Apple seems set to achieve near ten million iPhone sales in its first financial quarter running until late December, indications from inside Taiwan-based component suppliers suggest.
Smartphone component suppliers there are looking at a boom quarter with market value of sales climbing 32 percent sequentially, a Digitimes report states, observing, “In the third quarter of 2009, sales of the Apple iPhone 3GS far exceeded expectations, and sales are expected to reach 10 million in the fourth quarter of 2009.”
Apple confirmed 7.4 million iPhone sales in its fourth financial quarter ending in September, up 7 per cent year-on-year. Suggestions of ten million device sales in the current quarter likely reflect launch in addi
