[Carvensno]

They were out the other day when you wrote about this. A lot of people tried and getting out of devices message for all 3 phones.

[DragonflyZ]

I had an edge 6+ in my cart and tried changing to a Note 5. By the time I saw no notes were available the edges were gone as well.

[savageone79]

Marketing gimmick to increase demand I bet.

[PCYoda]

It'd be hilarious if iPhone owners trolled Samsung by taking all of these devices with no intent on switching or even using the test drive phone... but simply opening the boxes devalues the phones for Samsung. The more phones they loan out, the more money they'll potentially lose on the program.

[sknet]

i ordered for 100s of them and ready to sell to black market soon for 50% the price (this device only worth that much) *of course with fake IDs too ......

[novadam]

That's too bad. My first "smart phone" was an iPhone 3GS, and I've only ever had an iPhone. Would have liked to at least tried one of these.

[psxcancer]

I wonder how many phones were actually available? And how many of those, were android users that jumped ship when the iPhone 6 came out last year?

Didn't Samsung claim last year when they came out with their "new version" of the iPhone 6 that they sold out too (when in actuality, they only had a handful of devices).

[uri8472]

I wonder how many phones were actually available? And how many of those, were android users that jumped ship when the iPhone 6 came out last year?

Didn't Samsung claim last year when they came out with their "new version" of the iPhone 6 that they sold out too (when in actuality, they only had a handful of devices).

This isn't any different than Apple, who also artificially limits supply to each store when they release a new device. That creates the appearance of a hot selling item which attracts more people. It's become a rather classic tactic.

[Carvensno]

This isn't any different than Apple, who also artificially limits supply to each store when they release a new device. That creates the appearance of a hot selling item which attracts more people. It's become a rather classic tactic.

Actually it is different! Apple make multi millions of phones to pre release to have warehouse supply and to supply thousand of Apple stores alone, then plus all of the carrier stores. Samsung last year made only 30,000-50,000 S6 & Edges for release day and that was only for 1-2 countries if I remember right. I was a joke of a release! Please correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what I remember reading a few times in different articles.

[uri8472]

@Carvensno: I don't care how much in any Apple warehouse; that's irrelevant. It's the supply given to stores that's kept artificially low, as that's directly effects the perception of availability and in turn, perception of desirableness.