Giant US electronics retailer, Best Buy, has announced it will beselling the iPhone across the US starting 7 September.
The in-demand Apple mobile phone will be made available at almost 1,000 locations throughout the US, the company said.
Best Buy seemed positive as to availability of the device, hinting Apple is beginning to catch-up with demand - though this could easily change should demand be stronger than expected in the 20 countries the device will launch in later this month.
Shawn Score, president of Best Buy's mobile division, says, "We think we'll have a good supply for our customers."
He added: "We had a lot of work to do, obviously, to get in a position where Apple and AT&T would feel good about Best Buy Mobile carrying it, and that's what we've done in the last 18 months."
Apple declined to discuss the supply issue. "We continue to ship iPhones daily," Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris says.
There is of course a slight UK connection to the move. The iPhones will be sold through the Best Buy Mobile concession, which is itself a joint venture with Carphone Warehouse, which offers the iPhone in the UK, along with O2 and Apple.
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