iPhone 3G Remains Hard to Find

MacRumors · Jul 15, 2008, 05:45 PM

Line at Apple Store Chicago, IL today by wowk1234

Fortune reports that the iPhone 3G is still a scarce item to find. Lines continue to form at many stores, and as of this morning, 21 states were sold out of the iPhone.

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The states reporting no stock on hand were Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin.

Despite long activation delays, Apple announced on Monday that they had already sold 1 million iPhones over the weekend since its launch on Friday.

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motulist · Jul 15, 2008, 05:47 PM

I am so tired of mundane iphone stories on the front page. I love ya macrumors, but please put these stories where they belong, on the 2nd page or dedicated iphone page.

mackid16 · Jul 15, 2008, 05:47 PM

stock is fine in canada

Mykbibby · Jul 15, 2008, 05:48 PM

I guess waiting in line at 1:00 am paid off after all...

bacaramac · Jul 15, 2008, 05:49 PM

Went down to the Apple store at lunch to look for cases and they were sold out and couldn't tell me when it would back in. I thought stores were getting phones everyday???

twoodcc · Jul 15, 2008, 05:49 PM

dang, there are still lines? why would you wait in line when they might run out of iphones?

DeaconGraves · Jul 15, 2008, 05:50 PM

With all apologies to those who are legitimately having stock woes (i.e. UK customers and U.S. customers who don't have an Apple store within an hour of them), I now officially laugh at all of those who thought it was stupid to go get in line hours before hand.

rdowns · Jul 15, 2008, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by motulist

I am so tired of mundane iphone stories on the front page. I love ya macrumors, but please put these stories where they belong, on the 2nd page or dedicated iphone page.

This site reports on Apple news. Is there some news on the Macintosh that MR is failing to report?

JPIndustrie · Jul 15, 2008, 05:51 PM

Great.

Another Wii on our hands. Soon we will hear the excuse "Jobs: We completely underestimated demand!" or some other lie similar to what Nintendo said.

YES! Another victory for the consumer!

DeaconGraves · Jul 15, 2008, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by JPIndustrie

Great.

Another Wii on our hands. Soon we will hear the excuse "Jobs: We completely underestimated demand!" or some other lie similar to what Nintendo said.

YES! Another victory for the consumer!

This is nowhere near as bad as the Wii (yet). The iPhone has been out for less than a week, while the Wii is impossible to find almost two years later.

Inventory will stable out eventually, just like last year.

minik · Jul 15, 2008, 05:53 PM

I'm glad I planned ahead and waited in-line at 3AM on the Friday morning. With the in-store activation glitch on Friday (although it didn't bug me), I felt bad for people who got inline after 5 or 6AM.

My co-worker couldn't get one on Saturday as well.

Speaking of the Wii, I waited 7 hrs on the launch day to get one.

noodle654 · Jul 15, 2008, 05:54 PM

Still cant get one at any of the ATT stores near me. I give up.

Fulgham · Jul 15, 2008, 05:54 PM

Out of stock in the Edmonton, Alberta, Canada area!

JC4 · Jul 15, 2008, 05:56 PM

No biggie, the 2.0 update was worth more than the hardware. The App store is addictive. I can wait a bit longer to hand AT&T + Apple more of my money. No regrets for not waiting in line. I still think you all were nuts, especially if you had a v1 phone.

L3X · Jul 15, 2008, 05:56 PM

I'm glad I woke up a few hours early and got in line. Got there at 5am and was 12th in line.

Fulgham · Jul 15, 2008, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by mackid16

stock is fine in Canada

Not true in the Edmonton area.

Sirobin · Jul 15, 2008, 05:56 PM

How is this news again?

Fulgham · Jul 15, 2008, 05:57 PM

Also, Rogers in Canada has not released the iPhone to their corporate sales department, until demand levels out.

My company is going to switch to the iPhone but Rogers' can't help us for a few weeks.

motulist · Jul 15, 2008, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by rdowns

This site reports on Apple news. Is there some news on the Macintosh that MR is failing to report?

It's not what they're failing to report, it's that they're reporting too much. The thing that made this site so great is its focus, if you start to dilute the focus with too much other stuff then the site's quality goes down. Just look at google's success. The thing that makes google great is what they *don't* put on their front page. Any good site will act like a filter so that only the stuff that's really what the site is about will be on the front page of that site. Macrumors front page is NOT just about anything that happens regarding Apple, just take a look at the page 2 stories right now to see.

dhclarke · Jul 15, 2008, 05:58 PM

My AT&T store let me order one-

We told them what I wanted and paid for it upfront. They said it should arrive in "7 to 10 business days."

