iPhone 3G[s] Backordered?

[djcraze]

Did anyone else go into an AT&T store and were told that the 16GB Black and 32GB black were on back order? :-\.. I thought the whole point was to a pre-order was o they could adjust their numbers, and ship out what was required... Weird

 

[SilentPanda]

At some point if there is enough preorder demand, they would still run out. If they make 1 million iPhone 3Gs units and they get preordered, then backorder would happen.

 

[Drumjim85]

how many pre's sold in the first weekend? 50,000?

 

[STEVESKI07]

how many pre's sold in the first weekend? 50,000?

Still no confirmed number yet from Palm or Sprint, but the estimate is around there.

 

[fratboy]

thats why i am ordering from apple.com

 

[bytethese]

Did anyone else go into an AT&T store and were told that the 16GB Black and 32GB black were on back order? :-\.. I thought the whole point was to a pre-order was o they could adjust their numbers, and ship out what was required... Weird

Yeah, I went to an AT&T store near my office and they were back-ordered already as well. I went to the 5th Ave Apple Store afterwards and spoke with the folks there and ultimately went home and reserved one. No details on the time I will be able to pick it up but I'm hoping early. 🙂

 

[mrtune]

how many pre's sold in the first weekend? 50,000?

That's probably real good considering Sprint's subscriber base is significantly smaller than AT&T's and also Sprint is regarded as having the worst customer service in the business.

Gotta fight fire with fire. If the Pre was sold on Verizon or AT&T the first time out, I bet that number would be much larger.

 

[Jman14]

My Apple store and ATT are back ordered

 

[Resident Guru]

FWIW, I was able to pre purchase the 32gb black 3G S this morning at my local AT&T store in OK.