Apple is gearing up to start iPhone 5S manufacturing later this month as part of a plan to make 15 million of the devices, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek mentioned in a observation Monday morning. The latest speculation about the iPhone 5S — which is still the fodder of rumor and expectation, as Apple has kept mum on one of these products up to now — draws from Misek’s conclusions from stock channel tests.
According to the assessments, he stated he believes small-batch manufacturing of a low-value iPhone started closing month, and manufacture of the iPhone 5S will start later in July. He estimated availability in late September or early October, in line with the lead time he thinks the device requires.
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He estimates the mix is 15 million every of the low-value iPhone and iPhone 5S, with the iPhone 4S being retired. The iPhone 5S has a historical past at the rumor mill. pictures in December confirmed an exterior just like the iPhone 5, simply a couple of months off the launch of the iPhone 5.
Other photos surfaced closing month. extra recently, a Korean information outlet expected a version of the iPhone 5Swith LTE-evolved expertise. Misek has a monitor record of some misses, including about approaching launches of an Apple television set last year, which did not pan out.