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Apple iPhone 3GS sold out in UK

Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 08:59 AM EST

"UK mobile operator O2 has exhausted its supply of Apple’s latest hot gadget," Telecoms.com reports.

"A posting on the O2 UK website tells consumers that due to phenomenal demand for the iPhone 3GS, the company has run out of stock online, over the phone and in retail stores," Telecoms.com reports. "The company said it expects additional stock of the iPhone 3GS at the end of this week."

Telecoms.com reports, "In terms of hardware enhancements, the iPhone 3GS features longer battery life, a 3 megapixel autofocus camera, which happily allows video recording, hands free voice control and a digital compass that complements the onboard GPS to reorient maps to the direction you are facing."

In terms of software enhancements, "Version 3.0 adds over 100 new features to the older devices including: Cut, Copy and Paste; MMS; improved search; landscape keyboard; parental controls; Voice Memos; a Find My iPhone feature that works together with MobileMe; Remote Wipe; wireless downloading of movies, TV and audio programs; and peer to peer functionality," Telecoms.com reports.

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Jul 02, 09 - 09:23 am Comment from: DD from Belgium

...guess something similar is happening here in NL: the initial batches delivered to the stores were gone immediately (there were many more on pre-order than were distributed the first day), and in the mean time, pre-order people (like myself: ordered the first day that a pre-order was possible) are still waiting.
Anyone walking into the stores: please join the queue, expect a 2-4 weeks wait at least...

And I don't expect Apple to purposely produce less - guess the production lines are at 180% of their normal capacity still...

(and my colleague/friend down the hall - an earlier-on-the-1st-day-pre-order guy - has his 3GS since last Saturday, and keeps on bugging me with it)

Jul 02, 09 - 09:38 am Comment from: DogGone

That's odd because supply in the US is generally good. Apple may have underestimated the demand in Europe.

The other problem is whether the production levels are high enough to cope with current demand. Apple did an excellent job ramping and stock piling for the initial sale. However those initial stocks may have been depleted preventing Apple from moving stock to areas that are out.

I feel for you DD. Hopefully you'll get yours soon. It took me two years to get an iPhone and it was well worth the wait!

Jul 03, 09 - 08:30 am Comment from: Crabapple

How many units did they have to start with? Is this just hype?? Has Apple inc's own stores sold out??? A few figures however inaccurate would help everyone form an impression of whether one is impressed or amazingly impressed.

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