Analyst fears iPhone 5 power pack to prompt launch postponement
Battery production troubles alleged
Apple's handset battery supplier is struggling to produce the high volume of units required for an iPhone 5 launch, moles claim. The issue could see the smartphone's debut delayed.
The whispers, which come by way of Chinese web portal Sina.com, were relayed by stockbroker Topeka Capital Markets' Brian White, who has already talked up Apple's supposed intention to launch its sixth-generation handset this August.
While the unnamed battery vendor is allegedly working hard to solve the production problem - in which, it's claimed, 70 per cent of batteries fail to meet Apple's specifications - White reckons the end-of-summer launch looks more unlikely now, pushing estimations back a month.
"If there is a battery challenge, we trust that Apple will be able to figure it out in time for a September launch," he said.
The 4S' power pack
Source: iFixit.com
August or even September? Surely not. Plenty of other analysts have forecast an October iPhone 5 introduction - not a towered feat of deduction, since it means the new handset will be launched 12 months on from the last one.
Apple's next-gen handset is said to sport a controversial all-new 19-pin connector, up the display dimensions to a generous four inches and include the latest micro Sim card.
We'll have confirmation on all that in August September? Oct… Oh, whatever... sometime later on in 2012. ®
COMMENTS
A bit like Christmas marketing...
All of a sudden you start hearing Carols playing everywhere and adverts pushed at you about gifts etc, and you groan and think, "they can't have started that already...?"
I'm starting to feel this way about iPhone 5 rumour-mongering. Could we hold back the analyst drivel until, say, September? I'm not sure I can stand so many months of click-bait storey titles.
Re: Display
The sensible concensus seems to be that it will retain the same width but gain extra pixels on the height.
Same PPI, existing apps can display black-barred (top/bottom or left/right depending on orientation) and ore make use of the extra space for new (unannounced) OS UI.
New apps can use full resolution (note many existing apps should be able to make use of this anyway if they have been written to the proper specs!)
What a load of crap. It'll come out in October. Usual analysts talking out of their collective arses
Re: Real news would be...
Well, since most iPhone buyers never had one before and so can't be actual fanbois, those people seem to have other reasons not to buy other phones. Maybe they just have other priorities than you?
Anyway. Apple has not announced any release date, so speculating about any delays is somewhat moot.
Re: Display
Or, more obviously, they'll just change the rules as it suits them and add a new resolution specific to just the iPhone5 that developers will have to account for.
