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Dayton Business Journal...
Report: Apple orders
25M iPhone 5 units
by DBJ Staff
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Apple Inc. has ordered 25 million units of its next generation iPhone
-- possibly the much-rumored iPhone 5 -- by the end of the year,
according to a report.
The Wall Street Journal cites sources as saying Apple has placed that
many orders with its component makers, and is expecting to have first
units delivered in August.
The report added some details about what the new device will feature,
including that it will be thinner and lighter than the iPhone 4 and
have an 8-megapixel camera.
Note: Click the “View Photo Gallery” link above the photo to view
slideshow of Apple’s innovations.
One source told the Journal that Apple, which has a retail store in
Kenwood Mall, will switch to Qualcomm Inc. ’s wireless baseband chips
for the new smartphone. Research firm iSuppli Corp. says the current
iPhone uses memory chips made by Samsung Corp. and baseband chips made
by Infineon Technologies AG.
The report cautioned that sources were concerned about whether Apple’s
China-based manufacturers may not be able to keep up with demand for
the new device.
The iPhone also is sold in Dayton at local Best Buy Co. stores and
through AT&T and Verizon Communications Inc.retail stores.
This is the latest in rumors of the iPad 3 and iPhone 5, both of which
are expected this fall.
A Taiwan-based tech blog called DigiTimes cites industry sources when
it reports that companies in the Asian nation that are part of the
supply chain for making the iPhone 5 and iPad 3 have started
preparations to supply materials for the production of the two devices.
The blog reports Apple will announce the products in September before
they hit store shelves around the world in October.
A new report this week from comScore indicated that Google Inc. ‘s
Android phones have the largest market share, followed by Apple, then
Research in Motion Ltd. ‘s Blackberry and Microsoft Corp.
The smartphone segment is rapidly growing among business executives,
with a survey conducted by The Business Journals earlier this year
revealing that small and midsize business owners are more connected
than ever to technology, significantly boosting the time spent on the
Internet, their use of social networks, and their adoption of new tech
tools.
The survey found that 37 percent of executives used a smartphone or
PDA, up from 27 percent in the past year.
Read it with links at the Dayton Business Journal
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