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One of the things that Steve Jobs got very right was "and you can order right now". Announcements where you have to wait a month to order throw away all of the
by daveisfera 1mo ago
One of the things that Steve Jobs got very right was "and you can order right now". Announcements where you have to wait a month to order throw away all of the hype. Even allowing pre-orders and shipping later is a better idea and so silly that Apple has started walking away from that.
- singingtoday 1mo agoSo many things I would impulse buy, but I have to wait a month and so I don't. Don't give them ideas...
- m463 1mo agoWonder how the cybertruck sales would have gone if tesla had done that. (250,000 pre-orders, vs now ~5000 sales/quarter)
- Xeoncross 1mo agoWell, I think the cybertruck was announced at least a year or two before they shipped. A month wait is one thing, but giving people literal years to think about and find flaws with your product is a really bad move.
- throw03172019 1mo agoI am shocked every time I see one of those driving in SF. street parking must be awful!
- m463 1mo agoI drove one as a loaner. It is big. No dashboard. square steering wheel without turn signals or gear stalk. The rear-view mirror doesn't see out unless you lower the cover in the back. The side mirrors are strangely shaped and small. The front corners are a mysterious mostly unpredictable distance out the front window. But then... It has cameras in all directions including the front bumper. There is a top-down sort of heat-map display when you park. All 4 wheels can be turned for a tighter turning circle. and it can self-park. So... I would feel embarrassed to be seen in it, but it was definitely an interesting experience.
- rc5150 1mo agoan enema is also an interesting experience.
- 9dev 1mo agoI am so glad these hunks of steel and road hazards are illegal over here.
- tnel77 1mo agoWhy?
- ThatMedicIsASpy 1mo agoThe argument is right there in front of you.
- anticorporate 1mo agoI would venture a guess that... other... things happening related to Telsa over the course of the couple of years between the announcement and when you could actually buy one had a much bigger impact on sales.
- ponector 1mo agoI don't think sales be different. Not many people are ready to drop 100k+ and wait months/years for the delivery.
- dagi3d 1mo agoAt least in the UK, that's exactly what they're doing right now. They're allowing pre-orders, with shipping on Sept 22.
- dhosek 1mo agoThere are some options, though, that you can’t even pre-order until October.
- conception 1mo agoJust giant ram. Because Ram.
- 9935c101ab17a66 1mo agoWhich options? I’ve tried a few different configurations, including one with 64gb of ram, and all of them appear eligible for preorder.