Michael J. Golde

Did Apple Manufacture a First-Day iPhone Shortage?

Anyway who waited in line for an iPhone on day one should expect some disruptions and delays. I highly doubt that Apple manufactured a delay at specific locations. The fact is that Apple probably wanted to be conservative with first day allocations to see which areas were going to require more restocking. Apple can't based their distribution plan based solely on unknown day-one sale.

People who wait in line for the experience have to go with the flow. To expect everything to work perfectly is naive and totally unrealistic. That is why many people wait until the kinks have been worked out and buy and will buy in the coming weeks and months.