Apple is expected to launch three new iPhone models this year - the iPhone
6S, iPhone 6S Plus, and iPhone 6C - claims a report citing industry sources.
Digitimes also suggests that Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will be the main supplier of
processors to Apple in the second half of 2015. It adds that the 20nm chips for
the iPhone 6C and 16nm FinFET chips for iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus will be
supplied by TSMC.
While the report suggests that the
iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus will be the incremental updates from last
year's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, it adds the iPhone 6C will be
cheaper variant of the handset that the Cupertino based giant will launch to
tap the emerging markets, which also includes India. All three are due in the
second half of 2015.
No reasoning was given as to why the 'S' in the
model names will be upper-case. Digitimes suggests that the new iPhone models
will pack LTPS panels supplied by various companies including Japan Display,
Sharp and LG Display, and will also feature Corning Gorilla Glass protection.
The report adds that the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus will use the A9 chips
while the iPhone 6C will be backed by A8 chips. Other highlight features such
as NFC and fingerprint scanner will be present on all three iPhone expected to
launch later this year.
The rumoured 4-inch iPhone has been in news for
some time and was claimed to betargeted at "female users". The
handset, tentatively called iPhone 6C, is said to replace the iPhone 5c,
which was priced in an entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment for Apple,
according to sources in Taiwan's handset supply chain. The report
stresses that Apple will work on the iPhone 6C's design, pricing and timing of
the launch.
One of the sources pointed out, "The
adoption of a plastic case for the 5C, which made the iPhone look cheaper than
its family products, contributed to lower-than-expected sales of the
model." Another sources however added that Apple might still
prefer plastic cases for the iPhone 6C as it helps check the production costs.
Further commenting about the pricing of the
iPhone 6C, a source added that it should be priced around $400-500 (roughly Rs.
25,000-31,000) in the US. "Shipment performance of iPhone devices in
emerging markets, including India, Africa and Latin America, has been flat, as
consumers in these markets are more concerned about pricing," notes the
report.
The 4-inch iPhone could also tie-in with a recent
Wall Street Journal report that claimed Apple is working on a Pink variant
of the handset as the successor the iPhone 5c. The report had added the
Cupertino giant was looking to use its new pressure-sensitive Force Touch
technology introduced in the new 12-inch Mac Book to its next iPhone models as well.
In another report Digitimes claims that
the rumoured iPhone 6C will be manufactured by Wistron while the iPhone 6S and
iPhone 6S Plus will be assembled by Foxconn and Pegatron. It adds that Wistron
and Compal Electronics joined Apple as manufacturing partners recently and that
while the former handles older generation iPhone models; the latter assembles
iPads.
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