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04-07-2008, 10:42 AM
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Location: Gold Coast
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Depending on whats going on and when its coming out I may get up super early to get to my local vodafone dealer  |
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04-07-2008, 10:43 AM
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Pork Hunt
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Location: Perth
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Originally Posted by tezz27000
if they did run out how long do you reckon the wait will be
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Mid to late August the interwebs are reporting
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04-07-2008, 10:44 AM
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I was thinking about selling my v1, cancelling my exisitng contract with Optus and resigning but i can't be ars*d.
I'll wait a few months till all the bugs and crap are sort of fixed in the 3G before i'll move over i think.
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04-07-2008, 10:56 AM
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Location: Melbourne
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Considering no one knows how many units each carrier has ordered and how they will distribute their units (company stores, resellers, agents etc..) It's a little hard to judge.
However, providing each of them has ordered a decent number of units, I don't really see there being an immediate shortage of iPhones.
According to an ACMA release published in April this year shows that 90% of household consumers have a mobile phone. That's roughly 19.2 million people.
I don't know what the numbers are as to how many are pre or post paid or how many have multiple phones but I can bet a fair chunk would a) not be able/willing to pay out any contract; b) not be able/willing to switch from a non-iPhone carrier or c) not be interested enough in the iPhone to make a switch purely for that reason.
I'm not saying there won't be shortages but I don't think it will be a case of selling out on day 1. Unless the carriers have been really stupid and ordered a minuscule number of units..
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04-07-2008, 10:59 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: South East Melbourne
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Originally Posted by jeremy_warnock
Mid to late August the interwebs are reporting
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Thats ruff. Now I'm scared. I don't think my 4 year old nokia 6230 will last til then
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04-07-2008, 11:01 AM
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There weren't any shortages last year when the iPhone was launched.
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04-07-2008, 11:03 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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I'm happy to wait a couple of weeks to grab mine
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04-07-2008, 11:09 AM
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Group: Member
Location: Melbourne
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That's true retroneo, but the original iPhone was only released in the US, followed by staggered releases in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany and Austria.
iPhone 3G is being released in 22 (including the original 6) on July 11, followed others later in the year. Apple will need to have made sure they've produced enough units for launch or there could very well be a short term global shortage on iPhones.
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04-07-2008, 11:10 AM
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I'm crackin' skulls
Group: Forum Leaders
Location: Melbourne
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Originally Posted by decryption
I reckon the entire world will get the same iPhone and it's up to the providers to slap in a SIM when the customer signs up for a contract. Hence why there's a "SIM eject tool" in the box |
Aren't you forgetting about network locking? |
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04-07-2008, 11:11 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Honestly, as excited as I am about getting an iPhone (and as long as I have been hanging out to get one, I once even contemplated importing one AND will be lining up with fellow iPhone faithful to get one next Friday morning), Jeez guys It's just a phone! You're not going to starve to death or anything if you miss out on one the day that it's released!
Stupidest poll ever! If anything it should be "iPhone shortages, should Apple worry?"
Yeah probably. But should we? I'm sure we've all got far more pressing issues to worry about than whether we get an iPhone on launch day.
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04-07-2008, 11:12 AM
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Location: Adelaide, SA
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If it will be mid-to-late August, then hahey! just in time for my birthday!  |
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04-07-2008, 01:07 PM
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Group: Member
Location: Adelaide
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Originally Posted by mitty
It'll be interesting to see how much stock piffling little kiosk type places like Telechoice get.
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Agh, please don't say that. (If I was to go with Optus over Voda) I was planning to get one from a Telechoice kiosk, it's in the outer suburbs though so I'm hoping there won't be a great demand for iPhones out here in the sticks. :P |
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04-07-2008, 01:09 PM
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Stuck in IKEA. Send help.
Group: Administrators
Location: St. Albans, Melbourne
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Originally Posted by tcn33
Aren't you forgetting about network locking?
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Ahh yes - so how is that done? |
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04-07-2008, 02:06 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tezz27000
if they did run out how long do you reckon the wait will be
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Three weeks I was told by Optus.
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04-07-2008, 02:07 PM
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Pixel Peeper
Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane
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Originally Posted by decryption
Ahh yes - so how is that done?
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Out of the box, in goes the carrier's sim card, then activated on that 'activation only' iTunes account, which inserts the lock onto the phone. Then handed to you.
My guess anyway.
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