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Apple Stores Sell Out of iPhone

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007 at 9:10 AM - by

Apple may have been able to meet iPhone demand for the June 29 release, but many of the company's retail locations are starting to sell out only four days after the launch. As many as 95 of Apple's 164 U.S. stores were sold out by Monday night, according to Bloomberg.

Apple Store locations in Hawaii, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Utah and Washington were completely sold out. Other states including Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, and several others still had iPhones available at some locations.

iPhone purchases made from the company's online store are shipping in 2-4 weeks, which may mean that Apple was planning its first major stock replenishment for two weeks after the initial launch.

Since Apple has not revealed how many iPhone units were distributed to stores, it's difficult to say if the shortage is a result of consumer demand, limited production, or a combination of both. Based on overall consumer reaction, however, demand for the combination iPod and smartphone is beginning to tax the available supply.

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Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:57 am

Just noticed that my iPhone order made at the online Apple Store on June 29 has been updated with a shipping date of July 6 which is better than 2 weeks.

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Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:08 am

Just move to Belgium. Locking phones to a provider is against the law here. But we can still buy phones with provider discounts. Sweet, eh?

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Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:09 pm

Guest wrote:
Just move to Belgium. Locking phones to a provider is against the law here. But we can still buy phones with provider discounts. Sweet, eh?

Okay. And how exactly is this a solution to iPhones being sold out?

MacObserver: PLEASE FIX THE LOGIN PROBLEM!! Very frustrating.

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Actual Reality said:

member since 16 Aug 2005 with 44 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:20 pm

the apple store in chicago on michigan ave. still has 4 gig ones in stock as of today... from what the guy told me, they had a bunch left too...

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Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:21 pm

Guest wrote:
Just move to Belgium. Locking phones to a provider is against the law here. But we can still buy phones with provider discounts. Sweet, eh?

Sure, but the iPhone doesn't work there, it's available in only one country.

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gslusher said:

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Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:23 pm

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MacObserver: PLEASE FIX THE LOGIN PROBLEM!! Very frustrating.

Try fixing it, yourself. First, go to your browser's cookie manager and delete all cookies with ipodobserver.com or macobserver.com. Clear the caches, as well. Then, go to an iPodObserver page and log in. For macobserver.com, do NOT log in on an article page. Instead, click on the "Forums" button at the top and use the log-in there. That seems to work much better.

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Bryan said:

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Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:36 pm

Thanks, gslusher! The login problem many have experienced is an unfortunate caching issue, and doing what gslusher said will fix it. We apologize for the hassles!

Bryan

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Sir Harry Flashman said:

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Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:26 pm

Bryan wrote:
Thanks, gslusher! The login problem many have experienced is an unfortunate caching issue, and doing what gslusher said will fix it. We apologize for the hassles!

Bryan

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iPO

I have tried that several times and it doesn't seem to hold. If I quit Safari and come back here I have to login again.

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gslusher said:

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Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:17 pm

Sir Harry Flashman wrote:
Bryan wrote:
Thanks, gslusher! The login problem many have experienced is an unfortunate caching issue, and doing what gslusher said will fix it. We apologize for the hassles!

Bryan

Editor

iPO

I have tried that several times and it doesn't seem to hold. If I quit Safari and come back here I have to login again.

That's not quite as bad as some have had it--they couldn't log in at all. Be sure that you do NOT log in on a news item page--use the MAIN forum log in, instead. If you log in on a news page, you will probably have to log in the next time. I can't verify this with the latest Safari, as I'm still using OS 10.3.9 and I use Camino.

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