I hope that the "shortage" does not have an effect on the arrival date. The sales associate did say that they are filling all of the orders that they are taking before they begin to replenish their stock.

geerlingguy · Jul 15, 2008, 06:00 PM

It seems like all the AT&T stores are out, and will be out, for some time. The Apple Stores had (and most have) a lot more in stock. I just hope they get more in St. Louis by August 1, when I'm going to buy one. Right now I'm in Omaha, NE, and they have plenty of all the different models at the Village Point store in West Omaha.

JPIndustrie · Jul 15, 2008, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DeaconGraves

This is nowhere near as bad as the Wii (yet). The iPhone has been out for less than a week, while the Wii is impossible to find almost two years later.

Inventory will stable out eventually, just like last year.

Wii was also impossible (at least in some parts of the nation, just like the iPhone is) to find less than a week after it came out also. What's your point?

There were also lines at NintendoWorld for the weeks after the Wii's release, similar to what is happening now.

It's only a matter of days before the other states run out, then it will be the lines that stable off, not the stock. Simply because everyone will realize it will be futile to wait in line for a inventory-controlled product, just like the Wii.

Mark my words. Inventory will not stable off anytime soon. It's called basic economics people.

natejohnstone@g · Jul 15, 2008, 06:01 PM

Dayton, OH is sold out--has been since about 8:30 on launch day.

I went to the AT&T store today to order a 16GB via "Direct Fulfillment." Apple is apparently shipping an iPhone to that store specifically for me.

Does anyone know how long the "direct fulfillment" actually takes? They told me it could be up to 20 days, but when I was in on Sunday they said 7 days...

Anyone in the know?

philbeeney · 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by mackid16

stock is fine in canada

Really. I phoned a few Rogers shops today in Toronto and they said they were out of stock and were getting some later on this week.

MattJessop · Jul 15, 2008, 06:05 PM

I agree with the complaints about there being too many iPhone stories. Big ones about firmware updates, and sales are all welcome. But stuff like this surely belongs on the iPhone page.

Having said that, I really am surprised at people still lining up outside the stores even at this hour. Demand is pretty high for these things.

Jul 15, 2008, 05:47 PM	#3
mackid16 macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2008	stock is fine in canada __________________ 13.3" Aluminum Macbook,2GB ram,160GB HD,2.0 GHZ iPod Touch 2g 8GB

Jul 15, 2008, 05:49 PM	#5
bacaramac macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2007	Went down to the Apple store at lunch to look for cases and they were sold out and couldn't tell me when it would back in. I thought stores were getting phones everyday??? __________________ Alumi iMac 20" 2.0Ghz 13" Unibody MBP Dual-Band AEBS ATV2 40GB 16GB iPhone 3G S⃣ Black

Jul 15, 2008, 05:49 PM	#6
twoodcc macrumors 603 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Right side of wrong	dang, there are still lines? why would you wait in line when they might run out of iphones? __________________ tville pump Smarter than the average bear

Jul 15, 2008, 05:50 PM	#7
DeaconGraves macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Austin, TX	With all apologies to those who are legitimately having stock woes (i.e. UK customers and U.S. customers who don't have an Apple store within an hour of them), I now officially laugh at all of those who thought it was stupid to go get in line hours before hand. __________________ MacBook Pro C2D 2.2 Ghz, 120 GB HD, 2 GB RAM 60 GB iPod 5G 4 GB project (RED) iPod Nano 2G 16 GB iPhone 3G (white)

Jul 15, 2008, 05:53 PM	#11
minik macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bellevue, WA	I'm glad I planned ahead and waited in-line at 3AM on the Friday morning. With the in-store activation glitch on Friday (although it didn't bug me), I felt bad for people who got inline after 5 or 6AM. My co-worker couldn't get one on Saturday as well. Speaking of the Wii, I waited 7 hrs on the launch day to get one. __________________ Flickr, facebook. twitter.

Jul 15, 2008, 05:47 PM	#2
motulist macrumors 68040 Join Date: Dec 2003	I am so tired of mundane iphone stories on the front page. I love ya macrumors, but please put these stories where they belong, on the 2nd page or dedicated iphone page.

Jul 15, 2008, 05:48 PM	#4
Mykbibby macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Palm Springs, CA	I guess waiting in line at 1:00 am paid off after all...

