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Apple?s struggling to crank out enough iPhone 3G handsets to meet supply.

They?re in such high demand, the company?s on track to shift more than 40 million of the touchscreen mobiles in its first year alone.

That?s almost 7 times the amount it shifted of the first generation iPhone, but with demand outstripping supply, reports suggest Apple?s pushing its Far Eastern manufacturers to their full capacity.

According to TechCrunch, Apple?s manufacturing partner, Foxconn, is churning out iPhone 3Gs at the rate of 800,000 per week. But there could be trouble ahead, as that number is reportedly ?above current full capacity.? TechCrunch says that if it continues, there could be quality control issues around the corner.

Issues like cracking cases?

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Seems like switching to the cheaper super indestructible plastic/ceramic/adamantium back for the iPhone 3G may not have been such a swell idea. There are reports spreading like wildfire through forums of stress cracks appearing, particularly in the 16GB white model. the black ones are doing it too. You just don’t notice as much because its black. The tech sites that have been “covering” it have shots of people showing the cracks under black lights on the black ones as well.

The six pages filled with similar complaints and photos prove that this is far from an isolated incident. Whether this is a problem with the black edition is unknown, presumably these cracks would be somewhat harder to spot on those, if it is occurring at all. With the rarity of the white iPhone 3G it may be tough to see if this issue has made it to the UK, but this problem is quite a concern and the last thing Apple needs.

iPhone 1.0 update - Might be old, but no cracks on my metal shell!

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