As I already told you today, iPhone 5S will be available in very limited quantities on the day of the launch, but now we know a few new information and very useful for those who are interested in purchasing the device. According to the information obtained from several stores Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, almost 80% of new iPhone terminals collected by Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), are iPhone 5C, sign like a iPhone 5S will be extremely hard to find on September 20. Among the few available, the space gray version will be available in the largest quantities, Apple considering that this version will be the most successful.
According to sources at several large Apple Stores across the country, about 70-80% of new iPhones stocked for the launch on Friday, September 20th are the iPhone 5c. The iPhone 5s will be available in limited quantity, and Apple is expecting the Space Gray model to be the most popular, according to our sources. Of the iPhone 5s units scheduled for delivery to Apple Stores for the launch this Friday, about an average of three out of every four units will be a Space Gray model. The white/silver and white/gold options will be hard to come by at launch...
Practically three quarters of iPhone 5S- the ones prepared by Apple for sale have the color space gray, the remaining quarter representing gold and silver terminals. Of course, the 16/32 GB versions are available in the largest quantities, the 64 GB versions being somewhat harder to find, but this is perfectly normal. Basically, Apple will guide buyers towards black terminals with gray cases, probably because they are much easier to manufacture, the other versions of the iPhone 5S will be available in sufficient quantities in the following months, probably around the winter holidays.
Because supplies are expected to be constrained, Apple is said to be preparing an update to its Apple Store app for the iPhone and iPod touch that can allow customers to monitor if certain new iPhone models are available at their local Apple Store. The app is said to arrive by next week, but it, of course, could be pushed back or canceled at the last minute.
Considering these problems, the Apple company is preparing an update for the Apple Store application, through which users will be able to check the stocks of terminals in the company's stores. The update will be released in the following days and will definitely be extremely useful for those who will be looking to buy an iPhone 5S right from the first days after the release.
UPDATED: Separate from this information, US mobile phone operators they stated that they are disappointed by the quantities of iPhone 5S terminals sent by Apple for sale, a representative declaring that the stock is "grotesquely" small, a sign that there are big problems with the production of these devices.
"We will have grotesquely unavailable inventory," was how one carrier source put it.
