Why not?
Well I suppose you've got a point, but they can't sell you iPhone 2 and say, " Wait for a month to get your GPS or whatever". It's just mean I tell you, mean.
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Online Apple Store is Out of iPhones
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Well I suppose you've got a point, but they can't sell you iPhone 2 and say, " Wait for a month to get your GPS or whatever". It's just mean I tell you, mean.
Ok this sounds kinda fishy to me I just did a chat with an online support agent on the apple store site and this is what i got.
Hi, my name is Erica G. Welcome to Apple!
Good afternoon.
Would you like help with your shopping?
Hi, do you know why all the iphones are out of stock
At this time, we have no information in regards to the availability of the
iPhone.
Oh ok well i was just looking to buy one online because i dont have an apple
or att store near my house. Any idea when they willl be back in stock?
Unfortunately no, we have no information.
ok thanks
Thank you for visiting the Apple Store. We appreciate your business.
Hi, my name is Erica G. Welcome to Apple!
Good afternoon.
Would you like help with your shopping?
Hi, do you know why all the iphones are out of stock
At this time, we have no information in regards to the availability of the
iPhone.
Oh ok well i was just looking to buy one online because i dont have an apple
or att store near my house. Any idea when they willl be back in stock?
Unfortunately no, we have no information.
ok thanks
Thank you for visiting the Apple Store. We appreciate your business.
Probably because sales team only deal with sales (not availability). I might be wrong but I can't see them knowing.
Even though i would love this to mean the 3G iphone's release is imminent, and can't really think any other reason for iphones to be unavaliable in the UK and US at the same time, doesn't really seem like a coincidental stock flow problem to me, but im thinking it surely cant be?? I mean look at all the info we have, the orders for iphones placed for a small amount at the end of May, lots from June onwards, AT&T blocking out any employee holiday between Sunday 15 June and Tuesday 15 July, WWDC being the obvious place for Jobs to announce the new version etc etc. Everything points to June, so I'm thinking this really cant mean the new iphone next week, even though I would love it if it was!
ITS OUT IPHONE 2 IS OUT!!!
Okay i lied but i bet you went to apple.com. Saaaad.
heh...jerk =P
The US, UK, German and French Apple Stores are all saying that the iPhone is currently unavailable. German and French stores do direct you to visit the respective carrier websites, and O2 and AT&T still have stock because they must have purchased stock well in advance. It is not in the carrier's interest to stop selling as they'll never shift those units after iPhone 2 comes out.
I believe that there will be some sort of announcement within a week or so. Then a June release as things go through the FCC.
However, my guess is as good as anyone else's so i put aside my £300 from now just in case. I had great satisfaction buying on UK iDay, I'm sure Apple will build the hype, excitement and queues from the 2nd Gen iPhone too. 
I believe that there will be some sort of announcement within a week or so. Then a June release as things go through the FCC.
However, my guess is as good as anyone else's so i put aside my £300 from now just in case
. I had great satisfaction buying on UK iDay, I'm sure Apple will build the hype, excitement and queues from the 2nd Gen iPhone too. I hope. but usually they would have some big annoncement first.
Anyone call their apple stores? are they sold out too?
Thanks.. I wasn't sure because I think I read somewhere that they don't know anything about releases etc. I'm also wrong a lot of the time, so thanks for the back up
I'm annoyed, I found this at 3/4PM and the other guy got the glory. Ah well, sad anyway.
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I can tell you as a matter of fact that representatives of Apple have no more information than the customers and at times get release info even sometimes after it's been released on the online store.
i was working for an apple store during MWSF 2006 when they announced the macbook pro. We were only briefed on the new products the following morning when we all got to work. But that didn't stop the genius' behind the bar keeping an eye on the live macrumors feed
Online Apple Store is Out of iPhones
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Both the U.S. and U.K. online Apple Stores are currently out of both the 8GB and 16GB iPhones.
Customers trying to order the iPhone will find that both modems are "currently unavailable." This comes just days after UK's O2 carrier's website also reflected that the 8GB and 16GB iPhones were "no longer available". Some speculated O2's lack of iPhones might may have been a decision to deplete regional stock while awaiting the next generation iPhone, but it appears even Apple's U.S. supply of iPhones has dwindled down. Reports from U.S. retail stores have confirmed the same.
Apple has been widely rumored to introduce their next-generation iPhone at their Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC), though that event is still almost on month away. While it remains possible that this is a temporary supply issue, the proximity to WWDC will certainly generate a lot of speculation.
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Both the U.S. and U.K. online Apple Stores are currently out of both the 8GB and 16GB iPhones.
Customers trying to order the iPhone will find that both modems are "currently unavailable." This comes just days after UK's O2 carrier's website also reflected that the 8GB and 16GB iPhones were "no longer available". Some speculated O2's lack of iPhones might may have been a decision to deplete regional stock while awaiting the next generation iPhone, but it appears even Apple's U.S. supply of iPhones has dwindled down. Reports from U.S. retail stores have confirmed the same.
Apple has been widely rumored to introduce their next-generation iPhone at their Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC), though that event is still almost on month away. While it remains possible that this is a temporary supply issue, the proximity to WWDC will certainly generate a lot of speculation.
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On a sunday?Maybe Apple is screwing with everyone and actually is planning on releasing the 3G..tomorrow
I would buy the edge phone. The last time I checked, I could not get 3g in my area. That isn't to say that they don't have it now. I haven't checked.
No 3g here in charleston, just in columbia
Has anyone thought of the fact that they could release the 3G iPhone without 2.0, and upgrade it and 2.5G iPhones to 2.0 when it (2.0) comes out?
What about this? If they were to continue selling the iPhone up until the new one is released, how many people would take their week-old iPhone back and pay the restocking fee to get the new one?
I guess one way to stop this would be to not sell any iPhones for a period of time which would mean the last people to buy them couldn't just take them back.
Maybe a reach, but a lot of stuff on this site is.
That is exactly what I was thinking. If they create a blackout period where no phones are sold they are creating a hole equivalent to the allowable return time preventing people from buying an iPhone, returning it and then getting the new one. It would be easier on their bottom line.
Smart thinking. Though I think Apple will still release both at the same time.
WOW,
I was expecting the iPhone to be announce at WWDC. Now with this shortage, it might come even sooner.
I would like:
3G, GPS, Better camera.
16gig $399
32gig $499
And if AT&T wants to subsidized for a 2 year contract. Even better!
I was expecting the iPhone to be announce at WWDC. Now with this shortage, it might come even sooner.
I would like:
3G, GPS, Better camera.
16gig $399
32gig $499
And if AT&T wants to subsidized for a 2 year contract. Even better!
Yeah, Apple keeps its own people in the dark right up until the last moment. I talked with the geniuses on the floor of MacWorld right after the Keynote, and they said "We only knew about the Macbook Air about 10 minutes before you got here."