its always good to see apple try corporate shortage tricks. they should realize the only people who will buy these anyways are apple fan boys and they would buy them all up at once.
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DamonO @ 17 July, 2008 12:05:02 PM
I am not a fan of Apple, but if I had AT&T I would buy one. Too bad I will probably never purchase AT&T service.
Instant Gratification.
Thats want makes us all happy. It sit anxiously by the mail box staring down any delievery person is just NOT fun! I wasnt at all surprised by this. Its unfortunate that Apple is doing this.
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DamonO @ 17 July, 2008 12:05:34 PM
Uhhh....it's not just Apple who does this. It's called supply and demand. They only release so many at a time because they want to keep the hype up on the product they are selling.
Apple could easily produce a hundred milllion of these if they wanted. The sad thing is it IS Apple this time using 'supply and demand' to its fullest.
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anonymous @ 17 July, 2008 02:24:35 PM
you said that "this tim apple is using supply and demand" like its the first time they have ever done it. since the release of th original ipod apple has done this, its strategic marketing. only thing about doing that is that it pisses some people off then they go and buy a different phone or mp3 player.
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Last week the industry was abuzz with rumors that next generation phone company Ribbit, was sold to BT for $55 million. While the rumored sale is still unconfirmed, one reason why BT would want Ribbit has not yet been discussed; Mobile VoIP. You see Ribbit has a pretty slick iPhone application, that while not released yet, would enhance BT’s current Mobile VoIP offering. Sure, there is Ribbit’s 4,000 platform developers who might be worth something, but not $55 million. With Mobile VoIP companies like Nimbuzz (who grabbed a second $13 million round in funding) I think that BT sees Ribbit as an affordable way to enhance their current Mobile VoIP pursuits.
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anonymous @ 20 July, 2008 10:28:47 PM
What the hell are you talking about and what relevance, if any, does that have with Apple creating demand by limiting the supply to the consumer? This isn't a production issue; Apple has learned from Nintendo (Wii...hellooo) that the consumer wants what they can't get. Unfortunately for Apple, we don't want what we can't get when it comes to the iPhone...Didn't see that one coming did you Jobbs???
If they made a ton of them it would've taken longer to release, why does everyone even care so much? If you don't want it and don't like it why would you care it's sold out? Pretty sure every new big electronic (PS3, Wii) sells out when it's first released. You people need lives outside of iPhone news.
Yea honestly why do people wait in line for hours even a day just for a phone that is a Ipod Touch lol. You do know they do this stuff on purpose to make people and the demand for a new product to sky rocket. because if they produce too many of them and dont sell out then what was the purpose of having a new product on the market???
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SprintDude @ 17 July, 2008 01:40:22 PM
HTC Touch Diamond or HTC Rafael, is far much better of a phone than the 3G I-phone and its not even out yet.
vzw fanboys nervous yet..ATT still live iphone the best phone still...continue to hate NERDS...hate is the new love.
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anonymous @ 17 July, 2008 10:14:09 PM
Nervous about what? The iphone 2.0? more like 1.1. What the crap does that thing do thats new again? Cost less? Run on a barely there 3G network? Download 3rd party apps? Sweet. So when will the list of it's CANS get longer than it's CAN'TS. Let me know when AT&T starts getting recognized for network reliability/availability/customer service consistantlly. AT&T? Oh yeah, thats that company that has the iphone. Thats all they are known for.
sucks that iphone is running on ATT, shit ass service but great phone. once verizon gets the memo that gsm is better, at&t will plumet
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anonymous @ 21 July, 2008 07:56:36 AM
gsm? verizon has no intention on going to gsm. CDMA is working just fine considering the network is better then any gsm network in the US. everyone made a big deal about 3g coming out with ATT, hahaha verizon has had its EVDO network for a while now and with EVDO you actually get service in more places then you do with 3g. Im sure they'll expand there 3g network sooner or later but it will still be a few years before they catch up in network size.
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