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From: John Navas on 18 May 2010 17:21
Better display, more RAM, bigger battery

Apple is betting big that its upcoming - and noticeably improved -
iPhone 4G will be an instant worldwide hit, according to a report citing
Taiwanese parts suppliers.

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo at DigiTimes says that Cupertino has ordered 24
million units for this year alone from its Chinese assembler, Foxconn.
Kuo also provided more details on the increasingly not-so-secret phone,
expected to be revealed on the opening day of Apple's upcoming Worldwide
Developer Conference, which runs from June 7 through 11.

Foxconn, according to the DigiTimes report, is front-loading the
shipments with 4.5 million units to be delivered in the first half of
the year, with the remaining 19.5 due during the following six months.

These numbers are aggressive, but not unreasonable. According to its
most recent Form 10-Q filing (PDF) with the US Securities and Exchange
Commission, Apple sold 8.75 million iPhones worldwide in the quarter
ending March 27, and 17.5 million for the six-month period ending that
quarter.

MORE:
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/18/24_million_iphone_4gs_in_2010/>
From: Larry on 19 May 2010 05:54
John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote in
news:a416v5tjsrt5cq3e93rvflus4kh1k2mrr7(a)navasgroup.com:

> 17.5 million for the six-month period ending that
> quarter.
>

Didya ever wonder where they all went? Look at the BLUE map. Are so many
people in the 1X markets buying 3Gs hoping against hope to get 3G from ATT
some day? Only half of Charleston, SC, has 3G ATT service. The whole city
of Summerville in the metro area is 1X only. Man that sucks.

I see, here in 3G ATT country, maybe 10 iPhones a week. Where are
17,000,000 of them per quarter, in a drawer?

The numbers just don't make sense.



--
Creationism is to science what storks are to obstetrics.

Larry

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