European retailers were sold out of the new iPhone 3G before storesin the US even opened

" sold out of 16 GB iPhones by 8 AM, and sold out of all iPhones by
two in the afternoon. "

European retailers sell out at iPhone 3G launch

By Prince McLean
Published: 02:00 PM EST

European retailers were sold out of the new iPhone 3G before stores in
the US even opened on Friday, thanks in part to strong marketing from
Apple's mobile partners.

The initial sales surge not only blew through stores' inventory but
also delivered a knock-out punch to Apple's iTunes activation servers.

The Swiss daily newspaper "20 Minuten" reported that hundreds waited
in line for hours in Zürich in front of the central Swisscom store.
The mobile phone provider opened 100 of its retail stores at 6:30 AM
and served snacks and water to those waiting in line.

20 Minuten iPhone story


In Bern, Swisscom's main shop in the Christoffel shopping center was
sold out of 16 GB iPhones by 8 AM, and was sold out of all iPhones by
two in the afternoon. An employee reported that the store had received
an initial allotment of 3,000 iPhones. There are over a dozen other
Swisscom retail stores in the Bern area, and all were sold out on the
first day. Orange didn't open its stores as early in the morning, but
was similarly sold out of all iPhones by early afternoon as well.

4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote:

> " sold out of 16 GB iPhones by 8 AM, and sold out of all iPhones by
> two in the afternoon. "
>
> European retailers sell out at iPhone 3G launch
>
> By Prince McLean
> Published: 02:00 PM EST
>
> European retailers were sold out of the new iPhone 3G before stores in
> the US even opened on Friday, thanks in part to strong marketing from
> Apple's mobile partners.
>
> The initial sales surge not only blew through stores' inventory but
> also delivered a knock-out punch to Apple's iTunes activation servers.
>
> The Swiss daily newspaper "20 Minuten" reported that hundreds waited
> in line for hours in Zürich in front of the central Swisscom store.
> The mobile phone provider opened 100 of its retail stores at 6:30 AM
> and served snacks and water to those waiting in line.
>
> 20 Minuten iPhone story
>
> In Bern, Swisscom's main shop in the Christoffel shopping center was
> sold out of 16 GB iPhones by 8 AM, and was sold out of all iPhones by
> two in the afternoon. An employee reported that the store had received
> an initial allotment of 3,000 iPhones. There are over a dozen other
> Swisscom retail stores in the Bern area, and all were sold out on the
> first day. Orange didn't open its stores as early in the morning, but
> was similarly sold out of all iPhones by early afternoon as well.

yes, apple was certainly a victim of it's own success during the first
day, so the moral is trying to roll out the iphone planet wide, then
also doing the MobileMe transition within the same 3 days, proved too
much. now, everything is back to normal, but too much success can cause
unforeseen problems.

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:14:54 -0700 (PDT), 4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com>
wrote:

>" sold out of 16 GB iPhones by 8 AM, and sold out of all iPhones by
>two in the afternoon. "
>
>European retailers sell out at iPhone 3G launch
>
>By Prince McLean
>Published: 02:00 PM EST
>
>European retailers were sold out of the new iPhone 3G before stores in
>the US even opened on Friday, thanks in part to strong marketing from
>Apple's mobile partners.
>


Made even more amazing by Inventory originally intended for Canada
having been shipped onto Europe, after Steve Jobs got pissed at Rogers
pricing schemes.

David Moyer <davmoy@world.com> wrote in news:davmoy-09B78B.11050613072008
@news.qwest.net:

> yes, apple was certainly a victim of it's own success during the first
> day, so the moral is trying to roll out the iphone planet wide, then
> also doing the MobileMe transition within the same 3 days, proved too
> much. now, everything is back to normal, but too much success can cause
> unforeseen problems.
>
>

Well, by the time the security server recovers, the stores should have
another tiny shipment for the fanbois.

In article <Xns9ADAA7F59130noonehomecom@208.49.80.253>, Larry
<noone@home.com> wrote:

> Well, by the time the security server recovers, the stores should have
> another tiny shipment for the fanbois.

the servers were working by midday.

Who cares??

"4phun" <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:a44fa2bc-87ff-4a98-ac1e-9d7f2c4296f2@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
" sold out of 16 GB iPhones by 8 AM, and sold out of all iPhones by
two in the afternoon. "

European retailers sell out at iPhone 3G launch

By Prince McLean
Published: 02:00 PM EST

European retailers were sold out of the new iPhone 3G before stores in
the US even opened on Friday, thanks in part to strong marketing from
Apple's mobile partners.

The initial sales surge not only blew through stores' inventory but
also delivered a knock-out punch to Apple's iTunes activation servers.

The Swiss daily newspaper "20 Minuten" reported that hundreds waited
in line for hours in Zürich in front of the central Swisscom store.
The mobile phone provider opened 100 of its retail stores at 6:30 AM
and served snacks and water to those waiting in line.

20 Minuten iPhone story


In Bern, Swisscom's main shop in the Christoffel shopping center was
sold out of 16 GB iPhones by 8 AM, and was sold out of all iPhones by
two in the afternoon. An employee reported that the store had received
an initial allotment of 3,000 iPhones. There are over a dozen other
Swisscom retail stores in the Bern area, and all were sold out on the
first day. Orange didn't open its stores as early in the morning, but
was similarly sold out of all iPhones by early afternoon as well.

In article <w_-dnY-GtPFt6efVnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@comcast.com>,
"Ben Skversky" <bskv19114@comcast.net> wrote:

> Who cares??

well it is very important to the direction of the cell industry, the new
iPhone is selling extremely well, so it's very likely most other vendors
will fall out of business, so please try and keep up with what is going
on.

Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:

> Well, by the time the security server recovers, the stores should have
> another tiny shipment for the fanbois.

what???

the servers were fine a bit later in the day, it's the initial 8am rush
worldwide that caused the issue... now everything is keeping pace for
40,000 an hour sales.

apple has the best servers on the planet, so it just goes to show how
POPULAR the iPhone has become...

If microsoft was trying to do this, people would be dying off of old age
in the streets before they got to the front of the line :)

larry, please THINK before you post.

David Moyer <davmoy@world.com> wrote in news:davmoy-B24568.17142213072008
@news.qwest.net:

> apple has the best servers on the planet, so it just goes to show how
> POPULAR the iPhone has become...
>
>

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I agree! Open Source Apache for Linux is a fine server software.

But, they need some more horsepower in the processors and bandwidth in the
pipe if they're gonna keep doing stupid things like releasing an upgrade
download on the same day as a new device.

Someone at Apple IT should have been screaming bloody murder to stop it....

David Moyer <davmoy@world.com> wrote in news:davmoy-B1C75D.17081313072008
@news.qwest.net:

> In article <w_-dnY-GtPFt6efVnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> "Ben Skversky" <bskv19114@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Who cares??
>
> well it is very important to the direction of the cell industry, the new
> iPhone is selling extremely well, so it's very likely most other vendors
> will fall out of business, so please try and keep up with what is going
> on.
>

Not as long as Apple is playing the old "hold back" game only selling 3000
units per store trying to prevent discounting.

Sellphone sales are measured in the tens of MILLIONS not thousands. All
the 3Gs so far manufactured is akin to a grain of sand to the Sahara
Desert.

Stevies' gonna hafta open up those warehouses and release the product if he
wants to make a pimple in sellphone sales.....

Yesterday's sales represent a trickling faucet on the drinking fountain
overlooking Niagara Falls!