iPhone demand in China still exceeds supply

We've heard some crazy stories out of China about the call for Apple products there, both that Apple is trying to increase supply as quickly as possible, and that they're still not living up to the demand. And here's more news that Apple is racing, and probably failing, to keep up with all of the demand there. China Unicom says that Apple is still falling short of orders in that country. So far, 600,000 iPhone 4s have been ordered, but there's no word on how many of those have been delivered yet.

Hong Kong's Telstra also says demand is high there, and that company says that it too has had trouble keeping up supply under all the demand.

This is both good and bad news for Apple -- China has already been identified in the past as one of the company's biggest possible markets in the future, and it's great to hear that the expectations of demand are being matched, if not exceeded. On the other hand, it's never good to leave money on the table, and if Apple can't take advantage of all of this demand, it'll be doing just that.

View Tags

Source: http://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/Apple+%28AAPL%29…

Categories

Apple iPhone

We've heard some crazy stories out of China about the call for Apple products there, both that Apple is trying to increase supply as...

Add a Comment

Sign in »

3 Comments

Filter by:

_Don

Forget China. I still can't get one in Canada without standing around in front of the Apple or Rogers store in hopes that one will come.

(And no, there's not fracking way I'm doing that).

While that ticks me off - complete demand in one country before attempting another - I'm also glad to stick with my 3G, not pay the extra for a new one and have to shell out to Rogers for the dataplan (which I don't need or have now).

November 23 2010 at 9:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mdejong83

As many other people in Beijing I'm just one of those who are trying to get a hold of an iPhone 4, but still can't get a hold of one... apart from the demo models laying around in the store, of course.
Instead guys with white Apple bags are walking around just in front of the store trying to sell those iPhone 4's that we can't get a hold of. Those kind of narrow-minded people really get the best of me... I just want to kick them in the n**s right when I see them and they ask me if I wanna buy an iPhone 4. Why doesn't Apple kick them home when they see those people walking around in front of the their own front door? It still amazes me...

November 23 2010 at 7:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

drew

Telstra is the evil telecom dictatorship in Australia
You might be talking about PCCW, which is the evil telecom dictatorship in Hong Kong (N.B. Telstra has its fingers in a little bit of PCCW)

November 23 2010 at 7:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply