Recently bought new iPhone, but serial number shows it is 6 months old?

I can't figure this out.
On April 2nd 2008, I bought a new iPhone, in the shrinkwrapped black box, from an Apple store. But I have just realized that that serial number on it, starting with 7W743, means it was manufactured in October of 2007. It also had the latest 1.1.4 firmware.
I can't believe this phone was somehow sitting around unsold for 6 months (and if so how did it get the latest firmware)? And I don't think it's a refurb since it wasn't in the white box and they didn't say anything about it being a refurb. Does anyone have any idea how this might happen?
Thanks for any ideas.

What difference does it make when it was manufactured? It was brand new in a sealed box with the latest firmware installed. You have full warranty to cover you if anything goes wrong. If you want a little more piece of mind, get AppleCare for it.
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