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Retail Inventory Of 8GB iPhone 3G Low

Apple will...

Apple will add a 32 GB version before the year is over. This will increase there year end numbers of phones sold.

They will if they are smart:apple:
 
Apple is simply temporarily running low on supplies of the model.

I can guarantee Apple is simply temporarily running low on supplies of the model.
 
The problem now with the 32GB model is not NAND price but there is really not enough room in current iPhone 3G design for extra NAND chips.

iPhone and iPod Touch uses 8 GB NAND chips and since iPod Touch doesn't have all the extra gsm, HSDPA and bluetooth chips, it can fit 4 of those 8GB NANDs. iPhone can only fit 2 of them.

Frankly, I don't know if there is one single 16GB NAND chip for iPhone, don't even know how expensive it is either.

Someone might be able to do some research on this.

Anyway, I don't see Apple release a 32GB version of iPhone until 1Q 2009.
 
I don't understand all this hype, i mean, hasn't the iPhone been short on stock ever since its release? If there is a refresh then it won't have anything to do with unit numbers.
 
autumn said:
The problem now with the 32GB model is not NAND price but there is really not enough room in current iPhone 3G design for extra NAND chips.

iPhone and iPod Touch uses 8 GB NAND chips and since iPod Touch doesn't have all the extra gsm, HSDPA and bluetooth chips, it can fit 4 of those 8GB NANDs. iPhone can only fit 2 of them.

Frankly, I don't know if there is one single 16GB NAND chip for iPhone, don't even know how expensive it is either.

Someone might be able to do some research on this.

Anyway, I don't see Apple release a 32GB version of iPhone until 1Q 2009.
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I am pretty sure you are very wrong about this.
 
fandsw said:
Corporations do. At $199 it is the same price as a Blackberry on corporate accounts. With Exchange now available and the data prices the same for both devices a lot of corporate buyers can now justify an iPhone over a BB. I did....
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Exactly! And Apple knows this. :)


I think the reason the 8GB is low in inventory is for the same reason the 8GB was low in inventory for the first few weeks that the iPhone3Gs came out: The 8GB model is a lot more in demand than the 16GB phone. Before I bought my 8GB, I went to several Apple stores on several different days and the 8GB were sold out and all they had were 16GB. The employees told me that the 8GB were more popular and were the first to be sold. I'm sure we're probably just seeing them sold out again. I talked to a kid about a week ago that works at an Apple store (he was not working at the time) and he told me that although there are not lines outside of the store anymore, they are still selling iPhones all day long from open to close.

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One things for sure though. The moment we get the 32GB iPhone, we also get the 64GB iPod Touch. (maybe in a few weeks, but its surely gonna happen that way)
 
Well if the 32gb is released.... whats the upgrade policy for people who got the iphone 3g when it first came out? Anyone think Apple would let us just renew our 2yr contract from the date 32gb is purchased?
 
hayduke said:
Who cares? Does anyone actually buy the 8GB?
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I got mine free, no not very much bothered if I use half of the 8GB then I am lucky, :) just tickles me how people are so OMG my phones obsolete. Fact is people the 32GB iPhone will look no different, apart from a little badge on the back, and if a color ( white be it perhaps? ) bothers you so much, and affects your feeling over your phone that much, then I advise you see medical help.
 
Personally I won't go for the iPhone until it comes out in 32GB as I can't justify the premium price for something which won't harness all its potential i.e. films, playing ever more complex games (Spore). If they don't offer a 32GB'r by 14th Oct I'll pull the trigger for the iPod touch in 32GB.
 
I'm doubtfull this is the case, seams like bad timing, not to mention it seams as though few users (not I) even want/need additional memory in thier iPhone at his point.
 
Just low stock.

Lots of people are getting them - I see a lot of them out there now. People I know are getting them had to wait until their old cell contract was over.

If they come out with a 32 Gig, it will be $399 (w/ contract).
 
If a friggin' 32GB comes out after all this hoopla, i'll be super pissed. I bought the 8GB because if have an iPod classic and the 16GB wasn't worth it to me. A 32GB would fit all my stuff. Damn you apple *shakes fist*. Wait I forgot we're on page 2, no need to fret... yet.
 
cdinca said:
I am pretty sure you are very wrong about this.
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What's your source? I know for sure that's the reason why there was no 32GB iPhone when 32GB iPod Touch was introduced. There are a couple of sites that have opened and teared everything apart on iPhone and couldn't find any extra room for 2 8GB NAND chips in there.

The only question is: is there a single 16GB NAND chip now and how expensive is it.
 
autumn said:
The problem now with the 32GB model is not NAND price but there is really not enough room in current iPhone 3G design for extra NAND chips.

iPhone and iPod Touch uses 8 GB NAND chips and since iPod Touch doesn't have all the extra gsm, HSDPA and bluetooth chips, it can fit 4 of those 8GB NANDs. iPhone can only fit 2 of them.

Frankly, I don't know if there is one single 16GB NAND chip for iPhone, don't even know how expensive it is either.

Someone might be able to do some research on this.

Anyway, I don't see Apple release a 32GB version of iPhone until 1Q 2009.
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i thought the iphone only had one memory slot while the touch has 2, not the 2 and 4 slots respectivley
 
Low stock? LOW STOCK???

There are no iPhones in stock in Ireland. At all. None. Not one. Nada. Zip. Bupkiss. Not only do O2 not know when they'll have more, but they don't even know when they will know! Most stores here in Cork have waiting lists of 50-100.

Spoilt Americans don't know how lucky they are... </mumble grumble> :p
 
autumn said:
What's your source? I know for sure that's the reason why there was no 32GB iPhone when 32GB iPod Touch was introduced. There are a couple of sites that have opened and teared everything apart on iPhone and couldn't find any extra room for 2 8GB NAND chips in there.

The only question is: is there a single 16GB NAND chip now and how expensive is it.
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With the v1 iPhone it was 1 compared to the touch's 2.

Since they made a 16 v1, then I assume they are using the same 16gb memory in the 3g. Unless they changed the achitecture of the v1 between the 8 and the 16 to accept 2 NANDs.
 
Shortage due to USB Power Adapter Recall, NOT a model refresh

Just got back from the Apple Store in Plano, TX, and I have answers. According to a Genius, the shortage has nothing to do with a refresh, and everything to do with the USB Power Adapter for the iPhone 3G that Apple just recalled.

Apparently, Apple has been planning this recall for a while now, and this particular Apple store already had replacement 8Gb iPhones packaged with new USB power adapters. He even showed me the box for the new 8Gb iPhones that had just arrived yesterday...there was a little green circlular sticker on the back of the box to denote that it included the newly designed USB adapters, and not the faulty recalled ones.

So for all you hold-outs thinking 32Gb phone will arrive this Tuesday, the smart money is on not seeing a refresh of the iPhones until after Christmas. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
 
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haha jk it'd be nice to bump up the low end iphone anyway
 
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