A Totally Random Comparison Between Apple the Company and Apples the Fruit

Jan 10th, 2012

A Totally Random Comparison Between Apple the Company and Apples the Fruit

Well, just when we thought we'd seen every possible kind of media coverage about Apple, there's this: We've got an article here that compares Apple, the company, to apples, the fruit. No, seriously. Check it out . . .





--China's production. China produces 44% of the world's apples . . . and 100% of the world's Apple devices.





--Who buys the most? Russia buys the most apples in the world, spending $550 MILLION a year . . . the U.S. buys the most Apple stuff, spending $16 BILLION a year.





--How they're sold. 72% of apples are sold fresh, 15% are sold as juice, and 13% are sold as sauce. For Apple, 43% of sales are iPhones, 28% are iPads, 16.7% are iPods, and 12.2% are computers.





--Weight. The average apple weighs five ounces . . . and the average iPhone weighs 4.9 ounces.





--Price. For the price of one iPhone 4S, you could buy almost 2,000 apples.





--So which industry is bigger? In 2009, there were 71 million tons of apples produced, totaling $30 BILLION . . . and there were 138,000 tons of Apple products produced, totaling $32 BILLION.





(Mashable)