iPhone Shortage Across U.S.

[MacRumors]

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Appleinsider reports (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/31/apple_encountering_ongoing_us_wide_iphone_shortage.html) that the supply of iPhones across the U.S. are near sold-out.The sudden shortfall has been further confirmed by reports from AppleInsider readers. In several cases, their own investigations reported all stores in a given state running out, including Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Many if not all AT&T stores were also said to have run out of inventory.
The exact cause for the shortage is unknown, but could obviously represent short supply or significant demand.




Article Link (http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2008/04/01/iphone-shortage-across-u-s/)

[Grimace]

April 1 iPhone 3G!!!

[tdhurst]

Oh, GOD WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

Is it time to panic? Should I be hoarding food?

Screw it, I'm just going to take down my neighbor. I'm sure he's part of this.

Hoozah!

[vwlou89]

I was in the Tampa apple store over the weekend and they were sold out too...

[.Andy]

I've also not been able to find a single iPod Touch (besides the occasional 32gigger) in Sydney either in the last week. I have been keen to buy as I have a gift voucher but to no avail. An alternate explanation might be a shortage of flash memory again....

But a coincidence and new model iPhones would be better...

[Drumjim85]

you had to get this info from apple insider?? There have been at least two threads on this site saying this for at least 2 days now....

[joeshell383]

March 31, 2008: 11:52 PM EST

TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (2317.TW), the world's largest contract electronics maker, plans to ship at least 10 million third-generation iPhones for Apple Inc. (AAPL), a person familiar with the situation told Dow Jones Newswires.

The person, who declined to be named, said Apple will likely launch the new generation iPhone as early as the second quarter.

"Hon Hai is ready to ship anytime. It is just waiting for the nod from Apple," said the person.

Last week, another person familiar with the situation told Dow Jones Newswires that Hon Hai had received an exclusive contract to make an advanced version of the iPhone.

Apple spokeswoman Jill Tan declined to comment Tuesday.

Apple, like many other big personal-computer and consumer-electronics brands, doesn't actually make most of its products. It hires manufacturing specialists - mainly companies from Taiwan that have extensive operations in China - to assemble its gadgets based on Apple's designs. They use parts from other outside suppliers, many of which also are from Taiwan and elsewhere in Asia.

Bank of America said in a recent note that Apple is expected to launch a high- speed wireless version of the iPhone in the second quarter and produce as many as 8 million of the devices in the third quarter.

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200803312352DOWJONESDJONLINE000891_FORTUNE5.htm

[lesterdiamond]

According to a sales associate, apparently every Apple store in Florida is sold out of iPhones. What gives...:eek: Refresh imminent?

[SamNeeds]

A shortage nationwide? I can't see how a manufacturer as big as Apple (and it's suppliers) would let that happen. I'd say something is coming. Very soon.

[daveman235]

i just want to remind everyone.... today is tuesday!


Maybe we're in for a tuesday surprise? A new iphone perhaps?


Keep your fingers crossed!

[zainjetha]

since its not four yet in america we woulnt know - let me see if apple store goes down... what time would store go down?

[zainjetha]

what time would stores go down? in this case it would be UK and USA , Germany and France?

And if a 3G one was gonna come out any time soon why did they launch in Austria and Ireland a few days ago? To make products which wont get sold?

[bhsu21]

March 31, 2008: 11:52 PM EST

TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (2317.TW), the world's largest contract electronics maker, plans to ship at least 10 million third-generation iPhones for Apple Inc. (AAPL), a person familiar with the situation told Dow Jones Newswires.

The person, who declined to be named, said Apple will likely launch the new generation iPhone as early as the second quarter.

"Hon Hai is ready to ship anytime. It is just waiting for the nod from Apple," said the person.

Last week, another person familiar with the situation told Dow Jones Newswires that Hon Hai had received an exclusive contract to make an advanced version of the iPhone.

Apple spokeswoman Jill Tan declined to comment Tuesday.

Apple, like many other big personal-computer and consumer-electronics brands, doesn't actually make most of its products. It hires manufacturing specialists - mainly companies from Taiwan that have extensive operations in China - to assemble its gadgets based on Apple's designs. They use parts from other outside suppliers, many of which also are from Taiwan and elsewhere in Asia.

