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SingTel to offer iPhone out East; TIM chief says 3G model in June
Singapore-based SingTel has announced plans to offer Apple's iPhone in parts of Asia and Australia, while Telecom Italia Mobile's chief executive has pinpointed June as a time when Italians will be able to purchase a 3G model of the handset.In a brief statement to the press on Monday, SingTel said it has signed an agreement with Apple to offer the iPhone in Singapore, India, the Philippines and Australia through its subsidiaries -- Bharti Airtel, Globe and Optus-- later this year.
The announcement indicates that SingTel will be the second wireless provider to offer the touch-screen handset in India and Australia, joining Vodafone which previously announced its intention to service those countries in the near term, along with eight other markets.
Meanwhile, ElectronicsWeekly's David Manners is reporting on a conversation he had with TIM chief executive Luigi Licciardi, in which the Italian mobile headman is said to have confirmed that a 3G iPhone will be available for purchase in Italy during the month of June.
"We will be selling an iPhone with 3G capability next month," he told Manners on a bus ride to dinner following the first day of the International Electronics Forum in Dubai.
Over the weekend, Apple's online stores in both the U.S. and U.K. abruptly stopped taking orders for the current versions of the iPhone.
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With the Apple Store, Carphone Warehouse & O2 all out of stock, common sense that would suggest the 3G handset announcement is imminent, with or without the media hype build up. What is Apple up to? Do they have an ace card up their sleeve? Time will tell I guess...
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Originally Posted by drjjones 
just can't believe Apple won't be selling phones till late June.
I thought Steve was smarter than this . He sure screwed up this time. Maybe we can piss him off if he reads this and he will change his mind .
just can't believe Apple won't be selling phones till late June.
I thought Steve was smarter than this . He sure screwed up this time. Maybe we can piss him off if he reads this and he will change his mind .Where did you read in this article that the phone wouldn't be available until late June?
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Originally Posted by Abster2core
Where did you read in this article that the phone wouldn't be available until late June?
Where did you read in this article that the phone wouldn't be available until late June?
No mention in this article but AT&T talks about vacation time refusals on june 15th and 27th was mentioned as most expected time .
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Originally Posted by drjjones
I thought Steve was smarter than this . He sure screwed up this time. .
I thought Steve was smarter than this . He sure screwed up this time.
.It is possible that he is much smarter than you think.
1) He is clearing out inventory of a previous generation product;
2) He is minimizing the number of product returns that he has to deal with and providing at least a two-week window before stopping sales on the current version and introducing the new product (as has been pointed out by others many times before);
3) If you were possibly in the market for a smartphone/iPhone these past few weeks (or the next few), you'd have to be illiterate and living on Mars if you didn't know that there was a 3G iPhone coming. Apple is being very smart in recognizing that the cat was well out of the bag (see, e.g., the loudmouth from TIM), and that people's purchase decisions would be affected.
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Originally Posted by drjjones
No mention in this article but AT&T talks about vacation time refusals on june 15th and 27th was mentioned as most expected time .
No mention in this article but AT&T talks about vacation time refusals on june 15th and 27th was mentioned as most expected time .
So, if the iPhone launched on June 15th, you would consider that late June?
Is this the same source that you got to state previously that, "...apple signed a one year with AT&T that ends on June 29,2008?"
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Originally Posted by anantksundaram
It is possible that he is much smarter than you think.
1) He is clearing out inventory of a previous generation product;
2) He is minimizing the number of product returns that he has to deal with and providing at least a two-week window before stopping sales on the current version and introducing the new product (as has been pointed out by others many times before);
3) If you were possibly in the market for a smartphone/iPhone these past few weeks (or the next few), you'd have to be illiterate and living on Mars if you didn't know that there was a 3G iPhone coming. Apple is being very smart in recognizing that the cat was well out of the bag (see, e.g., the loudmouth from TIM), and that people's purchase decisions would be affected.
It is possible that he is much smarter than you think.
1) He is clearing out inventory of a previous generation product;
2) He is minimizing the number of product returns that he has to deal with and providing at least a two-week window before stopping sales on the current version and introducing the new product (as has been pointed out by others many times before);
3) If you were possibly in the market for a smartphone/iPhone these past few weeks (or the next few), you'd have to be illiterate and living on Mars if you didn't know that there was a 3G iPhone coming. Apple is being very smart in recognizing that the cat was well out of the bag (see, e.g., the loudmouth from TIM), and that people's purchase decisions would be affected.
I didn't say i was selling my stock yet.Tomorrow would be a good day for a new iphone Steve
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Originally Posted by Abster2core
So, if the iPhone launched on June 15th, you would consider that late June?
So, if the iPhone launched on June 15th, you would consider that late June?
Sounds like it's coming the 27th and that is late , if not the 29th. I know the 15th is the middle but even the 15th is a month with NO iphone sales. I can sell this phone without the hype and Steve can too . It will be a barn burner . I'm just droolin and hopein . that's all .
If you're referring to that AT&T memo, I took it as the iPhone was going to be released on the 15th and they would need their employees around at least through the 27th. If there was any chance that the iPhone was being released on the 27th, do you think they'd allow their employees to take vacation on the 28th?
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Originally Posted by anantksundaram
It is possible that he is much smarter than you think.
1) He is clearing out inventory of a previous generation product;
2) He is minimizing the number of product returns that he has to deal with and providing at least a two-week window before stopping sales on the current version and introducing the new product (as has been pointed out by others many times before);
3) If you were possibly in the market for a smartphone/iPhone these past few weeks (or the next few), you'd have to be illiterate and living on Mars if you didn't know that there was a 3G iPhone coming. Apple is being very smart in recognizing that the cat was well out of the bag (see, e.g., the loudmouth from TIM), and that people's purchase decisions would be affected.
It is possible that he is much smarter than you think.
1) He is clearing out inventory of a previous generation product;
2) He is minimizing the number of product returns that he has to deal with and providing at least a two-week window before stopping sales on the current version and introducing the new product (as has been pointed out by others many times before);
3) If you were possibly in the market for a smartphone/iPhone these past few weeks (or the next few), you'd have to be illiterate and living on Mars if you didn't know that there was a 3G iPhone coming. Apple is being very smart in recognizing that the cat was well out of the bag (see, e.g., the loudmouth from TIM), and that people's purchase decisions would be affected.
I agree with all of the above. Clearing out stock before next generation is standard practice. There is one thing that I can't wrap my head around, though: Why would Apple, after (purposefully?) running out of stock on an item, still wait for a few weeks before actually confirming/announcing a next generation? It's a lot easier to push up the hype if there has been an announcement (Macworld 07 anyone?). I don't think anyone is suggesting that there will be an announcement before WWDC. This really does seem like an odd time to run out of stock, if only because there is no impending official announcement.
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just can't believe Apple won't be selling phones till late June.
I thought Steve was smarter than this . He sure screwed up this time.
Maybe we can piss him off if he reads this and he will change his mind .