OnePlus 2 Invite thread *READ FIRST POST*

thomasj wrote: »

jeez some of you might be still waiting for this phone by the time the new cyanogen phone zuk z1 goes on sale in october!

They havent learned from last year have they?

I think patience may wear a bit thin this time round it was a novelty last time this time its just an annoyance.

Ordered on the 3rd and just checked my OnePlus account and it's completed and on it's way, happy days.

Can someone share an unused invite, pls?

emo72 wrote: »

It's taking so long that I'd advise people not to order express delivery anyway. Express to me usually means 3 or 4 days. If you have to wait 15 days just use standard, a day or 3 makes no difference when waiting that long.

Well Express worked for me. Ordered night of the 7th. DHL tracking shows it was booked in yesterday and status changed to completed on OP site this morning with tracking number.

Kentar wrote: »

Dont suppose you have any invites going free?

I never had an invite. Used someones account from here on this thread.

heres the latest disaster from this crowd. this is from their bossman:mad:

We messed up the launch of the OnePlus 2.

Well, we messed up the launch of the OnePlus One as well. Although inventory levels ramped up eventually, months after the announcement, it was still extremely difficult to buy the device. We comforted ourselves to the fact that we were young, and that we’d learn and show the world we could do better next time around.

With the OnePlus 2, we made rosy plans. We were more confident, and prepared a lot more inventory. We told our users it would be 30-50x easier to get invites, and they needn’t worry. Yet, we only began shipping in meaningful quantities this week, nearly a month after our initial targeted shipping date. You can talk all you want, but in the end, flawless execution speaks much louder than unfulfilled promises.

I’d like to apologize on behalf of OnePlus for the delay.

To our fans, sorry. We were equally excited when we saw your excitement around the OnePlus 2. We know how it feels waiting and waiting for something you really want, while being given ETAs that go unfulfilled. We appreciate the trust and support that you have given to a relatively small and unknown company like OnePlus. We know that you are rooting for us, and want nothing more than to see us succeed. Therefore, it feels extra terrible to let you down this time around, again.

To our partners, sorry. We know how hard it is to run a business, and admire the way you’ve built your companies to operate efficiently and smartly. We know how much planning and coordination is involved in a launch like this, and that it can take some time to learn how to work with our young and scrappy, but inexperienced team. We like to think that what we lack in experience can be made up for in hard work and invested hours, but this time that was not the case. We never want to cause unnecessary complications in your operations and appreciate you helping us learn and grow.

To our team, sorry. This delay has brought huge opportunity cost upon our OnePlus. It has shortened the product life cycle of the OnePlus 2, as well as caused huge reputational damage to our company. Although we don’t think competition will impact us much, it’s still undeniable that we’ve given a month to competing products to catch up. In addition, it has put a dent on our strong forward momentum and made it harder for us to reach our full business potential as a company.

Truth is, hardware is extremely hard. There are so many things to consider, like cash flow, inventory, supply chain and production. Every step of the way, there are landmines for the uninitiated and uncareful. This is a reflection and not an excuse.

In fact, there are very few excuses in this world that are valid. We simply messed up again and apologize for that. We don’t plan on making further promises for future launches, and will instead focus on showing the world how we’ve improved through our actions.

Over the past few days, we’ve been discussing how we can make it up to our fans for the delay. One of the best ideas we have is to open sales up for an hour sometime later this month or early next, to make the entire process a bit more painless for would-be OnePlus 2 users. We will need to look into production and operations to determine when this is most feasible. We’ll keep you posted.

As we start to really ramp up the shipping of OnePlus 2, we look forward to all (don’t be afraid of being harsh with us) product feedback. Help us improve.

From here on out, anything could happen.
Careers at OnePlus


https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/sticky-sorry-for-the-delay-guys.362497/

It would be great if they did an open invite - but finding a time that suits the global market will be a challenge - or even just a hint of the date so people could be prepared.

Anyway, very few new companies launch perfectly and even old hats like Microsoft and Apple mess up launches more often than not - at least they're admitting to it rather than pretending it didnt happen.

I'm still interested in picking one up - if theres an invite floating around (would be appreciated).

If oneplus want to apologise for the delay getting orders out saying they intend to start open sales windows soon doesn't do much for those of waiting over a week now just for dispatch. With the one I always thought invites where linked to stock ready to go.

emmetkenny wrote: »

There's a list here on boards. Have you asked to be put on that ? If anyone has an account/invite it'll be offered to next on the list. Same as last year.

I tried but edit access was locked so I presumed it had been closed off.

Kentar wrote: »

I tried but edit access was locked so I presumed it had been closed off.

You just need to request here to be added to that list and provided you fit in the TOS (on the first page) You will be added in.

god's toy wrote: »

You just need to request here to be added to that list and provided you fit in the TOS (on the first page) You will be added in.

Thanks but I decided last night to go with the S6. The price has dropped considerably in the last month so its only E100 more now and I'd pay that for the fast charging alone.

FaganJr wrote: »

Where ya buying the S6?

Amazon - £401 fulfilled by amazon.

(Did the currency conversion E140 more - estimates were slightly off)

Please remove be from the list. As mentioned a few pages back I got an invite.

Phone arrived today (11th Sept) – rural Ireland, ordered on 3rd September with standard shipping. Shipped from China on September 7th.
I ordered the 64gb model, no accessories.

Mine was dispatched on 8th according to DHL. But its sitting in China since. No movement. Has not even gone through custom clearance.