Is the iPhone 5 STILL out of stock in stores??

Question

Nearly a month after the release date and the stores are still sold out?  When will they be getting regular shipments like Apple said would happen?

Answer 1

Yes, most Apple stores are still sold out. I was at Best Buy the other day and they too had none in stock. They had just gotten a shipment and were calling customers that had already pre-ordered and paid for their devices to come pick them up. But they had no leftover phones for immediate sale. The reason we're all waiting 3-4 weeks is actually because Foxconn, the company in China which actually makes the iPhone for Apple, has had some serious quality control issues since the iPhone 5 launched last month. Many people are complaining that their brand new phones are being shipped to them with scratches/nicks/scuffs already on the device right out of the box. Most of these marks appear to be on the bezel of the devices. It appears to happen to both the white and the black versions, but more black iPhone 5 users are complaining because the silver aluminum underneath the black coating shows up far easier when scratched than it does on the white model. But both are experiencing this issue. My best advice is be patient. Apple actually shut Foxconn down for a period of time recently, which slowed iPhone 5 production, so this exact issue could be addressed. They're really bearing down on quality control, and taking extra steps to make sure new devices don't ship with defects. I'd rather wait and get a pristine device than one that has to either be exchanged at the Apple store or through Verizon because it arrived to me already scratched.