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Apple’s employee reservation system seemingly excludes iPhone 6 Plus, lends weight to short supply rumors

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Apple has advised store staff that those working overnight or morning shifts on Friday will be able to reserve an iPhone 6, but not a 6 Plus, if a tweeted photo is genuine (and we have evidence it is). This would lend further weight to longstanding rumors and overwhelming evidence that the 5.5-inch model would be in short supply … 

A purported photo of a document issued to Apple Store staff was tweeted by an anon store employee this morning.

All models of the iPhone 6 Plus went to 3-4 weeks shipping almost immediately after pre-orders opened last Friday, while most of the 4.7-inch models remained available. Prior to launch, it had been rumored that the 5.5-inch model might even be released at a later date, with production starting later. While this did not turn out to be the case, it is looking likely that supplies of the larger model are indeed constrained.

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  1. Andrew Messenger - 10 years ago

    Not surprised. Last year, they only had iPhone 5s in space gray, no silver and only one gold at my store. I was #26 in line and heard all of it. I was going to wait in line for a 6+ on Friday but this solidifies that I won’t be doing that. I’ll wait for my 3-4 week online order.

    • TechSHIZZLE.com - 10 years ago

      I was considering waiting in line for a 6+/SG/AT&T/128. I have one on order with the 7-10 day delivery window, but thought I might camp out on the sidewalk anyway just for the experience.

      One year (may have been for the first or second gen iPad) I bought pizza for everyone in line. It was a lot of fun.

      Last year for the 5s, it was a vastly different crowd-a lot of people just trying to buy them to sell or ship out of the country. Very few actual “Apple people”, so it wasn’t much fun at all.

      I got in line last year at about 10:00 pm Thursday night, and I wound up not getting an iPhone on launch day because the store didn’t have adequate inventory. I think even at that hour I was around #50. If I go this year I might have to show up at 6:00 pm Thursday. Or sooner.

  2. mahmudf2014 - 10 years ago

    This is true. I asked my friend who is working at Apple Retail Store. He said this story is true but you can buy it one device IF a device will be unsold. So if all the devices would be sold then you wouldn’t be able to buy the device.

  3. herb02135go - 10 years ago

    So much for the chatter that the larger screen size won’t be popular, as some here have claimed.

    “My fingers are too short and ugly so no one will want a larger screen,” say a lot of the comments.

    The operation of the screen shrinking to the bottom of the display is interesting.
    On my S5 I swipe the screen and the screen shrinks both horizontally and vertically.
    It’s customized to my finger size and I can toggle it off or one.

    I don’t think Apple’s method, shrinking only to the bottom, will be as effective but I’m sure some will like it.

  4. Taste_of_Apple - 10 years ago

    Definitely seems so.

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