Perhaps "wasted" is too strong a word, but don't blame us -- we're just quoting the source. (This just-for-fun site isn't affiliated with Apple, and since its estimates are based on data from a variety of sources, we can't absolutely confirm the veracity of these numbers. Still, for those of us on Team Android, the premise is entertaining and makes for good fanboy-teasing fodder).
With today's launch of the iPhone 4, we expect that any estimate of iPhone sales will continue to rise throughout the day. Regardless of the fact that the iPhone 4 is known to have hardware malfunctions, including discolored displays and faulty antenna bands, folks just keep lining up to buy the newly released device.
Of course, the iPhone 4 isn't the only revenue-generating mobile toy that's quickly lining Apple's coffers with the hard-earned dollars, euros and shekels of fans around the world. The iPad's sales recently topped 3 million units.
But the one item that's still outselling them all is the humble iPod, which ships more units and wastes more consumer dollars than any other device, including Macs.
Here's a breakdown of our annual Apple waste in U.S. dollars as of today:
$1.3 billion wasted on iPads
$7.4 billion wasted on iPhones
$7.8 billion wasted on Macs
$9.5 billion wasted on iPods