Available in the UAE from the first day of the launch, the iPhone 7 is still not for sale in Oman, and there are no indications when it will be available in stores. That’s because initial quantities of the iPhone 7 Plus in all shades and the smaller iPhone 7 with the jet black finish had sold out globally. Last year, these entrepreneurs accounted for about 20 percent of the line, he noted.
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The frayed scrap of paper taped to the sidewalk outside Apple Inc.’s flagship store in San Francisco’s Union Square had a simple message: $5 for photographs. “And the thing that attracted me to the iPhone 7 is its camera”.
“If you’re an Apple fan, there is something special about getting the new phone on the launch day”.
Ranjit Jose, an Indian sales director, was the second who entered the store, which opened at 8am, to get both an iPhone 7 Plus and Apple Watch Series 2. Excited customers were lined up hours before the store opened to get their hands on the new iPhone 7, something that has never happened for the Samsung Galaxy S7 or Note 7 or any Galaxy smartphone for that matter. A combination of limited supply and Apple’s push toward online pre-orders meant walk-in customers were unable to buy the larger 7 Plus version. It was supposed to be a less expensive iPhone for markets like China, but it didn’t sell well.
Did you get the new iPhone 7?
Apple released the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus on Friday.
With the new devices, Etisalat customers will be able to take advantage of Etisalat’s 4G LTE network at turbo speeds of up to 450 Mbps. After being introduced in the US a year ago, iPhone Upgrade was rolled out to the United Kingdom and China this year.
Many tech analysts argue that Samsung Galaxy S7 has a better camera than Apple iPhone 7.
Analyst Michael Walkley at Canaccord Genuity said his brokerage group’s surveys suggest the new handsets will boost Apple’s fortunes.
Even Apple’s A10 fusion chip contributes to the quality of the pictures produced by the iPhone 7. Some people paid others to line up for them and re-selling new iPhones purchased early from stores became a thriving side business. “For them to have not allocated some stock is ridiculous”.
So it is safe to say that despite the Apple’s warning to consumers regarding water-resistance, the phones are actually water resistant.
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Apple faces a complicated picture in China, where it ranked only fourth in the Asian giant’s smartphone market in the first half of this year, facing strong competition from low-priced manufacturers.
