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“As of yesterday, Telstra was the only carrier provider able to confirm it had stocks of the handset available,” Colley reports. “Online stores operated by Optus and its Virgin brand, and Vodafone Hutchison Australia’s Vodafone and 3 brands, all indicated they were out of iPhone 4 stocks. Most stores were advertising delivery times of between two and three weeks.”
“When asked whether Apple was doing an adequate job meeting demand, most carrier’s were reluctant to criticise the device maker publicly,” Colley reports. “But a spokesman for VHA was prepared to say customer waiting times were becoming excessive. ‘I think it’s a fairly obvious point that there’s high demand there and we don’t like to keep customers waiting for a device they want to get their hands on,’ the spokesman said. ‘Even one to two weeks, or up to three weeks, waiting time is not ideal.'”
“A spokeswoman for Apple said the company was working hard to get the iPhone 4 into the hands of customers,” Colley reports. “‘Shipments of the iPhone 4 continue to be made,’ she said.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “MIke in Helsinki” for the heads up.]