[kjbridge]

What I'm really upset about is the apparent way in which Apple is trying to keep the hype up by shipping very few phones each day, at least to the stores around me. The largest store in my area got 20 (twenty) phones to sell today. They were sold before the store ever opened essentially. That store had 100+ people in line for the iPhone. I heard many say that they wanted to try it, but they were not going to take part in the marketing ploy and would just keep what they had currently or get a comptetitor phone. I am an Apple fan, but I must admit that it has really put a sour taste in my mouth that Apple has 10 million or so of these things already in their possession, but they are only shipping 20 to my store???? Apple could have sold more than 100 phone at the one store that I was at this AM, and that is just based on the people in line before the store opened. Who knows how many could have been sold? I'm still without an IPhone, and at this point I'm so frustrated I just may not join the enlightened. Anyone else know what Apple is thinking?

[WaterCons]

RE: iPhone, Wii, etc.

How many people will die if you do not purchase your iPhone on July 11, or July 30 for that matter?
How many people will be injured, suffer loss of their rights or even be inconvenienced except in a way only possible in our ultra materialist society?

Only people obsessed with buying a new product on the first day it is released have a problem with Apple, or anyone else's, marketing gimmicks and their anxiety is completely self-imposed.

Anyway, isn't buying version 1.0 usually a bad idea?

"Time is an illusion. Lunch time even more so." - Ford Prefect

[doglesby]

Remove the tinfoil hat. Most conspiracies are about making money, not turning it down. Next you're going to tell me the activation problems were a ploy to get free advertising on the evening news (it was covered here before the first commercial break). Since Apple couldn't activate the phones it shipped, we should all be thankful there weren't any more.

Apple gets all the hype it needs without limiting supply. Why do you think there were lines? It takes an awful lot of phones to cover a release in 22 countries (and remember, people were lining up in most, if not all, of those countries). Suggesting that Apple throttled production because phones sold out is poor reasoning. Apple is limited every bit as much as a concert venue. It's adding shows every day to satisfy everyone.

[Irish2dabone]

It's called "supply & demand"... they know exactly what their doing and its no accident. How do you not announce a 22-country release of the new 3G and not be prepared in advance for the demand... especially after last years release stat's. Let's look at the Publishers of Harry Potter's books... how many books did they have shipped to Book Stores, etc. in advance of the advertised sales date? Were there lines of anxious readers camped-out? Were there only 20-books or so to each store? I don't think so... Unless I skipped the first day of Marketing 101, I don't think I am missing anything... APPLE did not get to where they were today by not being proactive and anticipating market demand by accident.

[doglesby]

KPO said:

I don't think anyone's suggesting Apple deliberately throttled production down.

That's how I interpret "trying to keep the hype up by shipping very few phones each day."

[doglesby]

Actually Apple got to where it is by pretty consistently failing to live up to demand early in product life-cycles. Ramp up time is always a problem. You are asking Apple to spend a considerable amount of money warehousing iPhones until it has enough to supply everyone. That isn't the way Apple (or Sony, or Nintendo, ...) works. Sure it sucks if you wanted to get one yesterday, but the alternative is no one gets them until some later date. How is that an improvement?

[kyleeElyse]

the light on my iphone is staying on all of the time and it never goes off and it runs my battery down. Did i accidentley turn it on or is something wrong with my phone? Please help me fix this!!

[kyleeElyse]

The light on my iphone stays on all of the time it wont turn off and it runs my battery down, did i accidently turn it on or is something wrong with my phone? Please Help!!