Apple executives said during a conference call Tuesday afternoon that supplies of the iPhone 3GS are constrained, and that Apple can not meet demand at the current time. "We are working to address this," Apple's chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer said during the call.

In addition, certain MacBook models are also supply-constrained, but should improve over the next few weeks, chief operating officer Tim Cook said. Cook did not specify which models were affected.

An informal check of Apple's iPhone availability tool reveals that all Apple stores have at least one model of the iPhone 3GS in stock. However, the white versions seem to be in higher demand, as availability of those versions is more limited.

iPhone channel inventories remained flat, chief operating officer Tim Cook reported, with 1.83 million units in transit.

Apple generally updates Wall Street analysts with the component supply situation, and Tuesday's call was no different.

Overall, large LCDs and DRAM are supply-constrained, Apple executives said, while the decline in prices of hard drives is slowing. Apple paid $500 million to Toshiba as an advance payment for NAND flash, which Apple uses in the bulk of its handheld devices.

Apple said it still intends to sell the iPhone in China by the end of its fiscal year.

By: DocMemory
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