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Tue, 6th January 2009
IPhone Shortage: A Sign of Impending 3-G Release or Simply High Demand?
Man, the 3-G iPhone rumors meet won’t stop. While Gene Munster’s possess weekday report titled for a June promulgation of a 3-G iPhone, the Piper Jaffray shrink has already denaturized his tune, and today thinks a newborn process of the figure could modify modify sooner.
Why the modify of heart? Well, after quantity that destined high-profile Apple stores were running discover of the phones, Jaffray definite to call up 20 retail stores crossways the land and wager if this was an unaccompanied event or not. Lo and behold, he institute hour of them had iPhones in stock.
Now, according to a newborn investor note, Munster figures there’s an 80 proportionality quantity that a newborn iPhone is reaching early than expected, though he doesn’t provide a fine date.
Dan Frommer over at Silicon Alley has another, more reasonable, explanation for the shortage: broad demand.
[Via Barrons]
Photo: Flickr/Jason Schlachet
Melted From: Wired: Gadget Lab
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