Early Friday morning, Apple CEO Tim Cook said what iPhone fans and Apple investors are all thinking today: “It’s time!”.
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A person who claims to have a much extensive knowledge was cited by Macworld UK, a renowned industry follower, that in terms of sales, the iPhone 8 will easily outperform the iPhone 7 and its companion model with a staggering 250 million units sold.
It’s also clear that if a person is after the new Jet Black variant, that person may need to wait up to five weeks for the iPhone 7 or hang on until November for a shiny black iPhone 7 Plus, Engadget reported.
Many people who lined up to buy the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus Friday were not able to get the device because of pre-orders.
The company says its telling its customers the phones will be in short supply.
For the first time, orders of the Plus model were more than the orders of the regular model.
The 4.7-inch iPhone 7 starts at $649 and the 5.5-inch iPhone 7 Plus starts at $769.
“We couldn’t be happier with the initial response to the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, and we are looking forward to beginning sales through our retail stores and partners around the world”, Apple’s statement said.
“Based on everything I’ve seen it looks like demand is very strong”, analyst Jan Dawson of Jackdaw Research wrote in an email.
The teardown also showed that the iPhone 7 Plus uses a 3GB RAM for faster performance and efficiency.
The phone is already sold out, so it and the iPhone 7 plus won’t be available for walk-in customers. “I always upgrade my phone when they change the number”, he said.
The companies all announced free iPhone 7 deals that require customers to trade in a qualifying iPhone (iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, or iPhone 6s Plus) and agree to a two-year contract.
Still, Apple has been selling the iPhone for almost 10 years. He emerged with a matte black iPhone 7, although he had wanted a larger 7 plus in jet black.
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As Mashable reports, Apple is trying to make up for this inconvenience by handing out $100 gift cards to a few people who have been waiting outside of its Fifth Avenue Apple Store in NY.