Bank of America said in a recent note that Apple is expected to launch a high- speed wireless version of the iPhone in the second quarter and produce as many as 8 million of the devices in the third quarter.

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200803312352DOWJONESDJONLINE000891_FORTUNE5.htm

Since I am in Taipei, maybe they could leave one behind for me and they would still have 9,999,999 to ship the US.

[zainjetha]

i call hoax - iphone cant be shortaged already with 16gbs released and just released in Austria and Ireland... let those two countries have it for three months AT THE VERY LEAST before 3g.. cant be so soon.. maybe December if you ask me.....

[Dagless]

Not so much luck in the UK, online Apple store says

"Ready to ship: Within 24 hours"

o2 appears to have stock too.

[rockstarjoe]

Maybe Apple is moving inventory overseas in anticipation of a US refresh (overseas to follow)?

[hogo]

5-7 days shipping both models in us still...

[Snips]

Maybe Apple is moving inventory overseas in anticipation of a US refresh (overseas to follow)?

The US online Apple store says 'ships in 5-7 days' whereas (as someone noted) the UK says 'ships within 24 hours'.

Does seem odd, and although a US only update would kill sales overseas in the short term, it could be part of a roll out strategy. A 3G update doesn't mesh with the '3 new ads' for the existing phone though, sadly.

Certainly won't help sales figures if it's a genuine shortage due to lack of supply.

[StophMac24]

post anything on any other day and I might believe it, but on april first.....I cant believe anything anyone says or does...

[mikejd1]

bah....apple store has not gone down in the U.S. by now, no updates today :(

[therootuser]

It is true. Just go call the Fifth Avenue Apple Store, the San Francisco store and the Chicago store. They'll be out of stock - or at least, they were when I last checked. (Fifth Avenue mentioned they should be getting some iPhones today)

[riscy]

I think they are all over here in Kazakhstan, many of the kids I see have them. And they cost is $1,000 a pop - I decided not to buy one when I upgraded my phone at the weekend, I could not justify that amount.

[grayskies]

about a hoax. I do know that I was at the Apple store MacArthur Center location, yesterday, for tech support and over heard that they had no iPhones of any type and hadn't since (at least?) Friday.

[Grimace]

Lots of companies have shipment shortages between manufacturing batches. I don't think this is anything to interesting.

The 16GB version was just released so Apple will likely want to suck all of those people dry before releasing the new model in June.

[Buschmaster]

We all know the roadmap and I'm sure they won't refresh the iPhone now, and if they do it'll be minor. (Meaning everything stays the same except they add 3G or GPS or larger drives)

[stagi]

I bet it is just an increase in demand. hope they hit that 10mil mark early and AAPL goes back up to 200 :)

[Hooka]

The Fort Lauderdale Florida store was out of iPhones as well. They also didn't have 15 inch MBP batteries.

[kwong2006]

Is this for real?

[Rocketman]

Is this for real?

Arn's 4-1 warning note specifically states to look for page format differences to differentiate. For god's sake, have some fun today!

Rocketman

[rjflyn]

You need to remember though that Apple likes 6PM for some strange reason. So it is Tuesday, it is Apples birthday, there is an alleged/apparent/created/ shortage of iPhones.

But then again the 3G iPhone it to big of a deal to just drop without a big Steve-O-thon. Then again he could appear on live TV of something.

But I am not one to never say never.

Rj

[spacecadet610]

i hope this is true, since my iphone is listed on ebay!

[Lycanthrope]

Of course there are no iPhones left in the US - that's because we all come over from Europe and buy-up all the stock.

This also explains why they don't sell in UK, a lot cheaper to get one from The States.

Seriously though, I've had two people try to buy one in US stores in recent months and the stores were a) low on stock in all cases and b) full of Europeans buying iPhones and iPods...

[zainjetha]

Sorry to sound like a pessimist but i really dont think it would be feasible for apple to launch iPhone 2 till december... i still stick strongly to my point that if it was coming out THEY WOULD NOT HAVE RELEASED IT IN AUSTRIA AND IRELAND TILL V2 COMES OUT AS THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET RID OF 2.5G EDGE STOCK FIRST WHICH TAKES TIME , obviously not three monthss.....

