“Good Grief!”
- ISO: 1250
- Exposure time: 1/125
- F-number: 52.5
Taken with Canon EOS 60D and Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Lens.
iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c Go on Sale
When the clock struck midnight Pacific Daylight Time, both iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c went on sale. Within minutes United States Apple Store Online quoting 7-to-10 days shipping time for the contract-free T-Mobile iPhone 5s. The same went for Gold iPhone 5s. Twenty-two hours later, US Apple Store Online is quoting October shipping time for all iPhone 5s.
Surveying three Apple Stores in Southern California, almost all iPhone 5s were sold by 20:00 hours. The leftovers were 16 GB and 32 GB iPhone 5s for Verizon and Sprint; mostly Sprint.
Meanwhile, Apple Store have plenty of iPhone 5c stock. Late shoppers at Apple Store South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, California were looking to buy some iPhone 5c.
According to Apple Store employees, they were expecting some iPhone 5s shipment on Saturday.
September 20, 2013 is a huge day for iPhone 5s. It was not made available for pre-order on September 12, 2013 like iPhone 5c, the colorful-polycarbonate sibling.
Apple is likely to announce its first week launch number of both iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c together this Monday, if not sooner.
US Apple Store Online is Down ahead of iPhone 5s Launch
iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c went on sale on Friday September 20, 2013 first in New Zealand. US customers still have to wait for the clock to strike 12:01 Pacific Daylight Time.
US Apple store Online just went down ahead of iPhone 5s launch. Based on a few chatters, Apple might not be offering unlocked iPhone 5s on launch day.
iOS 7 is released
Apple releases iOS 7 to the general public on Wednesday September 18, 2013. It carries build number 11465 which is the same build with iOS 7 Golden Master which was seeded to developers on September 10, 2013.
iOS 7 is available through over the air Software Update or download through iTunes.
In addition to that, Apple also released iTunes 11.1 today.
Two Birds With One Apple Press Release
The short story:
- Apple did not have any press releases on Monday September 16, 2013; no mentions of iPhone 5c pre-order numbers.
- Wall Street violently reacts, AAPL down.
- Tech Press hoped that iPhone 5c pre-sell numbers to be abysmal.
The reality is that Apple had no plans to announce iPhone 5c pre-order numbers by itself. However, Apple has a plan to announce the combined numbers of iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c sold during their first weekend sale numbers. That’s two birds with one Apple press release.
(Apple) don’t want competitors to know the breakdown of 5C/5S sales. If we get a sales number announcement from Apple, it’ll come next week, after the 5S goes on sale for a weekend, and the figure announced will be that of all new iPhones sold. I bet.
I came to the same conclusion when I read and heard about AAPL shares taking a dive for not disclosing iPhone 5c first weekend pre-sale numbers.
The anti-Apple crowd are tearing through the turnstiles in full force, once again.
Apple Seeds OS X Mavericks Developer Preview 8
Apple has just seeded OS X Mavericks Developer Preview 8.
There is a consensus that Apple would release OS X Mavericks sometimes in October 2013 along with the new Mac Pro.
Angry Birds Toons: Green Pig Soup
Episode number 27 of Angry Birds Toons is now live at the nearest Angry Birds Apps nearest you. “Green Pig Soup” features the Pigs and Matilda.
Next episode, “Catch Of The Day” is coming next week.