According to AppleInsider’s sources, the iPhone 3G is expected to be available for purchase in Best Buy retail stores as early as next month. This would make Best Buy the first independent retailer of Apple’s highly popular touch screen device. With 970 stores expected to carry the device, Best Buy could help give the iPhone more »

If you have been waiting eagerly for your local Apple Store to receive some iPhones, wait no longer. According to TechCrunch, Foxconn, Apple’s Taiwanese iPhone manufacturer, is producing iPhone 3Gs at a rate of 800,000 per week. Doing some quick math, that puts the iPhone 3G production at a whopping 40 million per year. Say more »

Due to the high demand for the iPhone 3G, Apple’s retail stores are now set to open at 8 AM, two hours earlier than normal, for a while. On top of this, Apple continues, “We’re also adding staff to help you get up and running as quickly as possible.” It’s great that Apple is taking more »

It seems o2 are blaming Apple for a shortage of UK iPhone 3G stock. In an e-mail response to an inquiring customer, Steve Shurrock, sales director of o2 had the following to say,

“We have been working continuously with them [Apple] to get as much stock for the UK as possible. Unfortunately, they have only been able to supply a small proportion of the number of phones we asked for, because they are launching simultaneously in 22 countries.”

Shurrock goes onto say that he is confident that the volume of iPhones will increase over time and become sufficient for customer demand.

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