There is a doubt that the iPhone 5 release date moved to August. Last week, China Economic News Service (CENS) spread information with reference to one of the Taiwanese component suppliers, the Apple company may begin selling the iPhone as early as August 5, i.e. sooner than was expected by the analysts. The reason for accelerated
iPhone 5 launch might be the desire to enter the market by the beginning of the school year in the United States. Moreover, the financial crisis is growing in Europe and that could threaten the decline in demand for consumer electronics in the third quarter, as the fall is expected to yield a Microsoft Windows 8 operating system.
In this regard, as insiders say the faster assembly process will be launched in July and already in august we can see the ready product prepared for sale. Apple has reportedly contacted the suppliers and asked to speed up the build process.
According to Philip Liu, a reporter from the CENS service, a new, thinner iPhone 5 is equipped with the touch screen, made with new in-cell technology and more powerful version of the Siri assistant. Phone's screen will be bigger (talking about the 4-inch diagonal, 16:9 aspect ratio and resolution of a 1136x640 points), will support 4G LTE standard, and other dock-connector. According to rumors - a new, smaller, proprietary connector with 19 pins and the chip testing for authenticity, perhaps it will work with Micro USB connectors. The rest of the iPhone 5 features
are here.
However, Nina Tu and Joseph Tsai, Digitimes journalists, questioned the accuracy of the CENS information service and argue that according to their sources there's no particular activity among the suppliers and nothing talks about iPhone 5 release date in August.
Tu and Tsai sources also pointed out that if Apple will want to start producing the iPhone 5 by the end of August, it already would have increased orders for parts, but at least now it's not noticeable. If a new smartphone planned to be submitted by the end of August, it means the beginning of deliveries in September.
Problems with the quality of batteries can disrupt the plans of an earlier iPhone 5 release.
Theoretically, it may be another problem, which will prevent any plans to announce the iPhone 5 until autumn. According to Neil Hughes from AppleInsider, one of the leading Apple's suppliers may have difficulty with the delivery of the
iPhone 5 batteries conforming to Apple. He cites an article from the Chinese news website
Sina.com. This information was cited by Brian White, an analyst at Topeka Capital Markets, in a report to investors. The copy of this report was received by the members of the AppleInsider on Thursday. According to Hughes, White suggests that to date only 30% of the issued batteries meet the Apple standards.
According to reports, an unnamed battery manufacturer is working on a solution, while the production of the new iPhone will still begin shortly. Thus, the rumors about the next iPhone release date in late August may have a well-grounded, says White, but he is still inclined to believe that Apple will release the sixth-generation smartphone in September. "If there are difficulties with the battery I hope Apple Specialists are able to resolve them by September," - he said.