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The word out of Taiwan is that the iPhone 5 is now being churned out of Foxconn Electronics sweatshops factories at a rate of 150,000 per day, and that five to six million of the li'l fellows will be shipped by the end of September. Not a bad run-rate for a product that has yet even to be announced by Apple – although the …

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  1. TEQ

    Wouldn't you love to see the look on his face

    if when he turned up to start his jeebusPhone vigil, there were others that had got there before him?

  2. Zaphod.Beeblebrox
    Devil

    And yet

    They will still be scarce and overpriced come release day...

    1. Robert Synnott

      RE: And yet

      Well, yes; given that they were activating 380k per day last quarter, 150k is nothing like enough. Apple has traditionally struggles to meet demand on release. 150k a day will build up a bit of a reserve for a launch next month, but only a week or so's worth. They'll have to wait for Pegatron's production to come online to meet demand longterm.

      As for pricing, same as high-end Androids. They're highly unlikely to make the 5 more expensive than the 4.

  3. Purlieu
    FAIL

    @ ukforest

    Betamax vs VHS has nothing to do with "sheeple" as you put it, and everything to do with the fact that VHS was given to the public by JVC as a standard while Betamax was held onto by Sony who were hoping to rule the world (again)

    1. Figgus

      Actually, it's because the porn industry chose VHS. Never underestimate the power of porn!

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