iPhone & HTC Touch Diamond

[divine]

The stock thing was probably intentional, to create the 'OMFG iPhone sold out in an hour' headlines tomorrow and get even more people clamouring for one thinking they must be awesome and exclusive.

The rest of it though is just an embarrassing cock up.

[petemc]

Originally Posted by divine`

I still think it's a massively petty thing to base a several hundred pound purchase on, either way.

Several? I paid £160. Its about the first time since I got my first phone 10 years ago that I've had to pay for an upgrade. I do agree that its annoying to have to pay and the 18th month contract isn't something I would normally take. Simple thing is that there isn't a phone out there that syncs wit iTunes, iPhoto, iCal, and various other things on my Mac. Oh oh oh and now i can make it act like a lightsaber!

[Mark]

If you're launching simultaneously across 29 countries or however many it is, stock is guaranteed to be thin even if they did get a headstart on production by stopping early with the v1. Someone deliberately made that decision for whatever reason.

[petemc]

Agreed. I don't think they did it to limit sales and create good headlines. They had like 10-30 per store which is insanely stupid. I reckon they could have had 100 per store and still sold out. When the Wii launched worldwide it had the same issue.

[Mondo]

I think they underestimated the market for the 16G version, there doesn't seems to be a shortage on the 8G version. So its not really about production issue, is about someone made a decision to make less 16G.

[Desmo]

Just noticed I can get £150 Quidco if I go to Orange. Surely it's a no brainer?

[petemc]

Thats pretty sweet.

[Daz]

I really should start using Quidco.

I'm confused Pete, did you get one? How the devil is it?

[Desmo]

I thing I'll call O2 over the weekend and let them know I can get what I want for £30 a month with Orange, £40 for phone and £150 Quidco. Let's see what they can do with that

I'm happy to lose out on Quidco if they do the phone for free, drop to a 12 month contract and give me unlimited net as I only pay £19 a month now.

[Desmo]

Originally Posted by Daz

I really should start using Quidco.

Yeah you should

I just got another £30 which is the VAT back on a couple of ink and toner cartridges for work