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Apple Again Dominating Shipping Capacity Out of China Ahead of iPhone 6 Launch
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There isn't much FLEXIBILITY in supply for shipping. The shippers run it calculated very tightly. All the planes go "full" and the various shipping tiers decide when you get your package. So when Apple need a dozen planes to stuff with iGoodies they just don't exist.
Exactly. I'm in flight school and I can tell you the pilots do NOT like flying these things over. A few phones is one thing, thousands in the cargo hold is that much riskier. But if you want a source I'm sure you can find something over at airliners.net or flightaware.
I live in Louisville which is the UPS HQ and I can watch the planes fly in every 2-5 minutes from Alaska when these iphones start arriving. Its crazy.
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Are you suggesting Apple don't plan anything?
They just make X million devices, and go into last moment panic mode and run to companies like Fedex with a case full of money saying we need shipping?
Don't you think this is all planned by Apple and shipping orders taken by these companies months in advance ?
Really....
Stick with Verizon
Be ready for the "I told you so!"
Big mistake! The old adage, "You get what you pay for" is going to come back & bite you in the a** within two weeks of your defection. This is especially true if you live on the west coast or near any other large metro area.
Be ready for the "I told you so!"
Welcome back from the Darkside
Yep, it is time to cross over to Apple because the game of Keep Up is going to hit a fever pitch staring Tuesday.
You better believe the likes of Amazon, fresh off their funeral for the Fire, Google, Samsung et al, already have their PR Depts. working overtime in the salt mines to counter Apple's Holiday Annihilation of the competition on all fronts, save for giveaways and sucker rebates. Go Apple.
"This is the most wonderful time of the year!"
Yep, it is time to cross over to Apple because the game of Keep Up is going to hit a fever pitch staring Tuesday.
You better believe the likes of Amazon, fresh off their funeral for the Fire, Google, Samsung et al, already have their PR Depts. working overtime in the salt mines to counter Apple's Holiday Annihilation of the competition on all fronts, save for giveaways and sucker rebates. Go Apple.
"This is the most wonderful time of the year!"
One plane can carry 450,000 iPhones..
Apple sold nine million new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c models three days after the launch of the new iPhones on 20 September 2013
Let's say Apple sells twice that number of iPhone 6(4.7" and 5.5")
18 million/450k = 40 planes..
Apparently 40 planes is enough to "begun displacing competitors' attempts at shipping during the fall."
Or is iWatch on board?
Apple sold nine million new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c models three days after the launch of the new iPhones on 20 September 2013
Let's say Apple sells twice that number of iPhone 6(4.7" and 5.5")
18 million/450k = 40 planes..
Apparently 40 planes is enough to "begun displacing competitors' attempts at shipping during the fall."
Or is iWatch on board?
A stunned Santa Claus was informed this year that he would not be able to fulfill his deadlines, because he was being trumped by a "very important customer".
The good news is that I'm switching from gold to black this go' round, where black was readily available in the Chicagoland area on release day for the 5S.
Here's hoping there's a true pre-order this time. Camped for the 5, would rather NOT do that this time.
Personally, I cannot imagine buying a product sight unseen, nor can I imagine buying one of the first units off the assembly line. But different strokes for different folks, as long as they accept that they are signing up to be lab rats for early life product quality problems.
I have no sympathy for people who get early units and then bitch about them. Sure, you have a right to get quality problems addressed; but whining about it as if they are grievously injured parties is childish. And whining about reasonably obvious design issues after the fact, when they had every chance to wait and check out the product before buying, is obscene.
Umm.. no. There is no such thing as the "federal reserve." There is a Federal Reserve System, which has a number of components, some public, some private. Privately owned banks are among the components of the system.
Fed policy is set by the Governors, who are appointed by the President of the US, and are confirmed by the Senate. The President can remove a Fed Governor for cause.
The Federal Reserve System was set up by Act of Congress, and could be dismantled at any time by the same.
