Yes, but thats just artificial growth. I think there are two different issues at play here and we are trying to argue about different ones. There is the issue of how many iPhones Apple can produce on opening weekend and how many iPhones Apple can sell. So yes, selling 9 million iPhones in one weekend is quite an accomplishment purely based on the fact that it means they had to make 9 million phones prior to launch. The number of countries does not matter a launch because they will sell every phone they make. I am sure if they made 15 million phones, they might of sold 15 million iPhones. The argument I am making is that by simply adding China, they will artificially increase the demand by a huge number. This, I believe will mean they can produce more phones for launch and still achieve the same constrained issues they experience every year. Lets face it, Apple every year has limited supply of iPhones. Why is that? because Apple wants people camping out for their new phone, they want to add as much hype as they can to the launch day. They may have only sold 5 million last year because if they ended up producing more than 5 million, they would not of had a shortage problem that has become such a huge marketing push for apple. So the number of phones Apple makes for launch is based on how many phones their suppliers can actually make AND how many phones Apple wants to make to achieve the "constrained launch day" problem. Just my two cents