[twoodcc]

well, this really could mean an updated iPhone is coming very soon. i doubt it though

[Drumjim85]

Is this for real?

yes it's for real, and It's been going on for a while (march 20th)

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=463084&highlight=iphone+%28west+coast%29
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=460261&highlight=iphone+new+york

[zainjetha]

OH HANG ON , not to mention that they would really annoy the german and irish population who purchased iPhone, as they would feel cheated...

there is something called weighing the situation out and not just hoping that apple will release a product when you feel you want it.... sorry if this sounds rude but you guys need to analyze the situation before making such sweeping statements r profound decisions to that apple will release them in June.

I also beg you to note that apple very rarely update products in certain markets where products exist and not others... THIS WOULD MAKE CUSTOMERS UPSET AND ANGRY, and guess what the customer is always right

[mkrishnan]

Arn's 4-1 warning note specifically states to look for page format differences to differentiate. For god's sake, have some fun today!

This has also been widely confirmed and reported, starting days ago...

I'd say it's just a normal ebb and flow within the iPhone's supply/demand curve. Apple is always careful not to glut their products. A mild, brief shortage is much better for them financially in the long run than a glut. Take the AT&T sale that put the $250 refurbed 8GB iPhones on the net for the first time... by all appearances from the thread on MR, a fairly large number of people besides me jumped on that deal, and AT&T sold them very quickly.

So my personal take is that they'll be available in reasonable quantity within the next few days, and this has little or no bearing on the timing of a 3G iPhone.... The latter will come; I just don't think this is an indicator of it.

[JCastro]

I was in one of the Apple stores in Orlando early last week and they were out. They also said that pretty much all of Florida is out of iPhones.

At this point I am waiting for the next generation. I have waited this long. I can wait a little more. I can't to get it though!!

[ert3]

Wirelessly posted (iPhone 8gb: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/4A102 Safari/419.3)

they maybe clearing inventory for a new modle or recent storms in the south east lead to shipping disruptions.

[zainjetha]

will simply be a refresh of stock - MAYBE a minor update such which may only take effect to USA as their iPhone stocks are low, perhaps even maybe 3g might come to USA ONLY but not others till stock is depleted AS THE iPHONE IS TOO NEW IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES....

IS APPLE ABLE TO CHANGE A PRODUCT IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE WORLD AT DIFFERENT TIMES OR IS THIS UNCOMMON PRACTICE?



dying to know

[Hooka]

Of course there are no iPhones left in the US - that's because we all come over from Europe and buy-up all the stock.

This also explains why they don't sell in UK, a lot cheaper to get one from The States.

Seriously though, I've had two people try to buy one in US stores in recent months and the stores were a) low on stock in all cases and b) full of Europeans buying iPhones and iPods...

You know it's funny that you said this. No ****, the store I was in had a Euro trying to buy a phone to work in Germany. The Apple store employee said not only did we not have any iPhone in stock at this time but the phone that you buy here will NOT work overseas on their network. Unless you want to pay roaming charges. So I don't think it is Euros buying them up.

[zainjetha]

yes anybody who is able to buy an iphone in USA because its what british consider as The Land Of Everything Cheap or Half Price.... why not??

anyway dont wait for a 3g iphone coz it wont come soon...

[murc585]

They are sold out in Michigan too right now. I;ve never seen an apple product "sold out" like this. how is this not a hint of a new model?

[bc008]

i was just in 2 att stores in saginaw, Michigan. (looking for replacement headset)

both had 8 and 16's in stock..

[mrtravel123]

you had to get this info from apple insider?? There have been at least two threads on this site saying this for at least 2 days now....

haha

This is my favorite post so far today.

Apple Insider?

[murc585]

i was just in 2 att stores in saginaw, Michigan. (looking for replacement headset)

both had 8 and 16's in stock..

Apple stores are sold out...sorry i didn;t make that clear.

[Drumjim85]

haha

This is my favorite post so far today.

Apple Insider?

i don't get why this is funny? .. is there a typo I'm missing??

http://www.appleinsider.com

is it cause i made it 2 words ?? what? :confused:

[QCassidy352]

The Fort Lauderdale Florida store was out of iPhones as well. They also didn't have 15 inch MBP batteries.

