Sprint pulls LG Rumor due to demand, not bugs
updated 01:45 pm EST, Wed January 2, 2008
Sprint Pulls LG Rumor
Sprint has pulled its LG Rumor messaging phone from shelves due to sheer demand and not technical flaws, the company announced on Wednesday. The carrier has acknowledged a problem with the slider phone which allowed users to accidentally wipe the phone's firmware clear through a debugging code but says it is an isolated incident; most models have not been affected and have already received a fix, Sprint says.
Instead, the unavailability is reportedly the result of underestimating demand for the phone, which garnered attention on launch in October for offering a full keyboard and special messaging features below the price of most smartphones. The provider has not said when it expects the Rumor to be readily available once again but promises that it will increase supplies of the phone "soon" online and in retail shops.
pffft...
01/02, 02:04pm reply
That makes no sense!
bloggerblog
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New Corporate Strategy
01/02, 02:10pm reply
If you have a product that people want and you don't have enough supply to meet the demand, pull them all off the shelf and sell to nobody.
I hope that works for them.
jameshays
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What A Crock!
01/02, 03:11pm reply
If you believe ANY of the above "rationale," I've got a bridge in Brooklyn you might like.
VinitaBoy
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yeh right
01/02, 03:17pm reply
mmmm lets pull the product because too many people are buying it ... hey they could get a high paying job in government
russellb
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MacNN... AGAIN?
01/02, 03:29pm reply
Seriously, this has absolutely nothing to do with Mac OS or any pertinent subject derivations. Yeah, it was a stupid move, but who here really cares about it?
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danviento... again?
01/02, 04:56pm reply
Seriously, why do you keep posting the same comment over and over? If you don't want to read a story, don't read it! Get over it already - MacNN (and other Mac sites) are going to post stories you're not interested in - just skip them. For the rest of us, the only thing wrong with stories like this is they lead to you posting your "who really cares" comments.
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Cartmanland!
01/02, 06:03pm reply
"If you have a product that people want and you don't have enough supply to meet the demand, pull them all off the shelf and sell to nobody."
http://www.southparkzone.com/episodes/506/Cartmanland.html
Seriously, if it ain't GSM, it's a waste of time IMO.
OtisWild
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uh...
01/02, 06:31pm reply
LG stands for "Losers' Garbage," and Sprint is almost as crappy of a carrier as AT&T.
But, what do I care? I don't have either.
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Re: macnn...again
01/02, 10:53pm reply
Didn't you notice the item about the iPhone at the bottom. Thus it's an apple story, thus on MacNN.
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re: uh...
01/03, 08:43am reply
LG stands for "Losers' Garbage,"
Gosh, I didn't know that, you would think they would have realised that and changed their name - still I suppose it means something quite pithy in Korean...
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