No second iPhone model in September, just the ‘iPhone 4S,’ analyst says

By on Jun 28, 2011 at 11:45 AM
mobile June 28, 2011

Apple will not release an “iPhone mini,” a second prepaid model or even a redesigned iPhone 5 in September, BMO Capital analyst Keith Bachman claimed in a note to investors on Monday evening. Instead, the Cupertino-based tech giant will stay true to earlier rumors and simply issue a modest spec bump wrapped in the current iPhone 4 case. Earlier on Monday, Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore claimed that Apple would be unveiling two new iPhone models this coming September, a redesigned iPhone 5 and a second budget iPhone to attack the prepaid market. But Apple will do no such thing according to Bachman, and he lowered his forecast for the September quarter as a result. Bachman now sees Apple shipping 17 million iPhone handsets in the quarter rather than 18 million. He also says the iPhone 3GS will continue to be the low-end iPhone, suggesting that the bump from iPhone 4 to “iPhone 4S” won’t even be significant enough to warrant making the current iPhone 4 model Apple’s $99 offering.

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  • http://www.phronk.com phronk

    I’m an analyst and even I am getting sick of analyst bullshit being reported as anything more than a guess.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ML67DN65LGCQWCZENTJX5Z7TYI Dollie Flynn

    If they make a 4S, I’m buying 2 android phones. Anyway…@Rob, I paid $32.67 for a XBOX 360 and my mom got a 17 inch Toshiba laptop for $94.83 being delivered to our house tomorrow by FedEX. I will never again pay expensive retail prices at stores. I even sold a 46 inch HDTV to my boss for $650 and it only cost me $52.78 to get. Here is the website we using to get all this stuff, LiveCent. com

  • Mrwirez

    If this is the case. The Nexus three will be on all carriers and blow apple away, leaving them in the dust. #ANDROID

  • james williams

    Exactly BGR, why would you post this? A complete waste of everyones time!

  • http://twitter.com/akosnitzky Adam Kosnitzky

    I am not finding this info anywhere else.  

  • Shanghai Dan

    And you will instantly have tens of millions of Apple loyalists dump their existing iPhone 4 to buy the new iPhone 4S with 10% more CPU clock speed and 16 GB storage standard.  And no other changes.  Because it’s the “S” version, you know…

  • Steve blowJobs

    Steve’s blowJobbers here at Boning Gay’s Rectums are crying themselves to sleep over this

  • Anonymous

    Boy here we go again! you wonder why BGR is the only site writing these rumors :)

  • J. Williams

    Wow.

  • http://i4ndroid.myopenid.com/ barry egan

    if they did that it would be more like the 4 is just getting replaced with a little bit better stuff. apple’s never really done this as opposed to every other mobile device OEM who routinely retire a previous model in favor of an only slighly enhanced newer version

  • http://www.facebook.com/richumon.mr Richumon Raghu

    i hope hes wrong and iPhone mini gets announced !!!

  • Anonymous

    Hmmm… Let’s think about this one for 4 seconds. Apple delayed their normal release time by 3 months, and they are just doing a spec bump? No, sorry, but you’re wrong.

  • DownSouthBikes

    Soo lame what happened to your accurate source… Pffft disappointed…..gotta fill those pockets with the dough I guess???

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