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Data suggests Apple has cruised past 10 million iPhone goal
AppleInsider — ... Code, signifies a particular build or set of iPhones being manufactured. The second 6 digit number is unique to each individual iPhone produced in that particular series—so that 1 million iPhones can be registered to a specific TAC. In other words, one six digit code, known as the TAC, signifies a set of iPhones being produced whereas the other six digit code signifies each individual iPhone within the TAC set. Members at the Apple Finance Board at Mac Observer have been collecting IMEI numbers [ ...

iPhone 3G Snags 17% US Smartphone Market, Apple Already Sold 10M iPhones
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... from another major US carrier. Nearly 47% of this group switched from Verizon (who denied Apple and the iPhone due to interfering levels of control), 24% switched from T-Mobile and 19% switched from Sprint. The NPD report goes onto explain that these specific figures are targeted at typical sales, as apposed to corporate sales which usually favor BlackBerries and Windows Mobile devices in the US (via Macnn). Members of the Apple Finance Board at Mac Observer have been gathering IMEI numbers (spreadsheet) for a while now. The group has been maintaining a ...

Apple manufactures 10M iPhones
The Apple Core — ... based on collected International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers. A joint project of AFB and ...

Has Apple Sold 10 Million iPhones?
Apple Watch — ... on Bullish Cross may have contributed to Apple's late-day rally. If so, tomorrow could even be sunnier. Maybe those dark storm clouds hanging over Apple shares will yet lift. Andy M. Zaky and Turley Miller explained how an Aug. 1 post to Mac Obsever's Apple Finance Board led to user-contributed tracking of iPhone 3G sales. Forum contributor Tommo_UK asked other iPhone 3G users to share the first 5 characters of their serial numbers, 13 digits of the 15-digit IMEI number and date of order (and or purchase). What followed demonstrates that collaborative power of the Web. ...

Apple May Already Have Sold 10 Million iPhone 3Gs
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... floating around in storerooms and repair shops. But the fact that this many have been made means that, according to financial blog Seeking Alpha, there are at least seven million 3G iPhones in the hands of users. For the record, the latest iPhone listed on the spreadsheet is no 9,190,680, an 8GB black model which was sold three days ago on October 4th. Phone Sales Drastically Surpass Q4 Consensus; Apple Reaches 10m Goal [Seeking Alpha via Fortune] Topic: Calling ALL 3G iPhone OWNERS! [Mac Observer Forums] The Spreadsheet ...

Apple Q1 2009 earnings preview
AppleInsider — ... already reported as sold in Q4 2008 (6.89 million), one will arrive at a total of 9,110,000 iPhones that could have potentially been sold. However, one always has to assume that about 2 million iPhones are sitting in Apple’s inventory, are replacements for defective iPhones, or are damaged during the manufacturing process. Thus, if one subtracts about 2 million iPhones from the total potential sales for the quarter, one would arrive at 7.11 million iPhone sales. Read more about this method of forecasting iPhone sales here . Analyst FY 2009 Earnings Forecast for Apple, Inc. ...