Supply chain issues really hurt in a market as competitive as smartphones. I wonder how many sales Apple loses per day because they can't keep the product in stock?
Buying an iPhone 5 involves either lots of waiting, or hard work to track one down.
Buying an iPhone 5 involves either lots of waiting, or hard work to track one down.
Even if they were potential iPhone 5 buyers, they either said: "Meh, not that great" or "Not great enough to bother waiting... 2 weeks". I guess I see a 2 week wait for a 104 week contract to not be a big deal...
As for "Let alone if it's the iPhone that they want" Apple is the most recognizable brand and thus a higher portion of it's users are likely to be uninformed and persuadable.
I am thinking of getting a galaxy because of the nonsense. The main reasoning for not doing so is the loss of my apps. 4 years of app purchases are effectively going to be wasted.
The same would be true if iPhones were abundant and the Galaxy was out of stock, though Apple will always be at a disadvantage because there is only one "current" iPhone while there are any number of "new" Android phones the sales guy/gal could choose to push.