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Report: Foxconn to ship 3 million 3G Apple iPhones in June

Monday, April 28, 2008 · 3:01 pm · 36 Comments

“Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reportedly landed orders for the assembly of second-generation iPhones from Apple supporting 3G, with shipments to begin in June this year, the Chinese-language Commercial Times has quoted sources at foreign institutional investors in Taipei as indicating,” Steve Shen reports for DigiTimes.

“The Commercial Times also cited sources at component suppliers as saying they have been instructed by Apple to begin preparing material supplies by the end of May,” Shen reports.

“Shipments of the 3G iPhone are expected to top three million units in June with the model likely to ship a total of 24-25 million units throughout its life-cycle, the paper added,” Shen reports.

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Spark

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:09 pm · Reply

Those excited about 3G in the U.S. should take a look at ATT’s list of cities covered here…
http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/

Pretty spotty.
pkingjack

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:12 pm · Reply

ATT is busy activating more 3G towers. (grapevine)
mas

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:19 pm · Reply

A lot of dark blue in the Boston area. Is it June yet?!!
Spark

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:22 pm · Reply

Hope so, but as of now, unless you live in the heart of major cities, or outside the U.S. you won’t benefit from 3G. I hope Steve has the ATT chairman on again to update iPhone users on the state of these updates, otherwise the new phone will be of interest primarily to Europeans and Asians where 3G is saturated.
holding out hope

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:26 pm · Reply

Spotty is an understatement. For that reason alone I am still hoping that the 3G iphone will be carrier independent. I hate sprint, but at least I can get my “mobile broadband” in and around most cities I travel to. It would be nice to just have to carry my iphone, rather than lug around my MBP to access the internet and answr my email.
ChrissyOne

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:33 pm · Reply

No 3G at my house, or on most of my commute = for the lose.

Good thing I didn’t spend the last 10 months complaining about it.
bjh

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:34 pm · Reply

3G won’t be the only selling point of these phones. The new software will be a huge benefit…
R2

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:37 pm · Reply

AT&T;has a bad habit of failing to update their 3G map. I didn’t think I had good coverage in the suburban region of my city but after going on HowardForums.com (a mobile phone website), I found 3G customers in the area who now get pretty strong and consistent signal strength.

Remember AT&T;stepped up their 3G buildout earlier this year and that helped spur the iPhone rumors, so don’t be surprised if you end up with coverage that doesn’t reflect in the map.
DJ

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:37 pm · Reply

Looking forward to iP 2.0 but doubt if O2 will have expanded their 3G much at launch.

3G’s generally very spotty in the UK and likely to remain so I’d guess.

So far, it seems to be limited mostly to metro areas and motorway cafes.
Spark

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:38 pm · Reply

@bjh
Yeah, but the 2.0 software is supposed to run on existing iPhones. Current owners won’t find a compelling need to upgrade their phones to get all that sweet 2.0 goodness.
John

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:40 pm · Reply

I’ll finally jump for the iPhone when 3G arrives in June.

The more Gigs of Ram, the better.

I would love 64gigs!!! I’ll buy if there’s 32gigs available.

Goodbye late technology adopter Verizon. Hello, AT&T;!
ChrissyOne

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:40 pm · Reply

@ Spark

Well, it’s only been a year. I’m not sure if Apple will be trying to drive upgrades very hard yet. There are a lot more people out there that don’t have iPhones already.
Omaha

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:43 pm · Reply

ATT has no 3G coverage in Omaha NE. We have almost 1 million people in the metro area (within 40 miles), and are in the top 50 largest markets (41). I want an 3g iphone, but wonder if I should even bother if it will be no better than the current model for me. I hope there is more to the new iphone than “just” being 3g.
maroons

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:45 pm · Reply

i’m sure its backwards compat with edge, yes? or is it?
Macintosh

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:46 pm · Reply

Sounds good.
ChrissyOne

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:48 pm · Reply

I bet you’ll see 32 GB. No 3G is a big barrier in Asia and Europe. But the US market is going to want some sort of tangible upgrade, not just “Network Might Be Somewhat Faster Sometimes”.
BiZarRo BaLlmEr

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:54 pm · Reply

Cool Boston Apple store
Camel's Milk Drinker

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:58 pm · Reply

Hi ChrissyOne!
Martin

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 3:58 pm · Reply

Who said that AT&T;has a contract with Apple for a 3G iPhone. If not then Apple can let anyone supply the 3G iPhone.
ChrissyOne

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 4:03 pm · Reply

@ CMD

Hey, where ya been?