Regarding "ownership", the Fed does in fact generate profits, but these all go to the US Federal government.
Steps have been taken: Cargo holds are hermetically sealed. Yes, cargo hold fires have happened, but only in cases where regulations have been ignored. The most famous I can think of was a case where oxygen generators were being transported in the cargo hold.
So if you speak about cargo hold fires, you speak about a highly theoretical scenario. I really want to speak to those pilots who are supposedly shaking in their boots for fear of an iPhone fire.
You're not a very scientifically-minded person, are you?
First of all, the fire would never burn long enough to get through the fuselage. It would run out of oxygen long long before that.
Second, if the fire really burns through the fuselage, it will go out immediately due to the very rapid decompression.
Aircrew don't like flying the things over, however, the safety risks aren't absolutely huge the pilots aren't likely to know exactly what they are flying. FedEx aren't likely to put all of their eggs in one basket either. The batteries themselves should be protected from short circuiting when transporting. The IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations apply.
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I am guessing the company you work for does not have corporate customers, or else you would have experienced it yourself.
I have seen that scenario happen very often. Customers are waiting for their contractually agreed supplies. More important customer comes in and moves to the beginning of the line. Other customers have to wait longer. And no, I am not working for some sloppily managed backyard company in some third world country but for one of the top 20 largest tech companies.
Every company prioritizes its customers by "How much does it hurt us if they go to the competition".
I appreciate the insult, but some of these people may be more scientifically minded than I am:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090608130720AAQaokQ
http://www.tc.faa.gov/its/cmd/visitors/data/AAR-420/firesa~1.pdf
and with Li Ion batteries, the ones are small on the iPhones, but the mechanism for a thermal runaway, in theory, can lead to a chain reaction. See here:
http://www.iafss.org/publications/fss/8/375/view
Hence the reason for my "rare, but not impossible". I'd like to change it to "extremely rare, but not impossible."
You seem to be thinking of "impossible, so it should be dismissed".
(and yes, I know that the first one is a "Yahoo Answers" opinion of others.)
I wish I could tell you more.
I can think of several. Apple is a big player but they are not alone. If you really want to see big cash reserves, look at Intel.
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I'm sure you are aware that the reason why LiIon batteries are prohibited from air transport for most shipping is lack of proper packing and containment procedures.
If you look at these shipping regulations, there are exceptions so a transport such as this alleged iPhone 6 air shipment can happen. I'm sure there is a cargo master monitoring the hold in flight so no surprises occur.
Which "long term" are you talking about? I made my first stock purchase about ten years ago. I feel quite well rewarded. My highest cost basis is ~$45 (split-adjusted, now up %100). And that was some time in 2011-2012. Again, I feel well rewarded. Would you like to sell today? "A fool and his money..."
No. The phone had to be tested. So they had to be used in real world situations. They put an ugly case around it so you can't tell unless you get up close (like in your hands you take it out of the case). Remember the iPhone hidden in a case that was found at a bar a few years ago.
There is just no way to really get the bugs out so you can comfortably order several BILLION dollars worth of phones and just test it in the lab. So lots of prototypes are in the hands of the debug team. And at this stage we are long past the point where iPhones are being stockpiled. That is if there is any hope of Apple meeting a fraction of the demand for a late September launch.
To be honest, I certainly would not want to be an employee of FedEx. To go a slightly bit PRSI-leaning, but as an Amer. Indian, I certainly wouldn't want to support or sponsor a stadium for a certain NFL team who uses a racial slur for their team's name, and is stubborn against changing it, based on a false sense of "tradition". Same reason why I've moved away from Bank of America.
I was lucky the last time I bought my 4S, as it came to me via UPS. I'm hoping the same when I get the new one.
However, the company that would be great to own some share of around this time, is FlightAware. Think of how much revenue they are generating when everyone goes to track the flight their iPhone is on.
BL.