AppleInsider Staff
The assembly lines preparing to churn out Apple's next-generation iPhones have reportedly been briefly delayed, with full-scale production now slated to start later this month in advance of a likely September introduction.
Apple has pulled back orders for the current-generation iPhone 6 and 6 Plus to free manufacturing capacity for its new handsets, according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo's report was first noted by UDN.
Kuo believes that longtime Apple partner Foxconn will be asked to handle 60 percent of the orders for the so-called "iPhone 6s," with Pegatron picking up the rest. Orders for the larger "iPhone 6s Plus" would be filled entirely by Foxconn.
Relatively little is know about Apple's next-generation iPhones, though they are expected to add Force Touch capability along with a new A9 processor. Some say that they could also add another gigabyte of RAM to take the base capacity to 2 gigabytes.
Recent parts leaks have reinforced the idea that Apple will stick with its previous strategy of keeping the exterior design largely unchanged for the "s" generation. Apple could make a small concession by slightly increasing the new handsets' thickness to accommodate Force Touch, but that remains unclear.
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Rumor: Apple is ahead of iPhone unit production. There, now we have 2 headlines exactly as accurate as each other and say completely opposite things.
Great. Wait until Wall Street runs with this negative rumor and predicts a drastic shortfall of sales in this quarter. Thompson
[quote name="iObserve" url="/t/187538/rumor-with-launch-looming-iphone-6s-production-delayed-by-1-2-weeks#post_2757847"]Rumor: Apple is ahead of iPhone unit production. There, now we have 2 headlines exactly as accurate as each other and say completely opposite things.[/quote] I forgot to mention, my anonymous and unknowable sources (which are 100% reliable) informed me of this entirely impossible to prove-or-disprove fact. I'm going to name this field of study "science". I hope that word isn't taken...
Anything Ming-Chi Kuo claims should be looked at with complete skepticism. Especially his predictions of 54 million iPhones sold last quarter on the eve of the earnings report likely played a major role in Wall Street's ability to portray the quarter as a "disappointment". It's hard to believe a real insider, such as Kuo portrays himself to be, could be so badly in error. More likely a disingenuous prediction for the usual nefarious purposes?
Here's another rumor "iPhone 6 will be on time and a huge success, but whatever happens the shares of Apple will rise pre launch and tank afterwards due to targets always moved higher than Apple's guidance by manipulative analysts". Source unknown so you can trust this.