Apple Planning To Ship Over 5 Million Verizon Compatible iPhones In Q1 2011: REPORT

According to Digitimes, Apple has upped the number of iPhones it expects to ship in the first quarter of 2011, increasing its target from 19 million to between 20 and 21 million units.

Citing "sources with Taiwan-based component suppliers," Digitimes writes, "[t]he first-quarter shipment goal for WCDMA iPhones has been adjusted from 13 million units to 14-15 million units, the sources said. The shipment goal for CDMA iPhones, which will be launched in North America and Asia Pacific in the first quarter, is set at 5-6 million units, the sources added."

There have been a slew of rumors that the iPhone will be coming to Verizon. The CDMA version of the iPhone referenced by Digitimes would be compatible with Verizon's network.

An analyst with Susquehanna Financial Group said in September that Apple suppliers had plans to build Verizon-compatible iPhones. Apple Insider wrote at the time, "Analyst Jeffrey Fidacaro [...] said in a note to investors on Wednesday that checks with overseas suppliers indicated Apple is prepared to build 3 million CDMA iPhones in December, keeping the device on track for an early 2011 launch. That would put total GSM and CDMA iPhone production for the quarter at between 21 million and 22 million."

Fortune reported in October that it had "confirmed that a Verizon iPhone will be released in early 2011."

Comments

[applestockquote]

03:19 PM on 02/09/2011

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[KarateKid]

10:38 PM on 12/29/2010

5 million in ONE quarter. Amazing. Android will be to the iPhone what the Mac is to the PC.

[Anthony Abney]

05:32 AM on 12/30/2010

Except it won't be. Almost everyone who's already switched from the iPhone has told me how much more they like Android. I do tech support at a major wireless company. The iPhone will sell for sure. It always has, just like anything else that Apple puts with an "i" in front of it. But people who like flexibility and full functionality over trendyness will have the Android. Just like PC and Mac. Functionality, PC. Trendy and cool and spend to much money, Mac. Several android phones hit the 500k mark in one quarter. Multiple androids are released per carrier too. The iPhone may be more popular, but it will never be the dominant figures like PC is in the computer market.

[yogandclimber]

12:56 PM on 12/29/2010

only 5-6 million iPhones for Verizon? That quantity will be sold out during presales for sure! It still doesn't sound like they have the manufacturing capacity to meet Verizon and ATT demands.

[Jimmy Boy]

10:45 AM on 12/29/2010

Why would I buy a lousy 3G iPhone when really cool 4G HTC Droids are on the way?

[KarateKid]

10:39 PM on 12/29/2010

Why? Because you like inferior products?

[Anthony Abney]

05:34 AM on 12/30/2010

More like because he isn't an apple fanboi who likes paying more for less.

[rpr]

04:11 AM on 12/29/2010

Still way behind Android. Meh.

[KarateKid]

10:39 PM on 12/29/2010

What? Try including the AT&T versions.

[Anthony Abney]

05:37 AM on 12/30/2010

Even with the AT&T versions. You have to remember that Verizon wireless already has massively more customers. Then add in Sprint and T Mobile.

[rpr]

02:29 PM on 12/30/2010

Android shipments way surpassed iPhone shipments this year and there's no way the iPhone will catch up.

[Ronnie Avatar Dixon]

11:19 PM on 12/28/2010

Nice! Perhaps I shall get one...

[noob1]

10:33 PM on 12/28/2010

they wish, eh?

[FredKnowsBest]

12:22 PM on 12/28/2010

There is going to be a stamped of users from ATT to VZ.

[Matt Herren]

12:24 PM on 12/28/2010

Except it will likely be old technology based more on the 3G model platform.

Ultimately though, yes, this will hurt AT&T... but perhaps motivate them to improve. Verizon will see an uptick in service issues and complaints though as well... the phone is simply a bear on existing network technology and will likely shift a good amount of strain to Verizon.

[FredKnowsBest]

12:29 PM on 12/28/2010

The CEO of Verizon Wireless is pretty sharp. One can hope VZ has been upgrading their network in advance of getting the iPhone. AT&T's 3G at times is dreadful.

[Supercruize]

05:51 AM on 12/28/2010

Shipping and selling are two different things. Apple is on the decline. IN 2011, android devices will double apple and knockout RIM and Nokia - Microsoft phone was dead on arrival. The same mistake that made apple almost go extinct in the 80s by letting an open platform that was Microsoft kick it out of contention is the same mistake old timer jobs is doing with his silly control freak mindset that he has applied to the apple mobile and handheld development platform. Only thing is that google is there to take the spoils. When will these people ever learn?

