“Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has upped his estimate of the number of iPhones he expects Apple to sell in its 4th quarter, from 4.1 million to 4.47 million, according to a report to clients issued early Wednesday,” Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune.
“Munster’s new estimate is based 1) on Apple’s report that it sold 1 million iPhone 3Gs in the three days following the device’s July 11 launch and 2) on 25 hours of in-store checks across the United States conducted over the past two weeks,” Elmer-DeWitt reports.
“On Tuesday, Fortune.com reported on the findings of an independent analyst, Michael Cote of the Cote Collaborative, who estimates that 3 million units were purchased worldwide during the iPhone 3G’s first 30 days on the market,” Elmer-DeWitt reports.
“Piper Jaffray’s estimate is probably conservative, says Munster, because it doesn’t take into account iPhone sales in the 22 additional countries scheduled to start carrying the iPhone on Aug. 22,” Elmer-DeWitt reports.
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