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How Apple Ships Millions of iPhones for Simultaneous Delivery
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As an aviation aficionado - love the Boeing 777. My favorite airliner. Beautiful, quiet, and efficient.
A beautiful plane to deliver beautiful products
Agreed. Here is a quick video of N890FD on her C flight at Paine.
Goosebumps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihts3JSd4nA
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Yes. One aircraft.
Interesting...
An iPhone airplane ticket from China to the US costs ~$0.50 rounding for easier math. That means ~$0.50 for a quarter a pound of weight. So an average person of 170 lbs would cost ~$2 a pound for a total of ~$340. Of course that would mean you would be stacked on top of other iPhones and wrapped and packaged in a box.
An iPhone airplane ticket from China to the US costs ~$0.50 rounding for easier math. That means ~$0.50 for a quarter a pound of weight. So an average person of 170 lbs would cost ~$2 a pound for a total of ~$340. Of course that would mean you would be stacked on top of other iPhones and wrapped and packaged in a box.
For me I watch the USPS sit with items. Many times the new tracking number won't work with USPS until after it is delivered.
haha I did that at first before I noticed the mistake. He did (450,000/242,000) instead of (242,000/450,000)
I am an American living in Shenzhen. I know how you feel. Because the Apple product has either not launched in China or is a lot more expensive in China, I have ordered Apple products to pick up when I head back to the States. Frustrating to know that I could take a bus to the factory but not be able to get my hands on what I purchased until I get to the US.
It's an acronym that means Situation Normal All ********** Up - SNAFU, and it was improperly used this thread.It's a military abbreviation. Kind of like Fubar. Look it up
SNAFU infers that no matter how screwed up the situation/event it is simply par for the course and hence nothing to worry about, hence its origins in war.
A plane crash is far from SNAFU, if a plane crash were truly SNAFU then it would mean that there are planes coming down all the time and even though that is bad, we've just come to accept it as normal life!
Long story short an event/accident isn't 'a SNAFU', it is 'SNAFU' but only if we've learned to accept it as par for the course no matter how bad/********* up it might be!
In fact a plane crash should properly be termed FUBAR (********* Up Beyond All Recognition) and for Apple it definitely would be FUBAR if they lost $0.25B worth of iPhone inventory in one plane crash... It certainly wouldn't be SNAFU unless they are losing hundreds of millions in hardware all the time!
Why not assemble them in the U.S. and Europe?
I would be more opt to upgrade more frequently (Apple 4S owner) if Apple actually assembled them in the U.S.. Also, I am sure people in Europe feel the same way, if they assembled them in say, the U.K.
Lenova is assembling some of their computers here in the U.S. now and it is a China company. Apple and both Nokia are assembling their phones in Asia?
Microsoft would be smart to bring back manufacturing to Europe from Asia on their new Lumia line. Always, thought the built quality was superb on my old Nokia phones before Apple Iphones were around. Was proud to own a Nokia phone designed in Finland and made in Europe.
Just seems with robots and automation, Apple could make the Iphones, in their home markets around the world and bring back jobs to the respective areas and boost pride and sales in their home markets.
Really good article, always wondered how they moved product so quick out of China?
Was surprised just how cheap it was to ship them, almost less the a dollar per phone.
Just my thoughts!
I would be more opt to upgrade more frequently (Apple 4S owner) if Apple actually assembled them in the U.S.. Also, I am sure people in Europe feel the same way, if they assembled them in say, the U.K.
Lenova is assembling some of their computers here in the U.S. now and it is a China company. Apple and both Nokia are assembling their phones in Asia?
Microsoft would be smart to bring back manufacturing to Europe from Asia on their new Lumia line. Always, thought the built quality was superb on my old Nokia phones before Apple Iphones were around. Was proud to own a Nokia phone designed in Finland and made in Europe.
Just seems with robots and automation, Apple could make the Iphones, in their home markets around the world and bring back jobs to the respective areas and boost pride and sales in their home markets.
Really good article, always wondered how they moved product so quick out of China?
Was surprised just how cheap it was to ship them, almost less the a dollar per phone.
Just my thoughts!
Thats because the items are being shipped in bulk when they come from china. Think shrink rapped pallets. They're not going to open up a whole shipping unit just to grab 1 or 2 items out of it for you. Once it's reached to the states the bulk is broken down and then split out into individual items.
Not to be rude but just stating the facts
It's all relative.
Samsung ships twice as many smartphones as Apple, and has more base models to manage inventory for.
Samsung also often launches their devices in more countries at once (over 140 countries with the Note 3), versus Apple starting out in a dozen countries, and making 100 other countries wait an extra couple of months.
You may be underestimating the full depth and complexity of Cook's logistics skill. It's not just down to those specifics you mention, and end-user shipping is but one tiny piece of the logistics challenge.
UPS's version is Surepost..
FedEx uses a completely different distribution chain for SmartPost.. that is what causes delays.
UPS uses their own network until it hits the local USPS distro hub, then it's usually delivered the next day.
Surepost- that's right. Thanks.
UPS and FedEx freight move through many different distribution networks, not just their own.
I don't like either service, but it does help pay my dad's retirement lol.
Not secrecy only
Theft is a possibility, but I'd also expect Apple's process is meant to satisfy Homeland Security. Imagine the nightmare for Apple and customers if 450,000 iPhones are held up because of a concern for contraband and shipments containing weaponized products.
Theft is a possibility, but I'd also expect Apple's process is meant to satisfy Homeland Security. Imagine the nightmare for Apple and customers if 450,000 iPhones are held up because of a concern for contraband and shipments containing weaponized products.
All I know is this.
While I've been a member of and have contributed to the site for a long while, it is times like this that I had a vested monetary interest in a site like FlightAware. The hits that that site gets with roughly every iPhone release would make some serious money! Those first flew flights are going to be very VERY popular for visits and tracking.
BL.
While I've been a member of and have contributed to the site for a long while, it is times like this that I had a vested monetary interest in a site like FlightAware. The hits that that site gets with roughly every iPhone release would make some serious money! Those first flew flights are going to be very VERY popular for visits and tracking.
BL.
Highly unlikely
The 787 is much better looking and quieter than the 777 - if they could just stop it from bursting into flames though
which version
Logistics
What version are the phones when they come out of the factory? All unlocked and then locked to a specific carrier at point of sale or are they all different? Some locked on AT&T, some on Verizon, some on sprint etc?
Does anyone know?
Logistics
What version are the phones when they come out of the factory? All unlocked and then locked to a specific carrier at point of sale or are they all different? Some locked on AT&T, some on Verizon, some on sprint etc?
Does anyone know?