Apple's 10 Mil... er... 40 Million iPhone March
Michael Arrington over on TechCrunch turns his attention to how the iPhone production numbers crunch, and comes back with:
Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics giant that produces the iPhone 3G for Apple, has ramped up production to 800,000 units per week, says a source close to Apple with direct knowledge of the numbers. This is “above current full capacity” and there may be some concerns with quality control.
Steve Jobs originally, and famously said Apple would move 10 million iPhones in 2008. With the above production, however, that's 10 million a quarter -- 40 million a year! Crazy. And what with 22 countries about to become 42 and eventually 70+ by years end, and reports of cracks in the plastic backing of the new iPhone 3G already filtering in, could quality control be any more important right now?
Here's hoping Apple sells a ton of iPhone's this year. And here's also hoping quality assurance numbers are just as high.
Editor-in-Chief of iMore, Executive Producer at Mobile Nations, co-host of Iterate and ZEN and TECH, cook, grappler, photon wrangler.
| Tweet |
|
|
Leave a Reply
Note: Comments must be civil, respectful, and on-topic. If a comment does not add to the conversation, if it contains spam advertising, or inappropriate language or content, it will be removed. Insulting the topic, author, staff, site, network, or other commenters will result in the comment being marked as spam and potential prevent future comments from appearing on the site. Do not post as a business or your comment will likely be confused with spam. Comments containing links may be held for moderation. Relax, enjoy, and share in the discussion.
Gimme a break! That's nothing!
40e06x100e-03=40,000 watts heating our poor planet?. This is dangerous for the echosystem.
Quoting from wmexperts.com: "Microsoft sold more than 18 million Windows Mobile licenses in the last fiscal year, which ended June 30." If Apple remains on pace to ship 40 million/year, Apple will crush Microsoft.