Apple News: Apple and its mobile operator partners started selling the iPhone 3G in another 21 countries today, while two long-standing partners in the US and the UK reported mixed messages on how much stock they had on hand.
In the second rollout of the iPhone 3G, Apple introduced the smart phone in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia and Uruguay.
With today’s additions, Apple’s iPhone “reach” is 43 countries. Previously, it has said it will have the iPhone 3G in 70 countries by the end of the year.
Last month, Apple’s chief financial officer, Tim Cook, announced that the company would expand its iPhone distribution into 20 markets today, and promised that inventories — which were very tight when he spoke to Wall Street analysts on July 21 — would be sufficient to launch in the additional countries.