iPhone Sells Out, Causes Glitches In AT&T Service
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Apple Inc.’s American debut of the iPhone drew thousands of shoppers over the weekend, emptying most of AT&T Inc.’s inventory and causing network glitches as the flood of customers began activating the device.
Shoppers snapped up as many as 200,000 iPhones the first day after the device went on sale June 29, according to Global Equities Research. While it was still available at all 164 Apple stores Saturday, AT&T said most of its 1,800 stores no longer had the phone in stock. AT&T is the only mobile phone service that works with the iPhone.
