“Apple made the iPhone 5s available for in-store pickup on Monday, allowing customers to order their new device online, then collect it from their local Apple retail store later the same day,” Killian Bell reports for Cult of Mac. “But just a day later, the option has already been pulled — probably due to the incredible demand Apple seen for the device since it launched last Friday.”
“With customers having to wait until October for iPhone 5s orders to ship via the Apple online store, in-store pickup was the quickest way to obtain a device, and the easiest way to ensure that your local Apple store would have a unit waiting for you when you went in to purchase one,” Bell reports. “Now that’s no longer the case.”
Bell reports, “It’s unclear at this point why Apple has disabled this service after just one day, but given the incredible demand the Cupertino company has seen for the iPhone 5s since it launched last week, it could be that current stock levels are simply too low to continue offering the in-store pickup option.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]