[John Kramarz]

08:12 AM on 12/28/2010

Actually, they are selling more. They're also selling them a higher price. Apple made more and more money each year by selling iPhones, and they're on target to keep increasing. It's actually some Android
The market share paradigm you reference does not exist in this case, so market share is not an issue here. Back in the 80's, choosing a platform meant having to buy different software, PRINTERS, modems, keyboards, etc. If you bought a Mac, you could have a wider choice of add-ons and software by buying "online", but back then, that meant a "phone line", during business hours!LOL . Such market restrictions do not exist for the smartphone market. If Android reaches 95% market share, I won't expect a letter from ATT telling me that since the iPhone has shrunk in market share, they are dropping support for it, or I can't easily get batteries, or whatever you imagine will happen. (What DO you imagine will happen?)
No consumers are operating out of fear that they will end up with a "Betamax of cell phones".
Even the Mac computers have been growing in both number and market share, so perhaps 'patience' is the lesson YOU could learn from the old timer?

[rpr]

04:16 AM on 12/29/2010

Android has already surpassed iOS in phone shipments this year. Apple is #3 behind Symbian and Android, Both Android and iOS will pass Symbian eventually, maybe this year already, but there's no way Apple will catch up to Android again. Not with a new wave of low cost Android phones coming.

[KarateKid]

10:40 PM on 12/29/2010

Go to any Apple store, then make the comment again.

[skyiblue]

01:09 AM on 12/28/2010

That means you can flash your iphone to Metro PCS now

[Christine Fletcher Webb]

11:48 PM on 12/27/2010

In my town, Verizon has a markedly better signal strength. My sister has to use a micro-tower to get a iPhone signal in her home and out and about. I love her iPhone and am excited @ Verizon finally coming on board with it. Verizon has been my carrier since 1994, grad sch days and has dropped only about ten calls in all those years! Verizon's signal rocks and will make a fantastic partner with iPhone!

[KarateKid]

10:54 PM on 12/27/2010

Knowing Verizon, the data plan will be expensive.

[Anthony Abney]

05:43 AM on 12/30/2010

Funny you say that, since Verizon has beaten AT&T on data plans pretty consistently for awhile. The tiered data plans were the first smart thing from AT&T in awhile. Even then though its for the sake of screwing their users AT&T doesn't even offer unlimited data when you can get it on VZW for 29 bucks. VZW also has a tiered $15 plan as well. With 4G here, that 2GB will fly by like nothing and with no unlimited plan to back it, just more reason AT&T is going down the drain unless they get their act together.

[KarateKid]

11:07 AM on 12/30/2010

You're a funny guy, a little out of touch with reality, but funny nonetheless.

[MIKEinNYC]

08:38 PM on 12/27/2010

All phones should work on all systems. They got guys to the moon and back. You can't tell me that they can't do this.

Your wouldn't buy a car that only ran on one brand of gas would you?

[casaroonc]

01:00 AM on 12/28/2010

"Your wouldn't buy a car that only ran on one brand of gas would you?"

GOOD POINT!!!

[John Kramarz]

08:15 AM on 12/28/2010

but you might buy a vehicle that ran on diesel.
Hell, the US doesn't even use the Metric system!

[RockyMissouri]

08:35 PM on 12/27/2010

I love my iPhone ....I even love AT&T....I am on my iPhone constantly...I can go to places all over the world- ski resorts-see the Eiffel Tower ablaze with fireworks(on Bastille day) with livecams-beaches everywhere-weep at seeing the Statue of Liberty. I have apps to newspapers all over the US-including one in Ireland. I have an app for real estate with the New York Times. I can see properties- all expensive (of course! since I'm not buying, just looking) I've nearly filled up the 32 g one with almost 7000 photos and little movies, 2500 songs-all legal. I can't imagine my world without it. I have never had a problem that the Apple phone techs or AT&T techs could not guide me to correct.

[Supercruize]

05:47 AM on 12/28/2010

You need to get a life.

[RockyMissouri]

09:50 AM on 12/28/2010

I guess I should have explained just why I enjoy it. My life changed when I had health problems. I have a 50 foot-long oxygen hose that I kind of compare to a dog leash. I can get around my home just fine but just wanted my old life back....needless to say, that was not going to happen. I don't consider myself special and I know that other people go through much more than I have a right to complain about....When my daughter got an iPhone....well, I certainly had the time...and a curious thing happened..I stopped being depressed, and instead, wake up wanting to engage with all sorts of people..and that's wonderful at 62. But the point I'm trying to express is this: I thought my life was over.. it was only changed, that's all....and I'm still enjoying it, and so can someone elses' loved one whose life has changed.

[fla kracker]

09:51 AM on 12/28/2010

Anyone who doesn't hate Apple needs to get a life ? Seems like you might check into getting one, taking time to dictate what other people should do seems life you have too much time on your hands.

[Supercruize]

05:52 AM on 12/28/2010

ASAP