Apple ramping up iPhone 4 and iPad production

16 years ago

“Apple [is] churning out the iPhone 4s,” Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune. “[According to Sterne Agee’s Vijay Rakesh], builds are up 5%-10% this quarter, by one report, and ramping up another 10%-15% the next.”

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“Rakesh estimates that total iPhone 4 builds for the quarter that ends Sept. 25 will be in the 9-10 million unit range — roughly in line with other estimates that put total iPhone unit sales (including the old 3GS) at 11 million for the quarter,” P.E.D. reports.

P.E.D. reports, “Meanwhile, production capacity for the iPad, which finally caught up demand in late August, is scheduled to go up another 25% to 30% next quarter, according to Rakesh.”