`Last year we started selling new iPhones in late September. This year, we project supply to be available a few weeks later.`
Wait, what?
The statement
Not to get all Gandalf about it, but is an Apple product ever early or ever really late? Or does it only arrive precisely when Apple ships it?
Opinions honestly vary. Some people feel passionately that unless and until a company announces a product and shipping date, that product can`t be delayed.
Which is why Apple almost never pre-announces anything. They vastly prefer to show up and ship. And on the rare occasions when they have, like with AirPods and HomePods, they`ve been burned by legit delays. And, well, with AirPower, just straight up immolated.
Other people, though, feel that if internal schedules are missed, even if the products have never been so much as mentioned externally, those products still count as delayed.
The iPhone`s had its share of both over the years. But let me know which side of that argument you fall ...
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