“New York may now have three Apple stores, but there’s not a single iPhone among them,” Danny Shea reports for The Huffington Post.
“Apple Store employees at all three New York locations — the original SoHo store, the 59th Street location, and the most recent addition, on West 14th Street — have confirmed that each store is sold out of iPhones, and they don’t know when they’ll be getting new ones,” Shea reports.
Full (brief) article here.
MacDailyNews Note: We can confirm (via iPhone, no less) that each of the three NYC stores are reporting “currently sold out.” The iPhone is still available at AT&T Stores in and around Manhattan.
The where also sold out past weekend before last, hear in Houston Texas. So, who said these things aren’t selling?
A lot of them are going to Europe, I must assume.
People are literally boarding planes to NYC with nothing but what they wear just to go on a shopping-spree to even buy the suitcases.
Now excuse me while I have to remind my co-worker to bring a time-capsule back from his vacation in Florida…
FYI: the 1 TB TC costs 729 USD (at current exchange rate) here in .ch, including 7.6% VAT.
@ Mad Mac Maniac,
You gotta lay off of the coke and the hip-hop attitude/ jargon.
The iPhone isn’t for everyone and that is a good thing.
Dude, you might want to dial back on the coffee. You sound pretty caffeinated. No, let me amend that: REALLY caffeinated.
Also, face facts: you’re a purist. A railbird. A perfectionist. Even when Apple does issue what you listed above, I’m sure you’ll come up with a new list of demands that would make any iPhone beneath your dignity.
Given the demand for the iPhone, either the market is wrong and we’re all idiots but you, or you’re underestimating the market. Your choice. But know this: you’re very much in the minority. For a product that’s barely one year old, even the most difficult to please critics are quite impressed. Given that perspective, you might want to soften your stance.
Finally, consider that you’re a consumer and not the producer. The producer, in this case, Apple has to contend with the following, much of which is not under its control:
1. 3G is not yet available on the iPhone because its partner, AT&T;, is still behind on its nationwide build-out of 3G. It may be that the money they’re making on the iPhone is what’s underwriting AT&T;’s build-out of a 3G network. While 3G coverage is getting better in metro areas, it’s still spotty elsewhere. Apple can’t change that, except to drive demand for 3G.
2. As reported, 3G chips have been VERY power hungry. If Apple had come out with a 3G iPhone out of the gate, it might have been slapped with fierce criticism that the iPhone has no battery life. That could have killed a great product immediately. We know that much more efficient 3G chips are coming, but to my knowledge, none have shipped yet.
3. GPS: that’s another way to suck battery life. Like 3G chips, GPS will improve a lot. But in the mean time, there are workarounds that do the job pretty well.
4. More storage: We’ve already seen significant expansion of memory on the iPhone. But it’s still expensive on the open market. Apple does not make the memory chips. But the demand that Apple has created for them is driving down the cost. My advice: be patient.
5. Camera: If you want a good digital camera, buy one. Get a Nikon, Canon or whatever. A camera is a nice-to-have, but it’s not the primary component in the an iPhone.
6. Other carriers: when pigs fly. Apple and AT&T;have a contractual agreement. Pendantic rants won’t change that. In time, this will change. Just not now. Deal with it.
7. Stylus: Maybe you should get a Palm or a Windows device instead. I’m SURE you’ll love those. Or you could increase your medication. It’s your choice.
People like you make my head hurt.
Welcome to South Dakota, NYC dwellers. We’ve never had iPhones available here… no AT&T;and no compatible network for jailbreakers either.
@ Mad Mac Maniac – Just because you can’t operate the simplest phone around doesn’t make it a bad product – you can keep your shit phones and I will happily use my iPhone that I have had since day one and Love it. It is the best device on the market – I can’t stand to touch any other phone out there as they are all crap.
The thing that worries me is the other device makers are making touch screens that everyone will think operate like the iPhone but they don’t so people will think that the iPhone is the same and they might not even look at one after those other pieces of crap.
Mad Mac Manic…the name says it all!
He and Zune Tang must be brothers.
I have to agree with Mad Mac Maniac. The iPhone is a worthless toy until it has all of the following features built-in:
1. HD video recorder with 2 hour capacity
2. Real-time worldwide SATCOM
3. A dedicated egg timer
4. Live spoken language translation
I was in NYC last week looking to buy a iPhone 16GB.
No luck at all in all 3 Applestores and now this…!
Chris, I couldn’t agree more!
In addition the iPhone needs:
5. Antigravity capabilities
6. Multidimensional transport
7. Warp drive phase discriminator
8. Universal Translator
9. Built-in personal shield generator
10. A flint knife
Sorry about the spelling. I’m drunk right about now.
I was at the SOHO store on Saturday and I saw one Asian man buying 6 of them.
Macromancer… Agree 100%
And if you don’t live in a Metro area good luck getting G3, check AT&T;G3 coverage.
Washington State is out of iPhone 16gb, slowly trickling in.
All iPhones are OUT OF STOCK in Orlando and Tampa Bay Apple Stores today. Heard that Southern Florida Apple Stores are also out of stock since last week.
To Reclaimer:
I agree with all of those except number 10. A flint knife.
If we’ve learned anything from Naomi Campbell, you can take someone out with your cell phone by channeling the rage of Joan Crawford and by aiming for the head. If you just need a sharp edge, take out the SIM card. And starting a fire is easy but it might void your AppleCare.
@Mad Mac Maniac
And you are comparing it to what exactly? Take off your reality distortion goggles and see what is in front of you and not some whimsical non-existent product.
I know people like you. Waiting for the the kitchen sink approach and never buy anything and criticize everything. Zune Tang, Mad Mac Maniac or whatever your name is, your sense of humor is not funny. Your rants are boring and quite frankly you show the level of your maturity in your first sentence. “Are people stupid or something?
Yes, some are and you are their leader!
igads, we couldn’t have said it any better.
Cheers!
It seems that Mad Mac Maniac and Zune Tang were twins—born joined at the scrotum!
Those boys need years of therapy.
I don’t know about the flint knife, but if iPhone2 doesn’t come with a toothpick then they might just as well call it the ZunePhone.
Oh, and when oh when will we be able to print things like our boarding passes from the iPhone?
Not good. It takes half a day to move them into NY from someplace else. Not good to be out of stock. Must have been a busload of Chinese or Bulgarian tourists in NY with fresh new unlock software. Or alternatively, Marketwatch is preparing a headline which says: “iPhone not possible to sell in NY”
You are clearly just a frickin idiot.
None of your criticisms makes any sense – no sense at all.
In fact your post is so alarmingly idiotic that its a miracle of kindless that you have been treated well by the replies.
In that spirit, I reiterate – you are a frickin IDIOT, asleep at the wheel of your life, drifting in a fantasy patched together by your overblown ego.
Its time for the Journey to the East.
We just came back from the Apple Store in Pleasanton, CA. They had no 16G iPhones. So we ordered one online with a 2 year Applecare service. $622. Whew!
I don’t know. Mad Mac seems more like a critic than a hater. Although he could up his tact just a litte.
@ M M M
If you don’t like it don’t buy it.
technology ≠ life