Apple Inc (AAPL)

[roni]

40-45 million

Yeah, it does seem like a lot.

It seems consistent, though, with a couple of different methods I have run across for estimating production - one based on IMEI numbers and another based on something else that I do not remember right off hand.

I do not think it depends on the People's Republic, or on another model. I think, according to what I have read of production estimates, Apple is at the level of production it needs to hit 40 million phones by a year from now.

There were 20 some countries added today, with roughly another 30 to go before the end of the year. We may have to get used to thinking in big numbers.