OMG macbook pro is getting a battery refresh next week!!!




:p

[bc008]

Apple stores are sold out...sorry i didn;t make that clear.

sorry, i made it sound like i was directly contradicting you.
i was more or less talking about the michigan mentioned in the first post.

[jayray]

The Fort Lauderdale Florida store was out of iPhones as well. They also didn't have 15 inch MBP batteries.

That is funny, I couldn't find a power adapter for my powerbook. Wonder if I should just hold out and wait to see if there is an update. . .

[franzmueller]

No wonder the iphone is out of stock in the US .... with the current exchange rate it cost almost half the amount to our € price tags.

So yeah .... millions of iphones been spotted all over around the globe , a friend of mine just came back from HK and said almost every phone shop had plenty unlocked iphones on stock .

I wanna my iphone in SPAINNNNNNNNNNNNN

Saludos


Franz

[mkrishnan]

That is funny, I couldn't find a power adapter for my powerbook. Wonder if I should just hold out and wait to see if there is an update. . .

:D

OMG, you guys, I just got my new MBP battery and Safari is unbelievably snappy!!!

[TheYankees1903]

As much as I hate to be the voice of reason...

Apple is intentionally hording their stash of iPhones in the U.S. becuase be making the iPhone avaliable in very limited quantities they create mass hysteria for the iPhone. Then when they make the product easy to get a hodl of again they will be bought up quickly. Then they will truly sell out and stock will truly be non-existant. That is when we will see the iPhone 3G.

TheYankees1903 :apple:

[Hooka]

OMG macbook pro is getting a battery refresh next week!!!




:p
Just the 15 inch macbook pro, sorry 17 inch MBP owners. Totally sucks :(

[walnuts]

Isn't a surprise 3g phone update impossible? Would a 3g iphone have to go before the FCC where apple can't keep it secret a few months before release?

Isn't that why the iphone originally was announced long before it was released (unlike most apple products?)

[zainjetha]

Even though they maybe running out of stock they will replenish it.... They replenish stock when customers are desperate and know will get sold out quickly.. But the next batch wont be 3G. I still dont know how they can launch a new product

a)in three months, when only 2 months or so back they dropped the iPod touch 32GB and iPhone 16GB.

b)Annoy people in Austria and Ireland who will be three months into their mighty expensive contracts and feel sad that a new product is launched and will not be able to buy it.

3)People are still on their first contract ever in all countries.. perhaps they will do this on a day when most users have finished their first iPhone contract.

4)Maybe they will make a 3G iPhone 32GB Yankie-edition and the rest of the world as USA finished their stock...

5)Maybe the stock in Ireland and Austria is very limited just to test waters before 3G..

[macerroneous]

3g on sept 23 (for USA)

[zainjetha]

so its possible iphone could have different release dates around world depending when each country finishes their stock?

[Drumjim85]

so its possible iphone could have different release dates around world depending when each country finishes their stock?

that could very well be possible, but I doubt current stock would affect anything...

[zainjetha]

stock wont affect? strange...

im just patiently waiting for to upgrade..
apple wouldnt allow a shortage of iphones to take place unless they were going to reduce new models, they need to sell every unit they can, and every unit sold has a possible chance of being activated with at&t and thats revenue apple neeeeeed

[cheekybobcat]

I've already put my family in the bunker.

[zainjetha]

Meaning that your family can starve to death for you to buy a 3G iPhone
I would do the same....

[Drumjim85]

whats strange about that?? Affect is a verb, effect is a noun...

[mkrishnan]

whats strange about that?? Affect is a verb, effect is a noun...

:D

Well, technically, affect (http://www.answers.com/affect&r=67) can be either a verb or a noun (e.g. "The woman displayed mildly blunted affect"). ;)

[theophilus]

:D

Well, technically, affect (http://www.answers.com/affect&r=67) can be either a verb or a noun (e.g. "The woman displayed mildly blunted affect"). ;)

"Effect" can also be a verb.

The CEO effected change by creating an atmosphere of cooperation.

"Effect" as a verb means "to bring about" as opposed to "affect" which means "to make a difference in some way."

I'm sure you are all impressed by my Webster's quality definitions... not!