Whats causing the Apple iPad 3G shortage?
Jeff Bertolucci If you’re planning to trot down to your local Apple Store this weekend and buy a shiny new iPad 3G, don’t bother. Apple’s retail outlets across the U.S. have already sold out of the 3G models, which went on sale just last week. Apple Insider first reported the shortages Thursday. And on Friday more than a dozen Apple Stores, including ones in Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco, said they’re fresh out of 3G models, according to Business Week. Apple is allowing customers to put their names on a waiting list, however. My local Apple Store in suburban Los Angeles gave me the same bad news when I phoned Friday afternoon. A store clerk said he didn’t know when new iPad 3G models would arrive, and added that the Wi-Fi models were limited to the low-end 16GB unit priced at $499. Why the shortage? Obviously, the iPad has been a smashing success. Apple on Monday announced it had already sold 1 million iPads just 28 days after the tablet’s lau
