Carphone London sells 800 iPhone 3GS devices in 60 minutes

Vojtech has just arrived into London from the Czech Republic. He’s a PR specialist and was instrumental in helping us out during MIR’s visit to the country.

He’s a San Francisco veteran and, actually speaks better English than many Californians.

Vojtech’s arrived in London to head up the tech section at his PR firm. His first task after arriving in the city?

Get an iPhone 3GS. Obviously.

For that, though, you need a credit / debit card with a chip/pin function. HSBC is currently rushing him one so at the moment, Vojtech’s sitting on his hands.

But he couldn’t have an iPhone 3GS if he wanted one. They were out of stock when he enquired. The nice lady at Carphone Warehouse said she’d call when they were in stock.

She did call back — this afternoon — to say that there were a whopping 800 in stock all over London.

Nice.

Vojtech called back an hour later.

They were out of stock. Already.

Bad luck Vojtech. I think you’re right though — definitely get a 3GS instead of the 3G version.

You can follow Vojtech’s London travails at www.nextstoplondon.net and follow him on @vojtech. If you meet him, tell him hi from me.

It looks like there’s a continual quiet revolution going on with iPhone 3G –> 3GS upgrades.

I’m still stuck on my 3G version, I haven’t had time to pop into a Carphone or an o2 store. How about you?