So Apple sold some 750,000 iPhones the first week. How long ago do you think they started producing them? A year? I ran some quick numbers:
Assuming they started production X ago, this is how many they produced a day:
1 year = 2,054 a day
6 months = 4,120 a day
Do you think it's possible for a factory in China to crank out 2,000 of these bad boys a day? But wait, they have to produce more than 2,000 of them a day... that, or they started building them well before a year ago.
Apple claims they have plans to put 10,000,000 of these on the street by 2008. If they produced 1,000,000 already and have yet to produce the remaining 9,000,000 (which seams unlikely) then they have to produce 60,000 units a day until 2008 arrives. That's not possible.
So, what's your best guess? How many units a day is Apple cranking out? No matter how you slice it, they are producing these things at a dizzying pace.
Assuming they started production X ago, this is how many they produced a day:
1 year = 2,054 a day
6 months = 4,120 a day
Do you think it's possible for a factory in China to crank out 2,000 of these bad boys a day? But wait, they have to produce more than 2,000 of them a day... that, or they started building them well before a year ago.
Apple claims they have plans to put 10,000,000 of these on the street by 2008. If they produced 1,000,000 already and have yet to produce the remaining 9,000,000 (which seams unlikely) then they have to produce 60,000 units a day until 2008 arrives. That's not possible.
So, what's your best guess? How many units a day is Apple cranking out? No matter how you slice it, they are producing these things at a dizzying pace.