“Indications from inside the flash memory supply chain in the Far East reportedly point toward a September launch of Apple’s next-generation iPhone,” Sam Oliver reports for AppleInsider.
“The latest weekly report on NAND flash memory prices from market watcher inSpectrum, as relayed by DigiTimes, states that Apple’s so-called ‘iPhone 5’ will become available in September,” Oliver reports. “The launch of a new iPhone is expected by local traders in the memory market to boost prices of NAND flash.”
Oliver reports, “Further support of a potential September launch also came on Friday, with a separate rumor indicating Apple may hold a media event on September 7. Typically, Apple has made its next-generation iPhone available for sale in the U.S. a few weeks after it is officially announced, and an early September unveiling could signal a product launch in the same month.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
This would probably not be true since Apple already has their deals for NAND locked in for quite a while and probably is already accumulating stock for production.
To be fair what exactly do we know about these deals?
Presumably, Apple has first dibs on orders, and if they snap up increasing amounts of NAND flash for the new iPhone, then that would mean less for the other mfrs, resulting in higher prices for the others in the spot market.
Appel will have their committed supply at contract locked prices. Everyone else will trying to buy whatever is left over, and at the possibly higher market prices.
I sure hope Apple gets the system-wide voice control into iOS 5 and doesn’t make us wait until iOS 6.
Apple will likely announce on a Tuesday and start sales on a Friday. So I think it will be announced 6 Sept and on sale 9 Sept.