Apple yesterday announced that its fleet of next-gen iPhones will hit store shelves on September 20. For most people, this means that they simply have lace up their shoes and head on over to their local Apple retail store pick one up. For Apple, it means that they have nine days to ensure that millions of iPhones emanating from China will ready for purchase at storefronts worldwide.
It's a logistical exercise on the grandest of scales, especially considering that Apple routinely sells millions of new devices during launch weekend.
Bloomberg today published an fascinating article detailing the innumerable procedures that
