Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! A new report claims that Apple has placed an initial manufacturing order for 15 million iPhone 5 units and they’re set to start shipping in September, likely alongside the release of iOS 5 and iCloud.
MacRumors is reporting that Apple is pulling the trigger on the iPhone 5, with an initial order to Pegatron Technology for 15 million units that will start shipping in September, a release that has been widely rumored since WWDC 2011 was first announced as a software-only event. The report comes from DigiTimes, who frequently reports on Apple’s manufacturing plans.
“The sources pointed out that as the iPhone 5, which does not seem to have any major update from iPhone 4, is already set for shipment in September, they are already started supplying components to Pegatron with Pegatron's plants in Shanghai, China also recently started hiring for manpower,” DigiTimes reports.
As noted by MacRumors, this was the first year since the original iPhone in 2007 that Apple didn’t have an iPhone release in June or July. Despite the continuing threat of Android with new models almost every month, Apple apparently feels confident enough with the iPhone 4 to delay its latest model by a few months, likely because it’s a modest spec bump refresh of the existing model -- with an all-new iPhone 6 due next year.
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LDMartin1959
July 05, 2011 at 9:43am
"...with an all-new iPhone 6 due next year."
Let the rumours begin. Should I jump on the iP5 or wait for iP6?
Roberto Baldwin
July 05, 2011 at 11:22am
I have a 3GS so I'm jumping on the iPhone 5. If I had an iPhone 4, I'd probably wait. Of course if there's a significant difference between the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 5, I'd probably upgrade.
