“Last year it took 22 hours for iPhone pre-orders to stock out. This year it took less than an hour.” http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/09/14/pre-orders-for-apples-iphone-5-sell-out-in-less-than-an-hour/ …
@felixsalmon -- that's not really data -- Apple created that stat by deciding how many to manufacture before-hand.
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That assumes a company needs to manufacture hype by manipulating a shortage. I doubt Apple has that problem.
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@johncabell@felixsalmon -- it doesn't assume anything like that. it could be apple decided it made more money by having a shorter pipe.
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