Apple is getting set for its next generation iPhone, which
has already been named by analysts as iPhone 5S. Apparently Apple
will launch the iPhone 5S by next year June, a move to enter the
market before the Samsung giant Galaxy S IV. Peter Misek who happens to be an
analyst at Jefferies made this note yesterday morning.
More in his prediction note listed that the iPhone 5S will
be coming in six different colors. Another report from commercial times also
says that the bulk production of iPhone 5S will commence by the first quarter
of 2013.
Misek went ahead to list the expected features on the iPhone
5S, he specified a Super HD camera/Screen, an improved battery, this time
around, a support for NFC and the possibility of upgrading the Retina+ to IGZO
screen. He chose 128GB for the storage, and predicted 6-8 color variations,
presumably like the iPod Touch.
Looking back at history, the iPhone 4S, came out around
the September/October time frame, and the iPhone 3G with its successor iPhone 4
released around June/July.
Misek did not disclose his reason for choosing the mid-year,
but i heard from Asymco’s Horace Dediu. His theory was that, Apple would like
to speed up its cycle of release.
Apple’s sales significantly went down in the two quarters
preceding the iPhone 5 launch. Consumers back off from market because they
knew that the new product was coming. Apple is trying to avoid loading sales
into one half of the year by speeding up the release of products as check
measures.
As all sources release had been predicting this December for
the trial production of the iPhone 5S. Some weeks ago, Etrade Supple posted the
rear shell of the coming iPhone 5S is on its website. DigiTimes also confirmed
that the next generation iPhone will be coming out around mid 2013.
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