May 3rd to 29th. Less time to stock up the initial batches I'd imagine. EDIT: Also forgot to mention that the pre-orders were listed at 2-3 weeks very quickly. They're sitting at 3-4 weeks now. I'd assume that is a fair expectation that demand is quite high and that supply is what is holding it back. Not surprising really, all the previous iterations have been the same. They can't really meet the demand without sitting on building inventory for many weeks/months prior to opening sales. Last edited by chemgear; 09-24-2012 at 12:31 PM.