Online Apple Store is Out of iPhones

Blakely028 · 05:25 AM

Hi there, I was generally browsing through the Apple UK Store and I had clicked onto the iPhone store page, and I got this image:

Whatcya think?

cjmal · May 10, 2008, 04:19 AM

Same in the US.

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...2F2PHCCCX72KDY

btnnaz · May 10, 2008, 04:23 AM

Why else would both the us and uk online store be sold out

nick9191 · May 10, 2008, 04:23 AM

Yeah the iPhone is no longer available in the UK anywhere, its been discontinued

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/05/08/...ailable-in-uk/

Although apparently the 16gb version is now back in stock on O2.

btnnaz · May 10, 2008, 04:33 AM

US store just changed it to 5-7 days shipping

btnnaz · May 10, 2008, 04:38 AM

huh weird just changed back to unavailable whats going on here?

sananda · May 10, 2008, 04:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nick9191

Yeah the iPhone is no longer available in the UK anywhere, its been discontinued

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/05/08/...ailable-in-uk/

Although apparently the 16gb version is now back in stock on O2.

that was about o2, this is more significant as it's about apple.

sananda · May 10, 2008, 04:46 AM

very strange!

SFStateStudent · May 10, 2008, 04:47 AM

Isn't June only 3 weeks away?

yoyo5280 · May 10, 2008, 04:48 AM

All I can say is...I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE UK!!! I WANT IT iN JAPAN!!!

btnnaz · May 10, 2008, 04:49 AM

someone should call and ask why they re sold out

sushi · May 10, 2008, 04:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yoyo5280

All I can say is...I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE UK!!! I WANT IT iN JAPAN!!!

Likewise.

And I am afraid that we have a long wait for it to arrive here.

iBookfan · May 10, 2008, 05:05 AM

Oh my god! I sure hope that ist a sign of a 3g phone arriving sooner than we thought!

btnnaz · May 10, 2008, 05:14 AM

WTF now att personal wireless website is down

iBookfan · May 10, 2008, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by btnnaz

WTF now att personal wireless website is down

Closer and closer to a release?

Chaszmyr · May 10, 2008, 05:19 AM

If it were coming Tuesday press invitations would already have been sent out and they haven't. It could theoretically be announced as soon as Friday, I suppose, but I think chances are there just won't be any iPhone sales between now and WWDC. Some of you will recall that Apple once suspended iMac sales for an even longer period of time before a new model came out, and with a high profile product like the iPhone Apple has added incentive to not anger new customers by making their newly purchased phone obsolete by announcing a whole new model a week or two later.

SFStateStudent · May 10, 2008, 05:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by btnnaz

WTF now att personal wireless website is down

I just went to AT&T personal wireless and it seems to be OK in the US:

http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-pho...4425L3100u9100

sananda · May 10, 2008, 05:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaszmyr

I think chances are there just won't be any iPhone sales between now and WWDC.

which would be an odd way to run a business.

iBookfan · May 10, 2008, 05:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaszmyr

If it were coming Tuesday press invitations would already have been sent out and they haven't. It could theoretically be announced as soon as Friday, I suppose, but I think chances are there just won't be any iPhone sales between now and WWDC. Some of you will recall that Apple once suspended iMac sales for an even longer period of time before a new model came out, and with a high profile product like the iPhone Apple has added incentive to not anger new customers by making their newly purchased phone obsolete by announcing a whole new model a week or two later.

Apple would NOT close a iPhone sale for a periode. It would cost them a fortune...

Chaszmyr · May 10, 2008, 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iBookfan

Apple would NOT close a iPhone sale for a periode. It would cost them a fortune...

That's funny, I'm pretty sure that's what they've just done. Can you order the iPhone right now? No. Is there a new model coming out today? Also no.

iBookfan · May 10, 2008, 05:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaszmyr

That's funny, I'm pretty sure that's what they've just done. Can you order the iPhone right now? No. Is there a new model coming out today? Also no.

Maybe a new model WILL come out sooner. Not today, but maybe in next week. All I'm saying is that it would be odd to close the sale for a month

cjmal · May 10, 2008, 05:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sananda

which would be an odd way to run a business.

Not if they know that they'll more than make up for lost sales during that period as soon as the new iPhone is released.

iBookfan · May 10, 2008, 05:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cjmal

Not if they know that they'll more than make up for lost sales during that period as soon as the new iPhone is released.

No way! Thats not the way a business-mann runs his business! He'll try to get every penny of peoples pockets by selling as much as he can.

joeshell383 · May 10, 2008, 05:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iBookfan

Apple would NOT close a iPhone sale for a periode. It would cost them a fortune...

