My beloved employer flew a 747 full of 6's from China Yesterday, and another tomorrow, 4 or 5 hundred thousand pounds worth. Have no idea how many phones that is....

So...

Knowing that the 6+ is 6.07 ounces and the 6 is 4.55 ounces, and 1 ounce is .0625 pounds...

That's 16 iPhones per pound...

If half of that weight is packaging and shipping materials...

~3.6MM phones?

Wonder what kind of insurance they had on that flight? Would be a lot of pissed off customers and a ton of $$$ gone if that thing went down or got high jacked.

Especially with the entire world knowing the flight numbers. Would be lots of nerd tears if they went down.

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My beloved employer flew a 747 full of 6's from China Yesterday, and another tomorrow, 4 or 5 hundred thousand pounds worth. Have no idea how many phones that is....

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Supply chain management is damn impressive. To think that from those 2 flights how many other flights and trucks will be involved to deliver the phones to the stores just in time for the release.

I imagine apple doesn't want the phones sitting around the store for any longer than absolutely necessary, which means special deliveries likely hours or less prior to the doors opening.

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My beloved employer flew a 747 full of 6's from China Yesterday, and another tomorrow, 4 or 5 hundred thousand pounds worth. Have no idea how many phones that is....

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Supply chain management is damn impressive. To think that from those 2 flights how many other flights and trucks will be involved to deliver the phones to the stores just in time for the release.

I imagine apple doesn't want the phones sitting around the store for any longer than absolutely necessary, which means special deliveries likely hours or less prior to the doors opening.

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Yup, it pays my bills!