I know this may begin to sound a bit boring in a few days, but..."did you get the iPhone 3G yet?" is the question of the day, and will continue to remain a hot topic for a while. The reason should be obvious, especially for those that tried once, twice, even three times or more, but every time ended up facing a "sold out" sign, or being told there's no iPhone 3G remaining in the store. If you remember well, one of the iPhone 3G problems noticed last week was this supply problem, but today I got some interesting details, even shocking to me, and probably to some of you, too. Let's see what is this all about now, shall we?
According to the latest reports, only 11 days after the release of the iPhone 3G, there are less locations having the device available for sale, than those displaying the "sold out" sign. If you want to talk about the iPhone 3G availability in US, it's enough to say the smartphone is all bout sold out in 38 states! For example, there's only one Apple Store having any iPhones available - the Pleasanton store, with only the 16GB black model, and the notorious Fifth Avenue Store in New York City is the only one in the entire New York state, but only 16GB white iPhones can be found here!
In the entire US, only a single Honolulu store and the Salem, New Hampshire store claim to have any iPhone 3G model available, but they only list one model to be ready for today.
While Apple keeps delivering iPhone 3G phones on a daily basis to its stores, it seems the demand is simply crushing any previous estimation, so this makes me ask if it is possible for Apple's greatest enemy of the moment to be its own success. I know it may sound strange, but this is the truth. After all, after trying to get the 3G-wonder from the Cupertino-based company a few times, possible buyers could go and get a Samsung Instinct, or another interesting competitor, one that's not necessarily better, but much easier to find...
