“By Saturday morning, less than 24 hours after the iPhone 5S went on sale in nine countries around the world, Apple (AAPL) had sold out its entire September stock,” Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune.
“The company’s U.S. online store shows all models in all colors unavailable before October,” P.E.D. reports. “In New York City, many of the more than 1,400 would-be customers who queued up outside Apple’s Fifth Ave. store Friday morning went home without a phone. “
P.E.D. reports, “Meanwhile, the iPhone 5C, whose ship times had slipped to 3 to 7 days Friday, was back in stock. By Saturday the Apple Store was once again promising to ship every model within 24 hours.”
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