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0 pointsdfxm1213y ago0 comments

More headlines = more marketing = more iPhones sold.

Being (temporarily) sold out just adds to the mystique of any device. Remember, people want what they can't have. Also think of the herd mentality - if millions of people are buying this, it must be good!

I don't think it is ever Apple's strategy to sell out, but there are reasons that this is good (as well as bad, like you say).

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arrrg13y ago

That's baloney. No marketing gain is wort it not being able to actually sell something, at lest if tons of people are crazy about what you are selling.

Yours is just a batshit insane conspiracy theory.

SpikeDad13y ago

You're correct of course. Just folks projecting their irrational Apple hate. Naturally, no company wants to sell out of their product. Of course, no one considers that it's impossible to make an infinite number of iPhones - parts and production capacity are the limiting factor.

But why stop to think for a second when you can fire off some nonsense.

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