Generally a company would not do such a thing, but as we all know, Apple is not like other companies. There are a lot a variables at play including marketing/hype, consumer backlash and remorse (which Apple is very familiar with and susceptible to), actual future price/product/model changes, production/inventory, and secrecy.

The situation trickles to this: Will a material amount of revenue (or profit, marketshare, etc.) be lost by would-be iPhone purchasers buying something else in the mean time? If the answer is no, than Apple can hold off until that point is reached. Even if that point is reached before WWDC, I have a hard time imagining Steve just putting it out there without his introduction; so I imagine the earliest will be WWDC anyway.

iBookfan · May 10, 2008, 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeshell383

Generally a company would not do such a thing, but as we all know, Apple is not like other companies. There are a lot a variables at play including marketing/hype, consumer backlash and remorse (which Apple is very familiar with and susceptible to), actual future price/product/model changes, production/inventory, and secrecy.

The situation trickles to this: Will a material amount of revenue (or profit, marketshare, etc.) be lost by would-be iPhone purchasers buying something else in the mean time? If the answer is no, than Apple can hold off until that point is reached. Even if that point is reached before WWDC, I have a hard time imagining Steve just putting it out there without his introduction; so I imagine the earliest will be WWDC anyway.

Great answer. It all about Apples trust to their consumers

- US

(not like US, but you and me

)

May 10, 2008, 04:01 AM	#1
Blakely028 macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Stirling, U.K.	iPhone Currently Unavailable at UK Online Apple Store? Hi there, I was generally browsing through the Apple UK Store and I had clicked onto the iPhone store page, and I got this image: Whatcya think? Attached Thumbnails __________________ Search the MacRumors' forum using MRoogle Last edited by Blakely028 : May 10, 2008 at 05:25 AM.

May 10, 2008, 04:23 AM	#3
btnnaz Banned Join Date: Jan 2008	Online Apple Store is Out of iPhones Why else would both the us and uk online store be sold out

May 10, 2008, 04:23 AM	#4
nick9191 macrumors 68030 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Britain	Yeah the iPhone is no longer available in the UK anywhere, its been discontinued http://www.macrumors.com/2008/05/08/...ailable-in-uk/ Although apparently the 16gb version is now back in stock on O2. __________________ There are some customers which we chose not to serve. We don't know how to make a $500 computer that's not a piece of junk, and our DNA will not let us ship that. - Jobs

May 10, 2008, 04:47 AM	#9
SFStateStudent macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: San Francisco California, USA	Isn't June only 3 weeks away? __________________ MBP 2.5GHz 250GB Mac Pro 3G S⃣ iPhone 32GB Black

May 10, 2008, 04:48 AM	#10
yoyo5280 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tokyo/Dallas (odd mix indeed)	All I can say is...I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE UK!!! I WANT IT iN JAPAN!!! __________________ I'm a Mac and I'm 15 daikon!/twitter/ mozymac {tears}

May 10, 2008, 04:19 AM	#2
cjmal macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2007	Same in the US. http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...2F2PHCCCX72KDY

May 10, 2008, 04:33 AM	#5
btnnaz Banned Join Date: Jan 2008	US store just changed it to 5-7 days shipping

May 10, 2008, 04:38 AM	#6
btnnaz Banned Join Date: Jan 2008	huh weird just changed back to unavailable whats going on here?

May 10, 2008, 04:46 AM	#8
sananda macrumors 68000 Join Date: May 2007	very strange!

May 10, 2008, 04:49 AM	#11
btnnaz Banned Join Date: Jan 2008	someone should call and ask why they re sold out

May 10, 2008, 05:05 AM	#13
iBookfan macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2008	Oh my god! I sure hope that ist a sign of a 3g phone arriving sooner than we thought! __________________  BlackBook, 2.4 ghz, 4gb ram -  iPhone 3GS, 16gb -  iPod Classic, 80gb -  ACD, 20 inch

May 10, 2008, 05:14 AM	#14
btnnaz Banned Join Date: Jan 2008	WTF now att personal wireless website is down

May 10, 2008, 05:19 AM	#16
Chaszmyr macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boulder, CO	If it were coming Tuesday press invitations would already have been sent out and they haven't. It could theoretically be announced as soon as Friday, I suppose, but I think chances are there just won't be any iPhone sales between now and WWDC. Some of you will recall that Apple once suspended iMac sales for an even longer period of time before a new model came out, and with a high profile product like the iPhone Apple has added incentive to not anger new customers by making their newly purchased phone obsolete by announcing a whole new model a week or two later.

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