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Apple To Build 15M-Plus 3G iPhones In 2008, FBR Says

Posted on June 26, 2008

Apple (AAPL) will build more than 15 million 3G iPhones in calendar 2008, according to Friedman Billings Ramsey semiconductor analyst Craig Berger, for total 2008 production of at least 17 million phones. (That includes 2 million 2.5G iPhones.) Berger says his estimates on iPhone production for both Q3 and calendar 2008 have been revised significantly higher. He s previously expected Apple to build 13 million total phones in 2008.Berger says Q2 build volumes were 25% lower than previous checks, as Apple pushes production out a bit into Q3. He now sees the company building 9 milli...

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