Apple Limiting iPhone Sales

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Apple Limiting iPhone Sales. Yet another attempt to limit iPhone unlocks… It looks like Apple is fighting the flood of iPhone unlocks in more ways than …

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16 October 2007 By: Victor Mihailescu, Apple News Editor
Apple Limiting iPhone Sales
Yet another attempt to limit iPhone unlocks…
It looks like Apple is fighting the flood of iPhone unlocks in more ways than one. Besides
bricking unlocked devices with firmware updates, the company is also attempting to stop the
problem by limiting the amount of iPhones that it is willing to sell to any given customer.
It doesn’t make sense for a company to refuse to sell its products to people that want to
buy them, but that is apparently exactly what Apple is doing. TUAW reports that they have
received word from Apple customers who have had iPhone orders canceled by the
company, because they are buying too much. It seems that customers who make large,
repeated iPhone orders are receiving e-mails informing them that their orders have been
automatically canceled.
Some users even report being turned down by the Apple Retail Stores, because of having
purchased too many iPhones.
“It appears that your recent Apple Store order is for products intended for resale. While
Apple appreciates your company’s support of Apple’s technology and products, the Apple
Store you placed this order with sells products…