Apple: We’re on target to sell 10 million iPhone by the end of the year
By Dusan Belic on Thursday, February 28th, 2008 at 7:01 AM PST In Apple, Devices, iPhone
We have no doubts Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) will reach its goal and sell 10 million iPhones by the end of the year. Speaking at a Goldman Sachs investment conference, Apple’s COO Tim Cook said he has “really good confidence” the company will reach its target on time.
There are three main reasons why I agree with Mr Cook:
- There are still untapped markets. Ireland may be one of the next few countries that will get an iPhone. In addition, the Italian language support is already present on the device, hence we may see the Steve bringing its shiny handset to the fashion-aware Italian consumers.
- The SDK is coming and so is the better support for the enterprises. The exact date is now known and it’s March 6th.
- Unlocking is getting simpler thanks to the applications like ZiPhone. Yeah, Apple may lose the revenue sharing deal with the carriers, but they still make decent money from the handset sales alone.
Have I missed anything? Any comments?
[Via: The New York Times]
I’m not at all surprised - Apple have not only got ahead of the rest of the game but also done it in a way they only could… by making it extremely user friendly and functionally rich.
Well done