While the UK has been reporting a run on current-model iPhones recently, Gizmodo says that the shortage has reached across the pond to New York City. According to an anonymous staffer at the West 14th street Apple Store, "it's been out of stock all week." And to think, you were only worried about rice and flour.
If you check out the picture on Gizmodo, you'll see a line of about 30 people who are waiting for an iPhone at the West 14th street store. These people will probably be very upset in a month or two.
[Via Cult of Mac]
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5-09-2008 @ 2:32PM
Ryan Trevisol said...
Well in an effort to alleviate this shortage, I'll be auctioning my iPhone off on ebay, complete with case, invisible shield and applecare . . .
Proceeds will benefit the, uh, "Next Big Thing" Fund. ;-)
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5-09-2008 @ 2:33PM
Ben Packard said...
Having just got back from the US, I know their pain only too well. I force-fed my own (UK) iphone diet coke on day 2 of a 3 week trip, and subsequently embarked on a 4-city apple tour, to no avail. New York was certainly the most difficult (nothing in any of their 3 manhattan stores for the three days I was there), but I had no luck in DC, Boston or San Francisco either. I was looking for the 16GB, for the record (the 8GB is cheaper back home).
The aforementioned sweet-toothed phone has since returned to some semblance of functionality, so I guess like the rest of the world I'll hang on now until June.
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5-09-2008 @ 2:39PM
Virtuous said...
Apple picked a bad time to run low on iPhones. Mother's Day, high school and college graduations all fall in May.
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5-09-2008 @ 2:45PM
justin c said...
no 8gb iphones in the whitehall, pa apple store in lehigh valley
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5-09-2008 @ 2:57PM
PSM said...
Did Apple goof by stopping production of the 1st-gen iPhones too early, or could this mean the new one is actually closer than commonly believed? Though I guess if the AT&T memo really says June 15, that pretty much locks it down to the late-June timeframe.
I guess the one good thing about running out of iPhones early is that people won't be able to return them within the 14-day window when the new one comes out. Maybe they plan to announce it a little earlier (WWDC?) and let the anticipation build for a few weeks while there are no iPhones for sale anywhere.
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5-09-2008 @ 3:15PM
Tom Zagaja said...
Bridgewater, NJ Apple Store is sold out of all their iPhones.
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5-09-2008 @ 4:40PM
Boyo said...
As of Yesterday No iPhones here in Chicago either.
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5-09-2008 @ 5:02PM
yo said...
OLD news. All NYC have been sold out for at least 2 weeks.
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5-09-2008 @ 6:35PM
Rubbinz said...
The iPhone's been in a shortage in the States since March 20th. At least in most Apple stores, and the online store has had a 5-7 day wait for shipping since then. Ordering from the AT&T web site has been smooth though. I ordered one on April 16th for a friend that isn't interested in 3G since she has no coverage in her area and she wanted the current gen. It shipped the next day.
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5-09-2008 @ 7:43PM
ben babics said...
i sold my 8gb iphone yesterday for $300. BRING ON THE NEW IPHONES!!
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5-11-2008 @ 1:07AM
Virtuous said...
Apple needs to begin selling the new iPhones ASAP. I bought my 16 GB iPhone in February the week after they went on sale. No regrets whatsoever.
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5-11-2008 @ 8:07PM
Ricardo Rivera said...
Picked up four iphone's(3 for friends and one for me) at the Chicago store on wednesday. When i went there where no 8gb and i guess since they sold out of the 16gb. I know that a new one is coming soon and if the black glossy plastic rumors are true I'm glad i picked up the gen 1 phone.
Also i picked up a MBA (My first mac!)
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