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To: jpbrody who wrote (29297)	5/6/1999 3:16:00 AM
From: JGoren	Respond to of 152472

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To: jpbrody who wrote (29297)	5/6/1999 4:40:00 AM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Also, Qualcomm management has implied "Thin Phone" is easier to manufacture than previous handset models. Jon.

To: jpbrody who wrote (29297)	5/6/1999 9:52:00 AM
From: Harvey Rosenkrantz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

" Qualcomm can now produce more than 160 phones each hour in each of its 18 manufacturing lines. It was only a couple of months ago when Qualcomm was only able to produce 100 phones each hour for every assembly line." I may have screwed up the math, but I get 160x18x8(hrs.per day)x30(days per month) to total 691,200 phones per month. I used 30 days per month because Q is capacity constrained and supposedly going 7/24 cranking out units. If you multiply by 3 (to get to 24 hrs. per day) the number becomes huge. I think there is an error in his observations or calculations. Alternatively, they may not be going 7/24.