Apple to begin production of new iPhone in August?
Apple will start making its next iPhone before the end of August and launch the device late in the third quarter, according to Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty.
Following meetings in Taiwan last week, presumably with Apple suppliers, Huberty said in an investor’s note yesterday that she expects Apple to start ramping up production of the iPhone “aggressively” in mid- to late August and on into the fourth quarter.
Following the August push, the analyst believes, Apple will launch the iPhone in September and ship 2 million units in the fourth quarter, a shift from her previous estimate of 2 million in the third quarter. But Huberty notes that an early September launch would bump up the third quarter estimate and that Apple will still be able to ship 72 million iPhones for the entire year
It’s driving analysts crazy that Apple has not announced it’s next iPhone yet. So much so that they have to keep pumping the rumor mill full of predictions, none of which have materialized yet. This could be true, of course, but I am certainly glad I decided to get my iPhone 4 when it was released on Verizon, rather than wait for the next generation.