it worked!
it worked!
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From a friend I have at Apple, they ship new iPhones in planes for every new release to deal with the order surge. Plane cabins stacked floor to ceiling with phones. An insane quantity of phones.
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So this is why they're all in Airplane mode when they're brand new? TIL
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Boeing 767-300 Freighter can hold a maximum payload of approximately 52.7 tons (116,200 pounds). It has a total cargo volume of about 15,469 cubic feet. That's a lot of iPhones.
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231 million iPhones were sold in 2023. They weigh about 6 ounces but round up to 10 to account for packaging. Assume that 10% of those were sold at launch. That's 719 tons or 13 767-300 jets.
Obviously the vast majority are shipped by sea, but to handle the initial wave, they ship air.
Edit: obviously, most of those phones aren't going to the US, but it's still at least a few planes full.
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isn't it dangerous to pack a plane full of lithium ion batteries? it didn't go so well for UPS 006.
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It’s totally fine in the US. Almost every passenger on the plane comes equipped with their own batteries in their pocket to take out any bad batteries should the need arise. One could say that domestic flights are only safe these days because everyone carries a battery or two with them.
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Yeah that's just basic international air freight. It's not like apple is being special. They bid on pallet locations just pike everyone else, difference is is that they just wreck anyone other potential bidder during new phone releases
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They let you do it if you're rich.
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I decided to check out an MBP. Normally I can customize it and they give me a delivery estimate of about a week. Currently I can't customize it at all and delivery estimate is overnight. Literally what's in stock is all there is and then no more.
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They're waiting for the storm to pass, it's still 10% now
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As of today, it’s 145% on Chinese imports.
Shortly after the Budget Lab’s original publication, the White House clarified that the 125% China tariffs were on top of, not inclusive of, the 20% IEEPA tariffs already in place, making the maximum rate on Chinese imports 145%. This report revises our numbers to reflect the clarified policy.
https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/fiscal-and-economic-effects-revised-april-9-tariffs
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Oh wow. I've been needing to upgrade for a while and happened to be in a place where I was ready to make the purchase. The day the news about the most regressive tax scheme in history hit I went through the whole normal process of selecting all the completely insanely priced upgrade options I needed and placed the order. It's due next week - I must have been one of the last ones.
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How does it avoid tariffs?
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By arriving before the tariffs do
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Ah, thanks mate.
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Arriving before Trump? That's a bold move.
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Apple also has a bunch of seats bought and paid for for every flight going to China.
So if someone from Apple has to get there quickly to handle a production issue, they can just go on the next flight. No need to reserve a seat.
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sounds fake but if not it's hilariously evil towards environment
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https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/25/20932487/apple-united-airlines-sfo-terminal-upgrades
It's true and reported by actual journalists. It was just United, not all flights.
Among Apple’s highest expenditures as part of its United contract include 50 business class seats from San Francisco to Shanghai daily, a figure United printed on a sign and mistakenly placed in public viewing at SFO early this year.
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Crazy fact: it was only 12 days worth of iPhones. Meaning all of these phones will be sold within 12 days.
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This is why crApple phones cost so much, flying in First Class.
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I just upgraded six months early to avoid any potential tariffs.
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