East Coast Bogarting iPhone Supply

Pete Mortensen ()

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At the end of its first full week on sale, a distinct pattern has emerged for iPhone availability: We West Coasters are out of luck. Though Apple has obviously begun to restock its stores with iPhones, they appear to be working from East to West.

According to Apple’s availability checker, virtually every Apple Store in New York, all of them in New Jersey, and most shops up and down the eastern seaboard are chock full of iPhones, while no state west of Utah has even one iPhone available in Apple Stores. Hopefully, new shipments could arrive out here tomorrow for a weekend pick-up. As a reminder, Apple announces the next day’s iPhone availability at 9 p.m. each day – which is a nice way to avoid going to a store and coming back empty-handed.

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Pete Mortensen is a design strategist for consulting firm Jump Associates and the co-author of Wired to Care: How Companies Prosper When They Create Widespread Empathy, a book and blog that are significantly more interesting than you might initially think. Pete's particular Apple avocations are both around design--interface and industrial. Follow him on Twitter!

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  • Ron Davis

    Maybe the east coast is a bit smarter and is waiting for version 1.1.

  • Marc

    You don’t know that there’s bogarting!!!

    It may be that the iPhone sells better in the West.

  • http://beedevil.home.mindspring.com/ wade Ferguson Dansby 3

    I agree with the first comment … AT&T/Cingular has some of the worst service in NYC, compared to Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile. If the iPhone was available with Verizon or Sprint, i and many other New Yorkers would have been first in line for this cool device.