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> The Apple way through this would be to berate us for being impatient, but at least they'd be talking. And they'd certainly be taking emails and cash now for p
by micampe 14y ago
> The Apple way through this would be to berate us for being impatient, but at least they'd be talking. And they'd certainly be taking emails and cash now for phones later.
When you order something from Apple you get charged only when it ships.
- alanctgardner2 14y agoYes, but you capture credit card information. Google has restricted their runway of guaranteed sales to the end of the month. Once they charge everyone on backorder's credit card, then they need to go through another cataclysmic round of sales. Rather than keeping the system open, giving realistic estimates and letting people hand over credit card details ahead of time.