US iPhone shortage: Apple stores out of stock

April 02nd, 2008 | Category: iPhone Talk

Apple store emptyCheery-faced PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster told clients the other day that one of the signs of an upcoming 3G iPhone was that twenty Apple stores are apparently out of stock of the handset.  Om Malik obviously has a decent long-distance shout package, considering his team decided to tryout out Munster’s claim and shout as many Apple stores as they could; locations were

selected randomly, from Hawaii to Chestnut Hill to San Francisco.

Turns out, the reply from each was the same: that they’re currently out of iPhones.  Now that doesn’t include AT&T stores, certainly, but it seems strange that the distribution chain would get so behind whether it wasn’t on purpose. 

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Original post by Chris Davies

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