Go To Latest Video ReviewsPalm Pre Shifts 300,000 Units As iPhone 3GS Sells Out
| Author | Gordon Kelly |
| Published | 1st Jul 2009 |
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TrustedReviews NewslettersIt must be nice when you can't build a product fast enough to satisfy demand...
That is the smug feeling for both Palm and Apple this week after sales figures revealed the Pre has shifted more than 300,000 units despite severe stock shortages. Meanwhile O2 has admitted it has sold out of the iPhone 3GS completely.
Palm is said to be hammering out no less than 15,000 Pres a day but it is still lagging way behind. Despite this the company expects to hit the one million handset mark before the end of Q3. One heck of an achievement for a company so close to the edge.
As for O2 it has posted a notice on its official site explaining: "iPhone 3GS is currently out of stock: Due to the phenomenal demand for the new iPhone 3GS, we've temporarily run out of stock online, over the phone and in our retail stores. We expect additional stock of the new iPhone 3G S to be available online, over the phone and in our retail stores at the end of this week."
This is rather incredible given the outrageous tariffs imposed by the company and the incremental nature of the (still hugely impressive) upgrade.
In related news it looks like the much heralded iPhoneOS 3.0 firmware won't be around for long as developers have confirmed Apple has already made version 3.1 available to them. Quite what it brings is currently unknown but I suspect it'll primarily be tweaks and closing unlocked handsets. Some reports also suggest battery life has suffered on the 3G since the upgrade so we could see a fix there.
In all, however, two of the markets more premium smartphones are selling faster than they can be built. I thought we were meant to be in the middle of *whisper it* recession...
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lifethroughalens said on 1st July 2009
ravmania said on 1st July 2009
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the guy in the o2 shop i talked to last week told me that the £7.50 web bolt on is for 200MB. don't know if the iphone data is more unlimited. l... more
ravmania said on 1st July 2009
and the bolt on doesn't include the wifi access. that costs an extra £2.50.
lifethroughalens said on 1st July 2009
no one ever uses the wifi bit of the bolt-on - unless you live above Starbucks! And i go well over 500MB - 1GB per month on the my o2 tariff (tethering), have done for about a yea... more
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What I want to know is how come it's £10 per month for the unlimited web bolt-on if you're using an iPhone & iPhone SIM yet, it's only £7.50 p/m to a... more