Jul 15, 2008, 05:51 PM	#9
JPIndustrie macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Queens, NY	Great. Another Wii on our hands. Soon we will hear the excuse "Jobs: We completely underestimated demand!" or some other lie similar to what Nintendo said. YES! Another victory for the consumer!

Jul 15, 2008, 05:54 PM	#12
noodle654 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Princeton, NJ	Still cant get one at any of the ATT stores near me. I give up. __________________ MacBook Pro 2.2GHz, 120GB HD, 4GB RAM\| Mac Mini C2D 1.83GHz, 80GB HD, 2GB RAM \| MacBook Air 1.86GHz, 128GB SSD \| iPhone 3G S⃣ 32GB

Jul 15, 2008, 05:54 PM	#13
Fulgham macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Edmonton, Alberta	Out of stock in the Edmonton, Alberta, Canada area! __________________ Kris Macbook Pro 17" \| 2.4 Ghz \| 2GB \| 250GB HDD iPhone 3G 16GB TV 160GB Time Capsule 1TB

Jul 15, 2008, 05:56 PM	#14
JC4 macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Columbus, OH	Oh well, guess I'll wait. No biggie, the 2.0 update was worth more than the hardware. The App store is addictive. I can wait a bit longer to hand AT&T + Apple more of my money. No regrets for not waiting in line. I still think you all were nuts, especially if you had a v1 phone.

Jul 15, 2008, 05:56 PM	#15
L3X macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chesapeake, VA	I'm glad I woke up a few hours early and got in line. Got there at 5am and was 12th in line. __________________ 2.2 SR MBP; 8GB iPhone 3G; 30GB 5.5G Black iPod; Airport Extreme; Work: 2.8 Dual-Quad Mac Pro, 10 GBs RAM, ATI HD 3870

Jul 15, 2008, 05:56 PM	#17
Sirobin macrumors regular Join Date: May 2008 Location: California	How is this news again? __________________ iMac G3, 233 Mhz, 96 MB RAM, 4 GB HD eMac G4, 700 Mhz, 768 MB RAM, 40 GB HD Powerbook G4, 1.67 Ghz, 2 GB RAM, 120 GB HD Mac Pro, 2.66 Octocore, 6 GB RAM, 4870, 1 TB HDD

Jul 15, 2008, 05:57 PM	#18
Fulgham macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Edmonton, Alberta	Also, Rogers in Canada has not released the iPhone to their corporate sales department, until demand levels out. My company is going to switch to the iPhone but Rogers' can't help us for a few weeks. __________________ Kris Macbook Pro 17" \| 2.4 Ghz \| 2GB \| 250GB HDD iPhone 3G 16GB TV 160GB Time Capsule 1TB

Jul 15, 2008, 05:58 PM	#20
dhclarke macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Wailuku, Hawaii / Pullman, Washington	AT&T Orders My AT&T store let me order one- We told them what I wanted and paid for it upfront. They said it should arrive in "7 to 10 business days." I hope that the "shortage" does not have an effect on the arrival date. The sales associate did say that they are filling all of the orders that they are taking before they begin to replenish their stock.

Jul 15, 2008, 06:00 PM	#21
geerlingguy macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Midwest, USA	It seems like all the AT&T stores are out, and will be out, for some time. The Apple Stores had (and most have) a lot more in stock. I just hope they get more in St. Louis by August 1, when I'm going to buy one. Right now I'm in Omaha, NE, and they have plenty of all the different models at the Village Point store in West Omaha. __________________ Midwestern Mac, LLC \| Life is a Prayer.com 2.8 iMac 24" + 2.0 Aluminum MacBook + 2 TB + iPhone 3G + D90 + D40 + Xbox 360 + Much much more

Jul 15, 2008, 06:01 PM	#23
natejohnstone@g macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2007	Direct Fulfilment from AT&T ??????? Dayton, OH is sold out--has been since about 8:30 on launch day. I went to the AT&T store today to order a 16GB via "Direct Fulfillment." Apple is apparently shipping an iPhone to that store specifically for me. Does anyone know how long the "direct fulfillment" actually takes? They told me it could be up to 20 days, but when I was in on Sunday they said 7 days... Anyone in the know?

Jul 15, 2008, 06:05 PM	#25
MattJessop macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Stirling, UK	I agree with the complaints about there being too many iPhone stories. Big ones about firmware updates, and sales are all welcome. But stuff like this surely belongs on the iPhone page. Having said that, I really am surprised at people still lining up outside the stores even at this hour. Demand is pretty high for these things. __________________ MacBook C2D 2.16Ghz, iPhone 3G.

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