“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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