lol i have no idea but of all the new devices the 9900/9930 has truly held its own as the one everyone wants, so with AT&T waiting the missing out ppl want this phone
I'm not surprised, for one this a great phone and second it doesn't seem like T-Mobile anticipated the launch going this well. Most of the stores in my area had very few on release day (5-10 per store).
Lol, this is funny. Verizon and Sprint have plenty, yet T-Mo is sold out?? Doesn't add up IMHO. Considering the goof with the box saying dual core processors and all, I'll bet you their stock was low.
I want to upgrade but i refuse to pay $350 + tax out of my pocket. The way sales are going i can buy another playbook for that cost. How they sold out I dont know. Maybe I'm just being cheap but I'm trying to hold out for a cheaper price.
I'm not sure about other cities, but I know in NYC every single T-mobile store received only 5 units each. That's probably also what happened in most other T-Mo stores, and is the reason they're listed as sold out.
I bought mine for about 600. You have to also consider the actual plan cost. People are focused on paying 100 or 150 less for a phone but ignore paying 30 or more a month over 24 months. I'm saving 1000 over a 2 year period in relation to a Verizon or AT&T plan.
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Gotta remember that this is depot stock for online orders, not in-store retail stock. Depot warehouses usually carry a lot more, and they did manage to sell out the initial batch, which is very good news for RIM.
In hindsight, they probably didn't stock that many thinking that they weren't going to sell well given all the negative press lately. Still, a sell-out is a sell-out.
Edit: I think RIM should go after the 80% of the population that don't yet have a smartphone, rather than DROID/Apple fanboys.
