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Apple Store still has a line

Submitted by Christian Grantham on August 5, 2008 - 12:48pm.

This picture is from a few moments ago from @brandiandboys showing there is still a line at the Apple Store at Green Hills. When will this iPhone madness end?

TechCrunch is reporting that Apple has asked Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai, to increase production of the iPhone 3G to 800,000 units a week. That pace translates to about 40 million units a year, far greater than what most analysts had been expecting the company to sell in the iPhone 3G era.

A short-term bump in production capacity may not imply that Foxconn will keep up that pace; TechCrunch's report alludes to "some concerns about quality control" on the part of either Apple or Foxconn related to the increase. After six weeks with no iPhone sales, there was clearly pent-up demand going into the July 11 launch of the iPhone 3G that may not be sustainable over the rest of the year without causing problems.

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