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... Meanwhile, BusinessWeek clues us into Apple's ambitious plans for the iPhone, which include making at least 40 million iPhones in the next year. Could Apple plans succeed in light of the global economic downturn? ...
Apple Planning to Make Over 40 Million iPhones in Next 12 Months?
MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors —
Mac News BusinessWeek claims that Apple's manufacturing plans for the iPhone are rather ambitious. According to their sources, Apple is planning to build 40 million to 45 million iPhone 3Gs in the next 12 months. While final sales can't be known until after the fact, clues are emerging as to Apple's production plans. As of mid-August, they were ambitious, BusinessWeek has learned. Apple plans to build 40 million to 45 million iPhone 3Gs in the 12 months through August 2009, according to a person familiar with the company's plans. The article goes on to say that daily ...
Report: Apple plans to build 45 million iPhone 3Gs in next 12 months
MacDailyNews —
... to comment beyond reiterating that it expects to reach a stated goal of selling 10 million iPhone 3Gs in 2008," Burrows reports. "Until recently, the major problem facing Apple and its partners was how to get enough iPhone 3Gs to market. Daily production has been running at around 150,000, says the person familiar with Apple's plans. If maintained five days a week for 52 weeks, that pace implies an annual production of 39 million devices," Burrows reports. More in the full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Chuckles the Microsoft CEO" for the heads up.] ...
Will Apple sell 45 million iPhone 3Gs in 09?
Phones Review —
... million in 08 and a huge 45 million in 09.
Obviously exact final sales can’t possibly be known until all sales have been done, but apparently clues are emerging about Apple’s production plans. Word has it Apple plans to produce 40-45 million iPhone 3G handsets in the next 12 months.
Whether these figures are true Apple wouldn’t comment on, all they would confirm is they expect to reach the target goal of 10 million iPhone 3G handset in 2008.
Source – businessweek
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Apple To Crank Out 45 Million iPhone 3Gs Over the Next 12 Months [IPhone]
Gizmodo —
... Business Week is citing an internal Apple source today who is hinting at the company's upcoming manufacturing plans for the 3G, and they're huge. Between 40 and 45 million phones by this time next year kind of huge. The numbers are necessary, obviously to cover for the impending ...
Apple intends to sell 40 million iPhones
Macsimum News —
Apple intends to sell 40 million iPhones Posted by Dennis Sellers Apple ico Aug 22, 2008 at 11:22am image Apple intends to make at least 40 million iPhones in the next year, but selling so many will hinge on global success and fixing connection glitches, reports BusinessWeek . Many analysts expect Apple to sell around 11 million iPhone 3Gs in 2008 and another 25 million in 2009. But perhaps the most optimistic forecast is from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who expects the company to sell 13 million this year and 45 million next year. While final sales can’t be known ...
Apple's Big Plans: 40 Million More iPhones in the Next Year
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Apple had a stronger-than-expected start with the iPhone 3G, and the company plans to keep upping the ante by producing at least 40 million more iPhones in the next year, Business Week reports. ...
Apple Ramping Up iPhone 3G Production; 40 Million Units In 12 Months
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... 3Gs in the 12 months through August 2009, according to a person familiar with the company plans.”
With the iPhone launching in an additional 20 countries today, reports will soon surface as to whether or not the streaming stories/”rumors” of iPhone glitches will effect sales across the globe. Until then, we can only hope that Apple’s aggressive take on manufacturing (up to 150,000 units per day) will ultimately pay off.
Read - BusinessWeek
[via MacRumors]
Apple Plans To Sell A Lot Of iPhones Next Year. But How? (AAPL)
Silicon Alley Insider —
... Apple hasn't made an official prediction, and might never. But they do have to tell their suppliers how many phones to make. Between now and August 2009, the company plans to build 40 million to 45 million iPhones, according to BusinessWeek's Peter Burrows. ...
Analyst: 45M iPhones in 2009
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... BusinessWeek reported that Piper Jaffray tech analyst Gene Munster is forecasting sales of 13 million iPhone 3Gs in 2008, and a whopping 45 million on 2009. That's considerably higher than what other analysts are proposing, which is in the range of 11 million in 2008 and "only" 26 million in 2009. ...
Apple will make 40 million iPhones next year
iPhone Buzz —
... But perhaps the most optimistic forecast is from Piper Jaffray (PJC) analyst Gene Munster, who expects the company to sell 13 million this year and 45 million next year.
This is interesting because much of these higher sales figures depend on Apple's ability to quickly solve some of the device's problems such as the 3G connection issues. Even so, it is safe to say, sales will be big regardless, now that the iPhone will be available across the world.
[via BusinessWeek]
Apple Plans To Drown World In iPhones
Digg / Apple —
Apple Plans To Drown World In iPhones businessweek.com — It would seem that the world will indeed end in fire; fuelled by desire over the iPhone. BusinessWeek reports that Apple has plans to churn out over 45 million iPhone 3G handsets over the next 12 months.That's a lot of iPhones.If Apple is successful in shipping these numbers,it would make the iPhone business a 45 million x $200 = $USD 9 billion
iPhone 3Gs Now Outnumber First Generation iPhones
TechCrunch —
... , with production ramping up as fast as possible. (Businesweek is hearing similar numbers from its sources—150,000 a day). Apple is on pace to sell more than 40 million of the devices in the next year. At what point is it no longer considered a niche device in the cell phone world? ...
Apple soon to hit 12 million iPhones, 3G matching original iPhone sales
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... , Apple is on a tear with its 3G iPhone and will sell its 12 millionth this week. That means that it will soon match its whole 1st year in sales...in under two months. Depending on the source, Foxcon is producing 150K iPhones a day or a slightly more ...
Apple soon to hit 12 million iPhones, 3G matching original iPhone sales
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... , Apple is on a tear with its 3G iPhone and will sell its 12 millionth this week. That means that it will soon match its whole 1st year in sales...in under two months. Depending on the source, Foxcon is producing 150K iPhones a day or a slightly more ...
Apple intends to make at least 40 million iPhones in the next year
MacDailyNews —
... to 45 million iPhone 3Gs in the 12 months through August 2009, according to a person familiar with the company's plans. The low end of that range is 52% more than the 26 million Munster expects the company to sell in that time," Burrows reports. "Daily production has been running at around 150,000, says the person familiar with Apple's plans. If maintained five days a week for 52 weeks, that pace implies an annual production of 39 million devices," Burrows reports. Full article here .
‘Macsimum Recommended Reading’ for Sept. 22
Macsimum News —
... “Apple’s Ambitious iPhone 3G Plans: It intends to make at least 40 million iPhones in the next year; selling so many will hinge on global success and fixing connection glitches”— BusinessWeek “Apple’s mad MailWrangler moment: Another week, another app (email client MailWrangler) is banned from the App Store for the reason that it is too close to something Apple installs on the device by default, its mail client. This is madness on Apple’s part.”— ...
