This story reminds me of the Italian launch of the iPhone 4 back in July: lots of pre-orders, a few units shipped to carriers, people still waiting since July for an iPhone 4. True story: my girlfriend is still waiting for one from 3 Italia, and I had to buy a French one using eBay. Another friend of mine ordered an iPhone 4 in June and is still waiting for the Apple Store to call him back and tell him his unit has arrived.
The demand is impressive, but Taiwanese iPhone customers might be in a worse place than Italian ones: out of 200,000 pre-orders, Taiwanese carriers got 1,800 units. What’s even worse is that, as TUAW and iPhoneTouch report, they don’t think they’ll get more than 50,000 unit before year’s end. And please consider that people will keep pre-ordering iPhone 4s. It’s unbelievable.
The problem is there’s really anyone to blame here: Foxconn has managed to ramp up its production chain to cook 1.5 iPhones per second, which is 137,000 per day. Or more than 4 million units per month, if you wish. The real problem is (and it’s a nice problem to have) too many people want an iPhone 4.
Remember Antennagate?
