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And also, they claim 95% less pollution by flying their products instead of shipping them by boat. Do they really expect us to believe they were flying all thes
by daft_pink 3y ago
And also, they claim 95% less pollution by flying their products instead of shipping them by boat. Do they really expect us to believe they were flying all these devices?
The whole thing is an exercise in how to lie with statistics.
Also, I always buy a leather case for my iPhone. Now I’m just going to order one from Bellroy or Nomad instead of buying fake leather. It’s like Apple Watch bands I never buy from Apple. If you don’t provide the product I want, I just buy it somewhere else.
- hindsightbias 3y agoiPhones and iPads were always air freight. All that just-in-time stuff. Covid, supply chain, port issues probably made conversion to sea freight untenable until recently.
- lurking_swe 3y agoyes, most of it is transported by air. this has been known for a long time. from a quick google search: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-09-11/the-iphone-s-secret-flights-from-china-to-your-local-apple-store https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-09-11/the-iphon... https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/technology/iphone-china-apple-stores.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/technology/iphone-china-a... https://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/15/iphone-deliveries-from-china/ https://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/15/iphone-deliveries-from-...
- cosmotic 3y agoBuy a customized Apple computer,trackong shows it ships from China and arrives in a couple days. That's definitely not a boat.
- daft_pink 3y agoIs your customized computer going to take a month or two to arrive now though?
- plorkyeran 3y agoEvery mac I've bought in the last ~15 years has had <24 hour delivery from China, so either they're flying it, have some magical teleporter, or are completely lying in their order tracking for no clear reason.