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As for his sales prediction, they were certainly not wild guesses but rather the actual historical sales figures of the Apple phone from Wang Ye's previous life...
Contrary to what many imagined, Apple phones did not become a worldwide sensation with skyrocketing sales upon their initial release.
The first-generation iPhone was only sold in the North American region. Coupled with an incomplete supply chain and the fact that their in-house mobile operating system had not yet officially launched, the sales were not very high—only slightly over 1.3 million units.
It was nowhere near the levels of contemporary mobile giants like Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and others!
But with the second generation, the iPhone 3G, which came equipped with Apple's proprietary iOS 1 and started selling in more countries, sales began to surge, reaching over 11 million units for the year.
