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[El Presidente]

Shipping the Storm of Invites - OnePlus Forums

Fair play to them for coming clean, but I'd be pretty pissed if I'd waited for one of these only to be told it was being delayed (again).

 

[CafeKampuchia]

Carl at OnePlus had this to say:

We realize that nothing but shipping a buttload of phones will save us at this point. That’s what we aim to do.

They are ramping up production to meet demand. Below is a chart of the ramp-up.

Spoiler

It takes about two weeks after production for them to ship the device to customers, so the ramp-up will start hitting in late July/August.

Source: OnePlus forum | Production Update (Jun-Aug)

 

[Rxpert83]

Carl at OnePlus had this to say: They are ramping up production to meet demand. Below is a chart of the ramp-up.

Spoiler

It takes about two weeks after production for them to ship the device to customers, so the ramp-up will start hitting in late July/August.

Source: OnePlus forum | Production Update (Jun-Aug)

That chart looks nice, but notice there's no numbers :banghead:. That could be a ramp from 1 to 10 phones or 1,000 to a million

Its also cumulative, further hiding the real ramp up

IMO Just more PR speak without much really being said

I'm also really curious about

We are 20 days behind our own schedule, below I list the delays we suffered:
Production Scheduling Conflicts - 3 days
Low-yield Rate on Back Covers - 7 days
Incomplete Clearance Documents - 4 days
Weekends - 4 days
Timezone/Different Cut-off Times - 2 days

It seems like everything else there is something you might not expect, but weekends?

Incomplete clearance documents?

 

[mikedt]

Over on the Oppo forums, seems like quite a quite a few invitees have cancelled their orders and bought Oppo Find 7s instead. Put CM11 on an Oppo and you get very much same phone.

 

[breadnatty08]

That chart just gives me flashbacks to the Pebble debacle. They would say "Oh, we're making X amount everday". Pretty sure they were just pulling numbers out of you know where.

 

[zipred]

Following closely, I've lost all trust in what they say. Clinging to the invite system buys them time and keeps the order volume under their control. They're very careful to avoid specifics just enough so as to not get backed into a corner and held accountable.

If their goal is to push people towards their OPPO phones, it's working well. If one analyzes the facts OnePlus is not truly a startup anyway. Both companies under the umbrella of BBK, it's smoke and mirrors Apple style.

Here in America especially, cheap draws attention and sells. Who knows where OP will end up. My enthusiasm has turned to complacency via the dull drone of empty words.