Shawn Score, president of Best Buy’s mobile division, says, “We think we’ll have a good supply for our customers.” Analyst Wolf says he believes that Apple is catching up with demand. “Supply is coming on board.” Best Buy says it has a national exclusive on the iPhone (outside of Apple and AT&T stores) through Christmas. The retailer has Apple Macintosh sections at 600 of its stores. Adding to in-store customer waiting time is a new, longer procedure to activate the iPhone that has made the buying process much longer. Questions that arise:
Will Apple be able to meet this demand? Aug 22 will double the footprint of countries with iPhones including India Will there be trained Apple techs onsite to help? Buying an iPod is kids play compared to registering an iPhone Will this cheapen the iPhone experience? When 1/3 of the US (Best Buy customers) has an iPhone, it doesn’t feel quite as special does it? Radio Shack…ahem got anything to say? Anyone think Apple will have any trouble getting rid of 10 million iPhones this year? How about 20 million?
