iPhone 4 pre-orders outstrip supply 4-1 in Taiwan

“Taiwanese customers placed 200,000 iPhone 4 pre-orders, yet carriers fear that only about one-fourth of those orders will be filled by the end of the year,” Dave Caolo reports for TUAW.

“iPhonetouch.Blorge reports that Apple’s three Taiwanese carrier partners, Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan Mobile and Far EasTone, had access to a mere 1,800 iPhone 4s when they finally became available on September 15th,” Caolo reports. “Additionally, the carriers expect to receive no more than 50,000 units before the year’s end.”

Caolo reports, “Meanwhile, the chairman of manufacturer Foxconn told the press that his company is pumping out 1.5 iPhones per second — that’s about 137,000 units per day — to keep up with the enormous global demand.”

Full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: Obviously, 1.5 iPhones per second is not enough.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Arline M.” for the heads up.]