Comments on: O2 say sorry, but you still (probably) can’t have an iPhone 3G http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/o2_say_sorry_but_you_still_probably_cant_have_an_iphone_3g.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:39:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ben Smith http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/o2_say_sorry_but_you_still_probably_cant_have_an_iphone_3g.html/comment-page-1#comment-243797 Ben Smith Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:43:13 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7079#comment-243797 It's nothing to do with O2 - Apple will give them as many handsets as they choose. It's a side-effect of a global launch day, but I agree the publicity is probably a price worth paying and anyone (myself included) who will probably miss out on launch day will have a whine and then buy one anyway.<br><br>O2 being stupid is an entirely different matter, and unrelated :-) It's nothing to do with O2 – Apple will give them as many handsets as they choose. It's a side-effect of a global launch day, but I agree the publicity is probably a price worth paying and anyone (myself included) who will probably miss out on launch day will have a whine and then buy one anyway.

O2 being stupid is an entirely different matter, and unrelated :-)

]]> By: Samantha http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/o2_say_sorry_but_you_still_probably_cant_have_an_iphone_3g.html/comment-page-1#comment-243796 Samantha Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:19:28 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7079#comment-243796 What is the point in releasing an apparently eagerly anticipated phone with hardly any stock?<br><br>They are either extremely stupid for not ordering enough, or very clever. Because by making everyone assume there won't be enough of the product, you'll get all the phone fanatics running along to the Carphone Warehouse or o2 stores, with their money, and persuading anyone else to go and get one too, because if they don't make up their mind, they won't get one. It also works out as PR... "All PR is good PR" or something like that.<br><br>I like to think o2 are stupid though.<br><br>Samantha. What is the point in releasing an apparently eagerly anticipated phone with hardly any stock?

They are either extremely stupid for not ordering enough, or very clever. Because by making everyone assume there won't be enough of the product, you'll get all the phone fanatics running along to the Carphone Warehouse or o2 stores, with their money, and persuading anyone else to go and get one too, because if they don't make up their mind, they won't get one. It also works out as PR… “All PR is good PR” or something like that.

I like to think o2 are stupid though.

Samantha.

]]> By: Ben Smith http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/o2_say_sorry_but_you_still_probably_cant_have_an_iphone_3g.html/comment-page-1#comment-234071 Ben Smith Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:43:13 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7079#comment-234071 It's nothing to do with O2 - Apple will give them as many handsets as they choose. It's a side-effect of a global launch day, but I agree the publicity is probably a price worth paying and anyone (myself included) who will probably miss out on launch day will have a whine and then buy one anyway.<br><br>O2 being stupid is an entirely different matter, and unrelated :-) It's nothing to do with O2 – Apple will give them as many handsets as they choose. It's a side-effect of a global launch day, but I agree the publicity is probably a price worth paying and anyone (myself included) who will probably miss out on launch day will have a whine and then buy one anyway.

O2 being stupid is an entirely different matter, and unrelated :-)

]]> By: Ben Smith http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/o2_say_sorry_but_you_still_probably_cant_have_an_iphone_3g.html/comment-page-1#comment-225936 Ben Smith Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:43:13 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7079#comment-225936 It's nothing to do with O2 - Apple will give them as many handsets as they choose. It's a side-effect of a global launch day, but I agree the publicity is probably a price worth paying and anyone (myself included) who will probably miss out on launch day will have a whine and then buy one anyway.<br><br>O2 being stupid is an entirely different matter, and unrelated :-) It's nothing to do with O2 – Apple will give them as many handsets as they choose. It's a side-effect of a global launch day, but I agree the publicity is probably a price worth paying and anyone (myself included) who will probably miss out on launch day will have a whine and then buy one anyway.

O2 being stupid is an entirely different matter, and unrelated :-)

]]> By: Samantha http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/o2_say_sorry_but_you_still_probably_cant_have_an_iphone_3g.html/comment-page-1#comment-225935 Samantha Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:19:28 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7079#comment-225935 What is the point in releasing an apparently eagerly anticipated phone with hardly any stock?<br><br>They are either extremely stupid for not ordering enough, or very clever. Because by making everyone assume there won't be enough of the product, you'll get all the phone fanatics running along to the Carphone Warehouse or o2 stores, with their money, and persuading anyone else to go and get one too, because if they don't make up their mind, they won't get one. It also works out as PR... "All PR is good PR" or something like that.<br><br>I like to think o2 are stupid though.<br><br>Samantha. What is the point in releasing an apparently eagerly anticipated phone with hardly any stock?

They are either extremely stupid for not ordering enough, or very clever. Because by making everyone assume there won't be enough of the product, you'll get all the phone fanatics running along to the Carphone Warehouse or o2 stores, with their money, and persuading anyone else to go and get one too, because if they don't make up their mind, they won't get one. It also works out as PR… “All PR is good PR” or something like that.

I like to think o2 are stupid though.

Samantha.

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