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iPO Reports - Gartner: Second Round of 10M 3G iPhones Possible

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 at 4:50 PM - by

Apple may have ordered a second round of 10 million iPhones based on the 3G network, according to Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney. Mr. Dulaney, who follows the iPhone for the research firm, based that on rumors he's become aware of in Asia.

In a phone interview, Mr. Dulaney told the iPod Observer that he believes Apple has ordered a second round, amounting to 10 million more units, based on what he's heard in Asian circles. This is in addition to the ten million first generation iPhones that Apple has said it will sell by the end of 2008.

Mr. Dulaney also speculated that that the so-called 3G iPhone will use an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display in the new iPhone. That would lead to a thinner phone and lower power consumption.

It was also surmised by Mr. Dulaney that Apple didn't do as well as it expected in Europe with the 2.7G/EDGE network phone, hence the big movement to the 3G network iPhone.

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Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:58 am

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This is in addition to the ten million first generation iPhones that Apple has said it will sell by the end of 2008

Apple didn't say it would sell 10 million "first generation iPhones" by the end of 2008. It said it would sell 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008.

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Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:06 am

Apple didn't say 'by the end of 2008,' either. They said 'in 2008.' Check the MacWorld SF Keynote.

The difference? Anything sold in 2007 doesn't count.

They'll still make it though. Especially if they come out with a 3G version and substantially reduce the price of the first generation model.

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Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:12 am

http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/03/05/analyst-apple-to-exceed-10-million-iphone-goal-by-nearly-30/

Apple did clear up one nagging ambiguity: does the company’s oft-stated goal of selling 10 million iPhones in 2008 mean that it hopes to sell 10 million phones within this calender year, or 10 million phones between June 29, 2007 and Dec. 31, 2008? It’s a question often argued in heated words in the comment threads of Apple blogs (including this one). “We confirmed with Apple,” writes Munster, “that the goal is to sell 10m iPhones ‘in CY08′ alone.”

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