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21 Jun 2010
Apple has started cancelling pre-orders for the iPhone 4, according to various reports. A number of US customers have received notifications saying that their order has been stopped.
AT&T started to send emails cancelling pre-orders last week without giving any specific reason, and now it appears that Apple is doing the same.
Reports say that customers are receiving an email from Apple stating: "We were unable to complete the authorisation process for your iPhone order. As a result, we had to cancel your iPhone order.
"To complete the purchase of your iPhone, please visit an Apple Retail Store or an AT&T company-owned retail store."
Cancellations have been reported only in the US so far, but it is likely that customers in the UK will also be affected. O2 has already confirmed that it has "extremely limited" stock and is offering the iPhone 4 only to existing customers.
Apple's UK web site was inundated with requests for the iPhone on 15 June when the company starting taking advanced orders. Apple announced in a statement that it had taken more than 600,000 pre-orders for the device in less than 24 hours.
V3.co.uk contacted Apple, but the firm had not responded at the time of writing.
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By lying to them and telling them their "Authorisation didn't go through" which is hogwash. The simple truth is that Apple doesn't have enough stock on hand and LG Display is having problems with the "Retina Display" in that the yields are not high enough. So for those that think they are getting a phone because you preordered one....think again. Also look at your bank statement as if you already preordered it then the funds have been taken out. I don't know how quickly funds get put back in the UK but in the US it can be anywhere from a couple of days to weeks. Ah but what am I making a big deal about? The Apple "Kool-Aid" drinkers would give Steve Jobs the Debit card and PIN which is what they do to empty their accounts since it is a closed Apple only system.
Posted by: Bite My Apples 22 Jun 2010
Typical apple routine
You under manufacture a product you know will be popular and can then futrther hype it making it appear more in demand then it is. Come on apple stop taking people for idiots you must have had an idea on the numbers you would need and how much capacity in terms of manufacture would be needed don't play this one again.
Posted by: Rizzy 21 Jun 2010
Authorisation
That email is nothing to do with low stock, those preorders got cancelled because the 'authorisation' has failed, meaning the check of their payment details failed. This being the customers own fault for providing bad information. You really should think more before making a whole article on this.
Posted by: Anony 21 Jun 2010