Well, they did release the 1st MacBook without any event...
But, iPhone 2 is something too big to not have an event for. Especially the software they are developing.
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Online Apple Store is Out of iPhones
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Well, they did release the 1st MacBook without any event...
But, iPhone 2 is something too big to not have an event for. Especially the software they are developing.
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I figured it out.
The iPhone2 is Apple's baby. As a gift to Apple (the mom), iPhone2 will be released.
Seriously, it better be soon. There are thousands of people daily that renew their plan and/or buy cell phones. Apple will not lose out on the chance to capitalize on as many cell phone sales as possible.
Picture business person trying to decide between iPhone and Blackberry this week and the subsequent weeks. He decides to buy the iPhone, then he learns it's sold out but he needs a phone now. He happily goes with the Blackberry. (not everyone reads this forums and is anticipating iPhone2 like we are and will wait for it when they need a phone now)
I say a press-release Monday with an invitation to an event on Friday May 16th at
HQ.
I figured it out.
The iPhone2 is Apple's baby. As a gift to Apple (the mom), iPhone2 will be released.
Seriously, it better be soon. There are thousands of people daily that renew their plan and/or buy cell phones. Apple will not lose out on the chance to capitalize on as many cell phone sales as possible.
Picture business person trying to decide between iPhone and Blackberry this week and the subsequent weeks. He decides to buy the iPhone, then he learns it's sold out but he needs a phone now. He happily goes with the Blackberry. (not everyone reads this forums and is anticipating iPhone2 like we are and will wait for it when they need a phone now)
I say a press-release Monday with an invitation to an event on Friday May 16th at
HQ.
I can't wait till tuesday.
seriously though I hope this means that this is coming sooner than we thought.
What if Apple is going to announce the new iPhone at a media event in the next week or so because of the FCC, stop selling the current phone, and then release it June 27th. We know for sure June 27th is the day, because of the vacation by AT&T.
as an current iphone owner, i am tempted to get the new model. however, i am aware that the software release in june will itself give me a nearly new phone for free. i've been considering not buying a new iphone because of that.
maybe apple is betting on impulsive purchases on the part of current iphone owners if the new model is released ahead of the software update?
Not really. It's been costing them a fortune in good will and bad press because of the stupidity (or more to the point, the cupidity) of people who think to get something for nothing by buying something that's clearly end-of-lifing and then crying like a baby with fingers shut in a car door after Apple rolls out the new model.
So hey. If I were Apple right about now, I'd do more than let the inventory run out. I'd run up a big flag outside all the brick stores and a banner across the online store too: OUT of PHONES. NEW ONE COMING SOON.
See the average prospective customer will go "Oh wow, that's great, a new iPhone is coming out soon, just like the rumors said. Wowee zowee!!!"
It's only the whiners who will say "Oh no, I wanted to buy an old one so I could hassle Apple about selling old phones when a new one is coming soon."
So what does Apple have to lose by depleting inventory? All the whiners whine anyway. Who cares if they are whining over no phones or their imagined insult at having bought an older model at the last possible minute before a new one is available.
The day that Steve Jobs says the word new before he's holding the product he's talking about is the day Ballmer becomes Google's CEO.
Maybe they don't ship because they have a supply issue and not because a new phone is coming out soon.
i wonder if the apple stores themselves are still selling iPhones. I wonder if Apple will tell them that they cant sell any of the ones that they have?? we can only wait and speculate
So it must be the best time to sell on Ebay and get the max possible, ready to jump on the new one as soon as it is release. But what about if this is just a blip and the new model is not release in the UK until August (after the US release in June). Them I may be screwed for 3 months at least. What's your opinion?
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I don't think anybody here can say we know anything for sure, there is a possibility that that *rumor* (the at&t email about vacations) was thrown out there (the net) to throw people off or it could be totally made up, nothing is fact....even the belief the next iphone is going to be 3g is a presumed fact (99.9% a given, but not entirely fact). I'm not trying to provoke anybody here or steal anybodys thunder, I'm as keen as the next man or woman to get a hold of the new iphone.
I waited out on the first gen iphone, have an ipod touch and love it to bits, which has turned me to the iphone and Apple as a company in a big way. I'm guessing this is true for quite a few people who never previously owned anything Apple. Just last night I was looking at the Apple site, eyeing up the laptops and desktops, I would never have done this if it wasnt for the ipod touch/iphone.
Thanks for listening to my ramblings.
Neil.
Sorry but you're wrong - it's possible that they could lose some sales to a few who have to replace their current phone (due to work and perhaps moving to a new location) ... Everyone else will be willing to wait, most knowing that iPhone 2.0 is eminent and they are going to get a gas of a deal.
It is out of stock, maybe they are going up and down with small stock?
http://bayimg.com/NaJnfaaBJ <---what I see, the 8GB is out of stock now, but the 16GB is in stock, but earlier, I saw both were out of stock.
Perhaps, but given last quarter's unit sales that doesn't seem likely.
Looks like one of two things: Bad supply chain logistics or, more likely, stock wind down.