Roger Fingas
The iPhone X of course was the leading story this week, instantly selling out of launch-day units when preorders opened on Friday. Rumors also swirled around compromises Apple may have made, and the company's plans for big-budget TV shows.
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Everything you need to know:
- iPhone X preorders started at 12:01 a.m. Pacific time on Friday > >
- Shipping delays quickly shot to between 5 and 6 weeks > >
- A limited number of phones should be available in Apple stores > >
- Production bottlenecks could cause a dramatic unit shortfall > >
- Apple denied compromises to Face ID for the sake of smoother production > >
- The company is allegedly prepping a family-friendly TV slate for 2019 > >
- An Apple v. Samsung damages retrial starts on May 14 > >
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The Apple Store website was late coming up in the UK and the Apple Store App just didn't work. Neither did Apple Pay when I eventually used the safari. So I missed the initial launch date and waiting till end of November. Least not too far off!
This is a comment about Apple's apparent strategy of producing "splashy dramas" that are "family friendly".
Breaking Not So Bad
The Tudors *architecture show
Orange (Juice) is the New Black
The Sopranos (reality show about church choir members)
Mildly Stranger Things
Game of Thrones for Kidz
House of Cards: Go Fish Edition
that's cute, that old apple marketing 101 trick;)