American stores are short on iPhones. A number of stores are out of stock and online shops were also unable to fulfill all requests, so Apple has missed an estimated number of 40.000 iPhone sales. The shortage has primarily affected Apple's own stores, while AT&T, who had a larger stock, had no problems in selling the device. Apple doesn't have an official statement on the matter. It is not known if the problem is due to to production difficulties or to the rumored 3G models. Shaw Wu, market analyst at American Technology Research, thinks that the manufacturer might announce the new device three months earlier than expected, that is in June-July. The analyst forecasts 11 million iPhones to be sold this year, which is 10% more, than Apple's own estimate. Apple shares have fallen another 1.4 percent, and although they are 19% higher than last month, the value is still 25% less than three months before.
Translated by Szaszati
