Results tagged “3g” from Birmingham Mail - Technobabble

I see the new 3G iphone has come out in the shops to a host of supply problems.

Main supplier 02 has revealed that each of its stores will literally have a 'few dozen' of the handsets to sell.

This means a lot of people desperate to get their hands on the 3G enabled phones will be disappointed for some time.

Is this situation in any way related to the fact that 02 had thousands of onsold original iphone handsets left on their hands the last time?

Readers will recall that I blogged on this at the time, and railed at the mega-high price plus crippling monthly charges.

Would it be cynical to suggest that 02 might have decided it would be better to create a 'buzz', with headlines about shortages and keen consumers left empty handed?

After all it has become standard policy in the electronics industry. Every console launch is accompanies by shortage of supply with queues of parents trying to get it in time for Christmas.

Below: not coming to a store near you - the iphone 3G.