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waikariboy

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#202009 13-Sep-2016 16:05

Can anyone tell me how the Telcos (Spark/Vodafone) pre orders with Apples iPhones work. I would expect they would know before pre orders open up on how many units they will have on stock and from that update there site to allow people to pre-order to that max number, I.E. Spark are getting so many iPhone 7 / Plus 7... Anyone have insite on this is true or not?

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wellygary

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#1628697 13-Sep-2016 16:08

I would expect they would know before pre orders open up on how many units they will have on stock

Given that they are dealing with Apple, one of the more secretive companies to deal with,

I would not assume anything about knowing stock levels until they open the boxes when Apple allow them to open them....

wscalioni

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#1628707 13-Sep-2016 16:22

Even if/when they (telcos) know the stock numbers, they obviously wouldn't disclose or stop people from pre-order more handsets as that defeats the purpose of locking people in ;)

Badboy2303

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#1628738 13-Sep-2016 16:36

Do they not find out how many they have until Friday or something?

Spark only had a certain amount up for pre-order. Which suggests they know how many they have to allocate..

waikariboy

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#1628767 13-Sep-2016 17:10

Badboy2303:

Do they not find out how many they have until Friday or something?

Spark only had a certain amount up for pre-order. Which suggests they know how many they have to allocate..

This would be how i would think of it, or does spark decide how many to accept and then wait to see what they will get.

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