“A new iPhone is expected to debut in the next six weeks or so,” Erica Ogg reports for GigaOM. “And Apple’s supply chain is kicking into high gear to churn out a glut of the shiny new smartphones in order to meet what is likely to be voracious demand. But even when the upgraded iPhone arrives, it appears Apple will continue to build the iPhone 4 in pretty large numbers, according to Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar.”
Ogg reports, “Here’s what he says is in the works for Apple’s supply chain: From a supply chain perspective, total iPhone volumes could be up high single digits sequentially to around 22 million units with the upgraded iPhone representing almost quarter of the volume. The “new” iPhone is expected to be a spec upgrade and not a complete redesign. It is likely that the existing iPhone 4 could be repositioned as a ‘lower’ cost device and will continue to ship until the rollout of the completely redesigned iPhone sometime next year.”
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More conjecture, different day. We’ll know when Apple wants us to know.
They write the same thing every year now using different model numbers.
More speculation or should I say, guessing from someone that knows very little about what Apple is going to do. Apple is shrouded in so much secrecy, most likely not even mid-level Apple employees know what the company is doing.
I wonder that they consider a new design. It was rumored that the back was going to be metal instead of glass, the broadband chip is rumored to be dual band and the processor will certainly be an A5. Those things would seem to me to be a redesign and not just a spec upgrade. Not that it matters what they call it. I’m only hoping they can sell at least 22 million of them and they have no unusual signal reception problems.
Yep, ever since Slugworth stole their IP, Apple closed its doors to the public. Noone’s been seen entering or leaving the mysterious factory in years, though recently smoke has been seen coming from the chimneys at Cupertino once again…
Kumar speculation is for apple fy2011 Q4, which is the Q ending in September.
This means 2 million more iPhones than last Q. Either these writers are deliberately misleading or they are plain you know what. I say they are maliciously misleading.
Here’s a fun thought. What everyone is calling the new iPhone 5 is really the low-end budget iPhone and and upgraded iPhone 4 with beafier specs but the same design as last year and will be called something like the iPhone 4S.
Another stupid rumour; Apple might ship up to 22m of iPhones even this quarter.
Next quarter, which is holiday quarter, Apple will ship way more iPhones than 22m.
Why did I get a 2011 message in my Inbox? Granted the iPhone 4 is still the best looking phone, IMHO, we are now poised to buy the iPhone 12 which hopefully will be similar design language to the iPhone 4. Just hold it the right way.