Apple has initially ordered 15 million iPhone 5 handsets from two manufacturers say reports. If correct, the first-month figure is about five times the number of iPhone 4 units the Cupertino, Calif. company sold during the same four-week period in 2010. Could the iPhone 5 be Apple’s first truly international launch, or merely the launch where supply is least lopsided compared to demand?
The Cupertino, Calif. iPhone maker has split the 15 million unit order between Foxconn and Pegatron Technology, according to industry publication DigiTimes.
On Friday, another report suggested Apple plans in September to offer the fifth-generation iPhone in China, meaning the possibility of an August launch in the United States. This latest report refutes previous rumors that the new iPhone would appear first in September.
In related news, the Chinese-language Commercial Times is reporting the iPhone 5 may be the last Apple handset to be powered by the A5 processor built by Samsung. Apple may introduce the A6 processor in the iPhone 6 and iPad 3, expected in 2012. If the report is correct, the move would end Apple’s strained relationship with Samsung Electronics. The chipmaker helped Apple produce the A5 that powered the iPad 2 and iPhone 4.
Ed Sutherland is a veteran technology journalist who first heard of Apple when they grew on trees, Yahoo was run out of a Stanford dorm and Google was an unknown upstart. Since then, Sutherland has covered the whole technology landscape, concentrating on tracking the trends and figuring out the finances of large (and small) technology companies.
16 responses to “Apple Prepares To Sell 15 Million Fifth-Gen iPhones In First Month Alone”
A5 is not in the iPhone 4
And does that part mean the last handset powered by the A5…. or the last handset powered by anything built by Samsung? Not clear at all
Oh, sweet Jeebus. If Apple were able to sell even 12 million iPhone 5s in the first month I’d tear off all my clothing and run buck nekkid around the Apple Cube in NYC 12 times while shouting “Android sux” at the top of my lungs. I’m off to the gym.
I too was confused about this. Also, what about the next-gen iPod Touch? Surely if the iPhone 5 has the A5 processor, the 5th Gen iPod Touch would have it too.
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No shocker here… The only thing that would keep that from happening would be a supply issue or carriers not allowing users to upgrade early.
-Chris
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I hope Att will partially subsidize people for purchase of iphone 5 if they got the 4 when it came out.
You better start lifting hard. It might happen.
Please record and post on youtube :D