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Online Apple Store is Out of iPhones

tomegun said:
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.:D
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Actually, I think you have it more or less exactly right.

Remember how much whining there was when Apple lowered the price of the iPhone? Ever see how many people say "I just bought my new iPhone, and if Apple comes out with a better one now I will be pissed!" They don't want to be selling people outdated iPhones the day before they announce the new ones because it will create some bad publicity. I'm sure that sales have slowed down - especially because anyone in the know is aware that a 3G phone is imminent - so they are probably at a point where the trouble they will have from irate customers is greater than the money they would make in sales.

I know I have been waiting for a 3G iPhone, and plan on buying one in the first week or two it is out(and there are probably a LOT of people doing the same). It helped my patience that I had over a year left on my Verizon contract when the original iPhone came out - I can eat a few months of the contract, but 1+ years maybe not.
 
jlbrown23 said:
Actually, I think you have it more or less exactly right.

Remember how much whining there was when Apple lowered the price of the iPhone? Ever see how many people say "I just bought my new iPhone, and if Apple comes out with a better one now I will be pissed!" They don't want to be selling people outdated iPhones the day before they announce the new ones because it will create some bad publicity. I'm sure that sales have slowed down - especially because anyone in the know is aware that a 3G phone is imminent - so they are probably at a point where the trouble they will have from irate customers is greater than the money they would make in sales.

I know I have been waiting for a 3G iPhone, and plan on buying one in the first week or two it is out(and there are probably a LOT of people doing the same). It helped my patience that I had over a year left on my Verizon contract when the original iPhone came out - I can eat a few months of the contract, but 1+ years maybe not.
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People always bitch about that.... and Apple rarely cares.
 
^^ Sounds likely - this is too much of a coincidence that the iPhone is suddenly unavailable.

The next few weeks will be very interesting.
 
AceFernalld said:
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?
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They could but i cant see apple selling the new iphone without any new software features they need something to show off other than the hardware:D
 
btnnaz said:
Anyone call their apple stores? are they sold out too?
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I have a friend that works at an Apple Store in San Diego and he told me weeks ago that they have been sold out for a month or more already. (Most of the sells were going to foreigners here on vacation that were unlocking them). He told me just this week they were still sold out - Ill ask him on Monday when I see him again if they are still sold out.
 
Chaszmyr said:
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.
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Why is it so hard to believe that they might just release it without an event?

Chaszmyr said:
Some of you will recall that Apple once suspended iMac sales for an even longer period of time before a new model came out,
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Yeah, but Apple doesn't really care about their consumer-level computers anymore so that's hardly relevant.
 
I think the rumor about the iPhone coming out in May is a very good possibility given now that the online Apple Store is sold out. It was actually published several weeks ago:

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Would be interesting to see what everyone thinks about it coming out before WWDC given the current online store lack of availability.
 
sananda said:
which would be an odd way to run a business.
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Not too worry! It's a pretty good way to build up all the hype again. There will people wrapped around each Apple store location waiting to get the soon to be announced new 3G iPhone!--)))) :D
 
PBGPowerbook said:
HAHAHAHAHAHA. Wanna bet on this one?
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And what... you're saying they haven't quietly released things in the past that could have warranted an event? They've done it many times.

We're right on the verge of WWDC. Why would they pre-emptively steal the thunder from one of their biggest moments of every year with an event about the iPhone when the real update is the software (the App store, the enterprise features, the SDK and the next rev of the iPhone OS) not the hardware. I think it's entirely likely they would release it and let the press and blogs go ape-sh*t about the out-of-the-blue release and then hype up the new software features at WWDC where it makes sense.
 
My 2 pennies/cents/denomination of your choice:

1. Apple doesn't want the hassle of swapping/refunding any iPhones purchased in the three weeks before the new one launches. This makes sense but it will raise temporary concerns that they do not have handle on the supply chain - again.

2. The price cut - in the UK at least - was more successful than hoped, stoked interest 16GB model and stock ran dry.


Either way - it builds hype. That's better than anything Apple's vast ad budget could manage.
 
When I go to the ATT wireless page and click "Buy Now", the following page will not load. Anyone else have this problem as well?
 
schield said:
When I go to the ATT wireless page and click "Buy Now", the following page will not load. Anyone else have this problem as well?
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No, it's letting me buy the iPhone.

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In France and Germany, iPhones were never sold directly from the Apple Store. You had to go by the phone operator. At least in France, not in Germany. So what the French Apple store says doesn't mean anything. Someone would have to go to a store to see if they still have some in stock. But then again, as it's many different shops, they probably will.
I can imagine it's the same for Germany.

Maybe the iPhone is coming out now and the WWDC is for the new redesigned Macbooks :)
 
I have so many questions

The Major one is when the heck this thing will be released and will it have the 2.0 software or just new features until the 2.0 software is available. Also if Apple is ready to get people returning lots of iPhones.
 
lilstewart said:
Because the iPhone is Apple's baby.
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Yeah, and even if it wasn't- does anyone remember the event when Steve announced the iPod HiFi and a leather iPod case?

Now, the device that Steve loves more than a father loves a child.... Me thinks they'd have press coverage if they did something simple like changed the size of the iPod logo on the back of the iPhone.
 
I hope it's available soon, the 3G iPhone that is. I can't wait until June WWDC for it to be released seriously!

And I agree it is not logical for them to keep it unavailable until June to sell it.
 
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