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Friday, September 14, 2012, 05:32 pm
Apple 'completely blown away' by iPhone 5 demand
Less than half a day after opening iPhone 5 pre-orders, Apple has been hit with stockouts of all models, including those provided to U.S. wireless carriers.In a statement to All Things D, Apple spokeswoman Nat Kerris said, “Pre-orders for iPhone 5 have been incredible. We’ve been completely blown away by the customer response.”
iPhone 5 pre-orders went live at 12:01 a.m. PDT, with customer demand at Apple's online store seeing a sellout of first-day shipment stock in about an hour. Launch day stock at the three major U.S. wireless operators, Verizon, AT&T and Sprint, likewise dwindled some hours later. Sprint is the only carrier with units available for delivery on Sept. 21, however stock is limited to the 32GB and 64GB models.
While the initial batch of launch day iPhone 5s are sold out, Apple and its partners are still taking pre-orders for the device, with the Online Apple Store now quoting ship-by dates of 2-3 weeks.
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Imagine that, the Chinese must be smiling maybe even laughing.
iPhone 5 selling out was never doubted, the reasons why it sells out so quickly and how many they had available should be the real story.
Uh oh, you know what this means. Apple intentionally shorted the inventory so that they could make this claim.
/s
I love the `tech gurus of the Android world' talking smack about a blah product. Quality sells out. A choice of 50 so-so and a few very large screen phones will force OEMs to rethink it all from the ground up. Google is reaping money off your advertisement relationships. They could care less if the OEMs fail. They'll quietly make sure their subsidiary, MM, starts to put out more compelling solutions.
Uh oh, you know what this means. Apple intentionally shorted the inventory so that they could make this claim.
/s
Bullshit. People come up with this all the time. Apple is in a hurry. iPhone Sales continously were decreasing in the past month due to people waited for the iPhone 5. The Financial Quarter ends September so they must sell each unit they have in Order to meet the goals the market will expect from them.
Apple will release a sneak peek next week and I would estimate 7 million units sold in 3-5 days
Apple intentionally shorted inventory, this guy makes me laugh eithe he is trolling or he is comple buffoon
iPhone 5 is a great phone and provides everything consumers want.
This is gonna be huge
iPhone 5 selling out was never doubted, the reasons why it sells out so quickly and how many they had available should be the real story.
Probably because it continues this:
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2012/09/iphone-tops-jd-power-customer-satisfaction-survey.html
http://www.bgr.com/2012/09/07/iphone-customer-satisfaction-bests-rivals-jd-power/
Like every iPhone that ever existed.
Apple intentionally shorted inventory, this guy makes me laugh eithe he is trolling or he is comple buffoon
Or maybe he was being sarcastic...
I believe "/s" is how tech people denote sarcasm. I take it you've never read any of his earlier posts?
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