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iPhone 3G remains sold out

I have been trying to pick up an iPhone 3G for weeks now, but have not been willing to stand in line at 4 AM to do so. I have been glued to the 3G iPhone checker offered by Apple and have been amazed to see that despite blips, the iPhone 3G remains sold out almost everywhere. This, after reportedly selling 1 million iPhones the first weekend, and having on-hand far more stock than for the original iPhone launch.

No 3G iPhone for Nomad - But Plenty Sold

Well, if I had to guess, we are going to get the announcement from Apple today that the 3G iPhone has outsold the original iPhone in its opening weekend. We spent a few hours this weekend at our local AT&T stores and Apple stores and on the availability checker online, and there are no iPhones to be found in CT. Compare this to the original launch when we were able to get ours on Sunday in the Farmington Apple Store, and there was PLENTY of extra stock left over. Early rumors were that there were significantly more 3G iPhones produced than the original, so it would appear Apple has a huge hit on its hands.



UPDATE: CNET is reporting that over 1 million 3G iPhones were sold between Friday and Sunday, with the millionth coming on Sunday. It took the original iPhone 74 days to reach 1 million sold. 10 million downloads occurred from the App Store as well. Wow.

If you're trying to score an iPhone 3G today...

...don't forget the iPhone availability checker from Apple.Com. It tells you which stores had what phones as of last night. Personally, I am not sure if I will try today or wait until Sunday to try and get mine. We'll see how the day goes.

Last-minute iPhone 3G Details

Apple Insider has up some interesting last-minute details on the iPhone 3G. If you plan to run out this weekend and pick one up, be sure to skim thru them.

* The actual activation of an iPhone 3G through the modified iTunes app Apple and AT&T will use takes less than 30 seconds. A credit check takes about 5 minutes and the remainder of the process that includes picking a plan takes less than 5 minutes.

* The majority of customers signing new 18-month contracts with AT&T should be prepared to possibly have their existing rollover minutes reset to the number of monthly minutes included with their new iPhone 3G plan. This is standard practice for AT&T and it's possible it will carry over to iPhone upgrades.

They also have up a quick summary of the first iPhone 3G reviews that are out there on the web.

Alleged photos of the 3G IPhone online

CrunchGear is at it again. They were amng the first to leak the iPod Nano "Fatty" pictures, and now they are leaking what appears to be the new 3G iPhone in picture form. It looks surprisingly good, but that is never an assurance it is not Photoshopped. The big news on this one is black and project (red) versions, and a front-facing camera for video phone calls via iChat!

It is going to be a long weekend, waiting for the Monday keynote.

iPhone 3G releases June 9?

Many sites are now reporting that the iPhone 3G, a.k.a. iPhone 2.0, will launch on June 9. This allegedly has been confirmed by "inside sources" and matches other leaks found on fringe sites. This is exciting news, if true. I love my iPhone and the overall user experience. I have even caused a few friends and family members to get ones of their own.

I won't say that I will upgrade immediately. But I will mention I may have a used iPhone 1.0 for sale soon.