Apple Orders 26 Million Of The iPhone 5

href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20110814PD200.html">According to industry rag DigiTimes, Apple hiked their orders of the iPhone for the second half of 2011 by 12-13%. Their sources put the original orders for this half at 50 million, and the new request is for 56 million phones, including 25.5-26 million iPhone 5 units.

iPhone 5 orders for the third quarter of 2011 have been lowered from seven million units to 5.5-6 million units, while fourth-quarter orders have been raised from 14 million units to more than 20 million units…total shipments iPhones in 2011 will reach 95 million units, the sources noted.

Fewer orders in Q3 and more in Q4 is interesting, and I assume paints a picture of the iPhone debuting in October with a huge Christmas push.

That’s assuming they’re using calendar quarters, not href="http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/07/19Apple-Reports-Third-Quarter-Results.html">Apple’s financial quarter, which runs June 25-September 25.