AT&T To Sells Reps: No Vacation For You!

You know, it's really no secret that the 3G iPhone will be out this summer, but sometimes a little more tact in making it official would be nice. A memo was recently passed around to all AT&T store staff members informing them that if they had planned on asking for vacation time anywhere from June 15 to July 15, then that's just too bad, because they'll be needed in store to make sure a "new and exciting product launch" goes smoothly (as reported by our very own Den Den). Weird... I had no idea that the Pantech Duo 2 would be that popular...

I'm a bit lucky. I, through certain associations, would have been directly impacted by this decision, if a certain someone already made plans for that time period and requested off. I understand that they honestly feel like this is going to be a huge event, but an entire month? Maybe it's just me, but that seems like they are pushing the "no vacations" thing as just another piece of the marketing puzzle. "OMG!!11! Employees can't vay-k for a whole month in the dead of summer?!?! This is going to be the biggest thing EVAR! First it was the Jesus Phone, now it's the Second Coming!"

If that wasn't enough to make a loud statement that the 3G iPhone will be out in June, try going to an Apple store to get an iPhone right now. Most are out of stock and have been sending people to the AT&T stores who still have stock available. I don't think it's because there is a spiked demand for the current iPhone either, it just makes sense that they are depleting their current generation stock to make room for the new child that Apple built.

So, for those of you that have been saving your Stimulus Checks for something exciting (looking at you Den Den, look no further than mid-June. Now, if we could just get Apple or AT&T to release some definitive pricing or features, we'd all be grateful. I mean, it's not going to hurt your sales of the 3G iPhone at all by doing that. And I'm sure there will still be a market for the left-over Edge phones when you drop the price on the phone, so don't worry about that. Just tell us already!

AT&T: No vacation around the iPhone anniversary [CNet]
Thanks to Vega81 for the heads up on all the "insider" info