In conjunction with the IV AAPL Sanity Board, we hope to determine the production rate of the 3G iPhone by examining the serial and IMEI numbers, together with the date of purchase.

Can anyone who owns a 3G iPhone PLEASE post the following:

Serial Number: (just the first five characters)
IMEI Number: (All but last two digits)
The date of purchase (and date received if ordered)

We may be able to determine the production rate if we can get enough respondents as a method of partially deciphering the data has been discovered.

You can get this information from the back of your iPhone’s box, or from you iPhone 3G itself in the Settings/General/About screen.

Please go to the effort of doing this.. it could help answer a lot of questions.

Do not post anything in this topic other than these numbers, if you are willing to share them. Disclosing this data will NOT put you at risk, will NOT prejudice your security, and will NOT cause your iPhone to self-destruct on-command from Cupertino

I’ll kick off:

IMEI: 01 161200 06652xx (xx is the last two numbers which aren’t required)
Serial: 87827 (as you can see, just the first 5 characters out of 11)
Purchased/Delivered: iPhone Launch Day

IMEI: 01 161300 71709xx
Serial: 88829
Purchased: warranty replacement received on July 17th.

Original phone
IMEI: 01 161200 73618xx
Serial: 88825
Purchased: iPhone Launch Day

IMEI: 01 161200 13390xx
Serial: 88827
Purchased: iPhone Launch Day

bought 8 am July 11th UK:

88827 (xx827 = week 27 of 2008 I believe which should be w/e JLY 5th, but if week 29 product was really sold on July 11th, then it would have to be a week earlier)
01 16200 20683xx

edit: 01 161200 20683xx

Serial# - 87827

IMEI# - 01 161200 28960

Purchased launch day (7/11)

IMEI:  011614002126XXX

SERIAL:  87830SK3XXX

DELIVERED JULY 30

ORDERED July 18

Serial 88825

imei 0116120071258xx

bought on July 11

Serial 88828
IMEI 0116130010859xx
Purchased July 11

here’s mine

seriak 87827
imei 01-161200-01111XX
launch day montreal canada

serial # 84829
imie 0116140005534xx
purchased July 23 in Huntsville, AL

Serial# 87828
IMEI 0116130015061xx
Purchased: Launch day

Serial #88828
IMEI 01161300101XXXX
Purchased: Launch day

Edited to conceal full IMEI.

Thanks all. Looks like we might be on a 500k weekly run rate currently, but we’re going to need data from recent purchases to be sure moving forward. Not sure how likely that is, but if we all pound the pavement….

Anyway, link is here:

See what you think…

[quote author=“howlongtoretire”]Thanks all. Looks like we might be on a 500k weekly run rate currently, but we’re going to need data from recent purchases to be sure moving forward. Not sure how likely that is, but if we all pound the pavement….

Anyway, link is here:

See what you think…

Welcome to AFB
I enjoy your posts on the Sanity board

thanks artman. let’s make some money eh? we’ve been beat up long enough.

Howlongtoretire - you seem to have left off Mercel and me from the spreadsheet, although we don’t make much difference (yes my IMEI has an obvious mistake - sorry).

Here’s what the figures look like to me:

Final assembly was held up for some component, so a quantity of product was part-built and set aside before W25.

A first batch of the late component arrived during week 25, allowing a first batch of fully completed product to run through to the end of production at the end of 25 beginning of 26.

The late component finally arrived in full volume in W27 allowing the set-aside production to be finished, and normal production to commence.

In week 28 efforts were concentrated on getting the most units to completion for the launch, at the expense of maintaining the flow, so at the final shipment for launch (wednesday?) the production pipeline was not full; refilling the pipeline resulted in a dip in W28 finished product.

W29 on represent full run rate, which I would actually estimate most likely about 650-680K per week. (estimating sequential no at week change point based on samples on either side)