This morning I approached the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, where we find the Apple store and the flagship store of the three main operators.
Although Apple opens reservations earlier on the web, even if you go to pick it up at the store, the truth is that stock is always available in stores on launch day so that those early risers can buy it even without having a reservation.
In iPhone XR is no exception to this and The Apple store in Puerta del Sol had stock, which there were not were early risers.
I arrived around 10 in the morning and, to my surprise, there was no line. If there was extra security, as they usually put, and there were even the fences to queue, but they were set apart and accumulated on a wall. They have not been necessary.
Inside the store, two tables already had all the iPhone XR models to see and touch the new iPhone. Also very attentive employees, explaining the news and, of course, selling iPhone XR.
I asked what colors and capacities were left, and they told me that there was no problem, they had all of them and that, if I wanted, I could reserve one or even buy one and take it home to try it (Remember that Apple lets you return the iPhone in the first 14 days without problem).
A long awaited release by many, with one of the most critically acclaimed iPhones and, in addition, at a price much lower than the XS that has not been reflected in the stores.
Right now they have units and expect to receive more, so, If you were planning to buy an iPhone XR, you can go to a store, at least the one in Puerta del Sol, and buy it without problems. (From the Apple Store app it does not allow you to buy and collect in store for now).
Even so, since I was in Puerta del Sol and that the iPhone XR is, as many have called it, a candy for the operators that will be able to put it financed monthly at very competitive prices, I decided to go to the different stores of the operators.
En Vodafone Puerta del Sol do not have an iPhone XR on display, and a clerk told me that they had just received them this morning and that they still did not know what they had received but that, if he wanted, he would look at it. I was not going to buy it, so I was satisfied and did not bother the girl from Vodafone anymore. But, there is stock and, apparently, very few interested parties Well, at 11:XNUMX in the morning they had not yet taken out the iPhone XR.
In Orange they had none exposed either, but they had everything already stocked and he told me that, except for a couple of 256 Gb models (they might not receive), they had no stock problem.
Lastly, Movistar, in your store on Gran Vía, if you had an iPhone XR on display and even an informational screen about the colors and capacities available. All of them had units except 128 Gb coral, and 256 Gb coral, white and blue. That is, 64 Gb. They had all colors.
I have no doubt that the iPhone XR will be a bestseller, but its launch has not been, by far, at all high. No queues and no stock issues, let's remember that Apple wanted this for their iPhones. There was a time when the queues were real street camps and that's why they reinforced the philosophy of booking before launch day without securing units in stores.
If you have an Apple store nearby, do not hesitate to stop by because you will already be able to see the iPhone XR and ... the HomePod! Which is now available to buy in Spain after the official presentation of Tim Cook yesterday at the Puerta del Sol store and, also, to see it live. The music from the store, in fact, was provided by a couple of HomePods out there.