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20080508 Thursday May 08, 2008

iPhone sold out in the UK

The avalanche of little hints that June will see an iPhone redesign mean either that the world realises what benefits can be had from faking some details and getting page hits, or that indeed a new iPhone will make its debut at June's WWDC.

The latest hint is this page from O2, saying that it just doesn't have any more iPhones to sell.

O2 out of iPhones

Something about this just feels odd to me, though; if indeed there won't be a new model until WWDC, that's a whole month during which O2 won't be able to sell iPhones, and even though we understand that sales have been a little more sluggish than O2 had hoped, that's still a very long time. It also seems a bit weird that a company would shout so loud about being out of stock of a high-profile product. It's almost like the equivalent of the Apple Store being down – when there's no technical reason for it to be – but I can't see what O2 hopes to achieve by pulling the same stunt. Maybe the new iPhone is closer than we thought? If it were to be released next Tuesday – the traditional day of the week on which Apple launches new kit – then perhaps O2 would have drummed up a little swell of publicity in advance of iPhone 2. It's quite possible, however, that this 'no more iPhones' notice will disappear in the next few days when O2 magically receives new stock.

Are you excited about the prospect of a new iPhone? Just bought one and regret it? What would you like to see in the new model? Let us know in the comments!

UPDATE Our colleagues at TechRadar.com have confirmed with O2 that it's just a temporary supply issue; more 16GB iPhones are on their way, though the fate of the 8GB model is less certain.


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