iPhone is 'unavailable' in UK and US Apple stores; 3G release imminent?

to add to the list the Apple store in Bonita Springs, FL is out of iPhones and the employees say, obviously, they don't know when/if they will be getting more in anytime soon

I just clicked around on the French Orange site and there too both the 8 and 16 gig iPhones are out of stock. Can't complete the check on the German T-Mobile site, but they still advertise it and allow you to add it into the shopping cart.

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It looks like the iPhone is still in stock on AT&T's wireless site with free 2nd shipping! This may point towards AT&T will continue selling iPhone (1st gen) until 3G iPhone comes out. Then perhaps offer the $200 rebate on the 1st gen iPhone because 3G iPhone will be unlocked!

Isn't this post a mash up of 2 previous posts abt UK and NYC not having anymore iPhones for sale?

Just sold my Week 26 iPhone (bought 7/1) for $400 on craigslist. I'm stowing the cash away, and if the rumors are true, I just made $200 on my phone after going 3G for $199.99.

the new iphone will DEFINETLY be out this june.

Reason #1- apple sent out that memo saying no vacations between june 15th and july 12th because of an "exciting new platform release"! which is the exact same thing they sent out last year before the iphone came out.

reason #2- jobs said we would get one THIS year.

reason #3- iphonefreakz.com has posted a story about a screenshot found on an iphone running v.2.0 beta 5 and on here it has a "enable 3g" slider! this obviously means that they plan to have 3g by the time this 2.0 software for the iphone comes out.. i.e. late june or june 29th (to coincide with last years release)

reason #4- THEYRE OUT OF 1ST GENERATION IPHONES! in case you missed it (cuz u wer livin in a cave) apple has had an iphone shortage since march and is no longer selling them online.

so that only leaves the question- when will we know for sure? me thought? we will here an announcement describing the release date of it soon.. say within the next week er two? apple would never go without a whole month without selling any iphones at all for no reason! people would get mad if they bout an iphone on monday and then tuesday they announced the 3g iphone! by doing this (not selling them online and whatnot) they avoid all confusion and anger. then they start selling first generation iphones again for those of you who mite not care for 3g!

Clicky: Graphic on the left is from the US store, in dollars. The one on the right is from the UK store, in pounds.

Sorry, that's the other way 'round...why is the 8GB model 70 quid more expensive than the 16GB one in your graphic?

I may be missing something but why is the 16GB model 70 quid more expensive than the 8GB one in your graphic?