For those who are waiting, there’s a claim that Apple has already started manufacturing the iPhone. “This morning, Prudential’s Jesse Tortora asserted that “the production ramp has already begun” in small quantities for an Apple slim phone to be available for sale late in the first quarter of next year, or early in the second quarter. Tortora expects a smartphone to follow 1-2 quarters later, “likely” in the third quarter.”
There’s no indication as to where Tortora got his information that the iPhone is already in production, but he’s confident enough to include its sales in his profit forecast. “Tortora says he expects Apple to sell 7 million iPhones in calendar 2007 and 15 million in 2008, contributing 8 cents a share to earnings in fiscal 2007 and 29 cents in fiscal 2008.”
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