Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 5 alongside a cheaper, possibly retooled iPhone 4 in the coming months, with industry reports indicating a September or October launch.
According to Apple’s manufacturing partners overseas, Apple is drastically ramping up iPhone production for the second half of 2011, with an estimated 58 million units expected to ship. With the continued sales of iPhone 4 models alongside whatever is announced this Fall, it looks like the last two business quarters of 2011 will be record-breaking for Apple.
Apple’s shipments are looking to nearly double, according to analyst Craig Berger of FBR Capital Markets. He explains his view of Apple’s production roadmap for Q3, as reported by AppleInsider:
“[Third quarter] iPhone builds were revised higher due to an additional 3.1M iPhone 4 builds (to 15.2M units) and due to an additional 1.4M iPhone 5 builds (to 6.8M units),” he wrote. “We still see 3M builds planned on the legacy iPhone 3GS to satisfy demands from various US and European carriers calling for a low cost device to compete with Android handsets.”
For the holiday season, Berger says that Apple will ship a staggering 30 million iPhones, with the possibility of 5 million more units being added to that total, depending on demand.
“We see most of the [fourth quarter] iPhone production on the iPhone 5 (23M units), as iPhone 4 production drops off dramatically,” he wrote. “Apple’s current build plan drives total production to 102M units in calendar 2011, and likely driving about 95M units of sales.”
That’s a lot of iPhones.
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8 responses to “Apple’s iPhone Production to Double in Second Half of 2011 [Report]”
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It’s a damn shame that Apple has to double its iPhone production just to push the share price to $400 thanks to crooked Wall Street valuations of Apple. Something really needs to be done about these corrupt hedge fund managers. I’d really like to know who’s responsible for constantly compressing Apple’s P/E quarter after quarter. Revenue continues to climb but the share price barely moves. Apple’s stock is only worth a little bit more now than it was in February after two pretty decent quarters. Apple is swimming hard into an opposing current just to maintain its position.
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It’s still pretty risky though, if Steve Jobs retires or is no longer able to work, the stock is going to plummet.
The Apple brand has a fair bit of traction but It’s pretty clear that the Apple products that Steve Jobs doesn’t pay attention to are terrible. Â They could easily become a company like RIM with little vision or focus without Jobs.