Analysts seem to be tripping over themselves telling us
how well the iPhone sales are going. In fact, Goldman Sachs is now estimating some 700,000 units were sold in just the first weekend alone. Sweetness to the ears of Apple no doubt. But... look at the retail availability trend above from data harvested off Apple's iPhone locator site. On Saturday June 30th, Apple showed 100% availability at their stores although we know at least some of these were only stocked with 4GB models. On Monday, availability dropped off to 84% and then just 61% as of yesterday, July 2nd. This morning, Apple's only showing a 42% availability across the nation of which we're guessing most are the less sexy 4GB models. We'll have to wait for the stores to open but as far as we know, AT&T has
still not managed to restock since
selling out in the opening hours. Thus, anyone looking to purchase the device must either order on-line (and wait 2-4 weeks for delivery) or hoof it on down to your "local" Apple store which could be a state (or two) away. Now, depending upon your economic persuasion, this is either good news for Apple since stock isn't rotting on the shelves or bad news as they trend towards a replenishment issue with an inability to post profits in line with consumer demand. Before panicking however, you should note that several stores, particularly in Apple's home of California, who did not have stock yesterday are showing green for Tuesday.
Read -- Goldman Sachs
Read -- Apple's iPhone retail locator
posted Jul 3rd 2007 4:29AM
im sure they will have plenty of stock soon enough since here in sacramento and surrounding areas LOTS of icraphones have been returned....local news reported last night that "numerous units being returned" reasons varied from DATA SPEEDS, NO REMOVABLE BATTERY and all the things that have been discussed on here form weeks...if only those lemmings had looked on engadget first...would have saved some headache
im sure a lot more will get returned in a few months once the 3g version of the iphone comes out
dont trust apple's inventory iphone online checker if it is red CALL da store to get an exact answer. I looked for a store in NC were im vacationing and online it was red meaning no iphones there but when i called they had a "few" and i asked if there were at least two and he replied again yea theres a few here. soooo...there you go. Sadly we couldnt find the store in time and had an appointment somewhere soo ill be gettin it Fri
Happy independence day!
ATT stores recieved new stock today July 5, all 8G