Apple has placed orders for ten million iPhone 3Gs in the third quarter as the company attempts to ensure supply in the 22 countries the product will reach on 11 July.
Citing local component suppliers, DigiTimes reports that ten million iPhones "should ship in the third quarter alone", citing the Commercial Times.
The report also names some of the companies Apple is sourcing components from for the iPhone, which is assembled by Foxconn Electronics.
These names include: Infineon - making the handset chip UMC - foundry Altus Technology and Primax Electronics - camera module Sharp - the screen GPS chipset - Broadcom
The report cites Morgan Stanley's estimate that total shipments of 3G iPhones are likely to be as high as 27 million units in 2009 compared to sales of 5.2 million units of the first-generation iPhones in 2007.
Craig Berger, a semiconductor analyst with Friedman Billings Ramsey, estimated in a recent report that Apple will build 3 million iPhones in calendar Q2, and another 8 million combined in Q3 and Q4 as sales climb.
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