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To: NAG1 who wrote (174212)	9/12/2014 10:09:42 AM
From: aaplAnnie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Neal, It will be interesting to see where the share price ends up today. Maybe that will give a clue as to where people/investors think there is unprecedented demand or some production issues. Oh my, aren't you the optimist? When have either people or investors ever gotten it right with AAPL or Apple? Annie

To: NAG1 who wrote (174212)	9/12/2014 12:03:20 PM
From: Ryan Bartholomew	2 Recommendations Recommended By Bill from Wisconsin Jon Koplik Respond to of 213177

It is nice that the demand appears to be so high that it crashes the website. The question that is raised was the demand too high or was Apple simply unprepared. Right now, I will say that I think the demand was too high based on the interest in these new phones. But, with the right evidence, I can be convinced otherwise. The sever demands for something like this, even if it was multiplied by 5, would be nothing compared to other runs on bandwidth/processing power that other events (non-Apple-related) have caused. Apple is a big company armed with more than enough resources and knowledge to prepare for the flood of traffic. Any "crashes" are a marketing tactic to make people feel like they must get it now. Part of Apple's marketing genius, not an actual failure to prepare.

To: NAG1 who wrote (174212)	9/12/2014 12:39:17 PM
From: HerbVic	Respond to of 213177

… From past product introductions, I am going to guess that there will be an ok supply of phones the first day and that Apple will be shipping the phones on a daily basis as they come off the assembly line. … From what I understand, the manufacturer's warehouses are packed with production before a product intro. Shipping is the bottleneck for the first few weeks.

To: NAG1 who wrote (174212)	9/12/2014 6:52:30 PM
From: Bill from Wisconsin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Scarcity creates hype and demand Look how much coverage the crash got. At what cost? It happened at 2 in the morning and delayed ordering but not delivery. Delayed delivery too creates hype and demand. I remember the rollout of the 5s. Demand was down because there was plenty of supply on hand. At least that was the story being played. AAPL is handling this launch masterfully. Wait till the scarecity next week creates stories of people paying $5,000 to phone scalpers. If someone will pay $5,000 for an iPhone--I gotta have one too. NOW!!! Think about a Microsoft launch. A Samsung launch. Heck Samsung was discounting them the first week. Does anyone sleep out for a surface? AAPL is playing out a cool story for us. We get good phones, but as shareholders, they are making us money. Enjoy it. ((( I do think the webcast was a true glitch. poor planning-- this launch is all carefully controlled and manufactured scarcity ))