According to a report by DigiTimes, Apple will be releasing CDMA version of iPhone to more carriers outside the US. The countries named to get the CDMA iPhone include China, Japan and South Korea. DigiTimes also writes that CDMA iPhone contributes about US$65.39-72.28 million to each of its assembly partners Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Pegatron Technology.
According to DigiTimes CDMA iPhones assemble by Pegatron Technology, will be shipping in January 2011 and will be destined for carriers outside United States (In China, Japan and South Korea) and CDMA iPhones assembled by Foxconn will go to US for Verizon.
Pegatron started shipping its CDMA iPhone 4 in January 2011 and Foxconn started in December 2010. Foxconn’s model will be solely supplied to the US, while Pegatron’s model will be supplied to China and other countries. Since US-based telecom carrier Verizon currently has over 93 million users in the US, the launch of CDMA iPhone is expected to double the number of the current iPhone users in the market.
Since Apple is going to supply more and more CDMA iPhones to carriers around the world, the company is expected to reach a new record and its component suppliers are going to get more profits too…
Since Apple is starting to adopt new technologies and materials such as halogen-free connectors, carbon fiber internals, solar glass charger plates and double-webcams, which it will gradually adopt into all its product lines, related component suppliers are all expected to profit in 2011.
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