Apple plans cheaper nano, raises iPhone orders

Jonny Evans
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June 26, 2008
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 Apple plans to introduce a low-cost iPod nano later this year, and has raised its iPod and iPhone orders in anticipation of strong summer sales, an analyst warns.

FBR analyst Craig Berger reports Apple to have ordered production of over 15 million iPhone 3G's and 2 million more old model iPhones this year - well above the quantity the company's been counting on selling this year.

He also reveals Apple to have ordered about 15 per cent more iPods to be produced in the third quarter, and believes Apple is also preparing to introduce iPod classic and iPod touch upgrades. The most likely launch point for these is probably September.

The analyst also claims Apple has increased its Mac orders: Laptops up 10 per cent from his last check and desktops up 20 per cent. This may reflect the imminent release of new Intel processors designed to drive Mac upgrades as the critical US education buying season approaches.

Comments (6)

Matt Muelver (not verified) | June 26, 2008 - 10:14am

I thought that the new iPhone would be completely replacing the old one. Why would they be building more of the original model? Will those be sold overseas?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 26, 2008 - 11:45am

Maybe to be used as replacements for people who damage their iPhone and don't want to pay the premium of getting the 3G model.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 26, 2008 - 12:42pm

Soooo... would that put September/October as a likely time frame for an iPhone bump to 32GB?

Damn it, I'm greedy.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 26, 2008 - 1:06pm

The 2 million OLD Iphones are probably for people that live outside of the 3G footprint that rather not pay $10+ extra a month for..... EDGE.

macerroneous (not verified) | June 26, 2008 - 6:00pm

Unless, Apple's carrier contracts allow it to sell the old unit unlocked (through the online store). In which case, if ebay is any indication, they could charge $500-700 for an unlocked phone. $1000 anybody?

vist0 (not verified) | June 27, 2008 - 5:29pm

you kinda wonder where apple can go from here with items like the ipod classic. the touch with 64gb might be interesting for some, but do we really need larger capacity than 160gb on a classic? it seems a little unfortunate that the larger capacity ipods aren't aimed as much for video as the flash based touch and iphone.