The iPhone Is Taking Over Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)

On the other hand, if we look at the estimated domestic total of approximately 16.4 million iPhones and the fact that international unit sales typically account for two-thirds of iPhone units, we come up with nearly 50 million iPhones. However, if we use an estimated mix of 70% international units, which Apple has achieved numerous times before, that total climbs to 55 million.

A higher international mix is also likely since the newest model has seen the fastest iPhone rollout ever. Apple reached over 100 countries by the end of 2012, making good on its promise to make the new device available on 240 carriers by year’s end — the vast majority of its roughly 250 carrier partners around the world.

Any way you slice it, Apple looks to have sold between 50 million and 55 million iPhones during the fourth quarter.

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