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Originally Posted by pl001
Previous years only released one phone. There are two new models this year included in their figures. The 5S is selling very well, the 5C not so much. So the speculation is that there are about 3.5 million unsold 5Cs in inventory.
But again, it's pure speculation.
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I understand the speculation after your explanation, but I don't understand why there is the assumption that this is something that only happened this year.
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Originally Posted by afv011
No, because in previous years the old model continued to be sold, albeit at a discount, so the channel was already full. Now we have a new model introduced so, according to some people, some of the "sold" devices are not actually sold, but simply shipped to stores as inventory.
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How could the channel have been full? The new models have to have gone on that channel as well.