15 million iPhone 5 units said to be on order for September launch

By on Jul 5, 2011 at 7:31 AM
mobile July 5, 2011

Apple has reportedly placed an order for 15 million iPhone 5 units with Chinese electronic manufacturer Pegatron. Pegatron’s plants underwent a major expansion in 2010 and 2011 to accommodate Apple’s supply needs for the current iPhone 4 model, so the company had been seen as a likely candidate to receive orders for Apple’s next smartphone. Referring to the handset as both the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 4S, DigiTimes reports that shipments are scheduled to begin in September. The report also states that the upcoming iPhone refresh “does not seem to have any major update from iPhone 4.” Conflicting reports suggest that the next-generation iPhone could either be a major upgrade or an incremental update packed in the same case as the iPhone 4.

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  • http://twitter.com/mistercarter7 Mike Gonzalez

    Galaxy S2…? who’s that?! 15 millions ready for launch, now those are some massive figures

    • Anonymous

      You mean the galaxy s2 that sold10 million in 3weeks w/o being available in north america. Huh seems pretty equal if not leaning towards the galaxy

      • http://twitter.com/mistercarter7 Mike Gonzalez

        what world are you living in?! it sold 3 million in 2 months LMAO

      • http://twitter.com/5murfette Mr Smurf

        However, Galaxy S2 is better than iphone4, iphone5 might be better though, but then galaxy s3 will be better again, etc, etc

      • Eric Walker

        Yeah, but that same 3 million was then put on ebay and sold again…then the new owners sold them again.  That was 3 millions units, that were sold 3 times each.  9 million sales.

      • Anonymous

        BS, dude. They didn’t sell anywhere close to that.

      • Zac Caslin

        You mean 3 Million in over 50 days.

    • http://twitter.com/jamesnpope James Pope

      Who needs competition, eh? Just let Apple be the only vendor on the smartphone market, we’d all benefit, I’m sure.

      • Eric Walker

        no, having the Andriod phones out there has forced Apple to open up some.  Making the best phone out there a better phone (iPhone). 

    • Wirelessmodz

      get of the cock you ifag

  • JeanVE

    Mayor update? incremental update? whats left: no update!, The only thing they agree is it will look like the iphone 4…

    • Anonymous

      Think again. There are conflicting reports on that too.

    • Anonymous

      Think again. There are conflicting reports on that too.

    • Wirelessmodz

      who cares what it is ifags

      • Anonymous

        I hope you realize that any credibility you *might* have had is gone once you use childish terms like iFags.

      • http://twitter.com/mistercarter7 Mike Gonzalez

        if calling me fag is the best you can do… then you lame as hell

  • sirpaul

    Already estimates on how many units it will sell and nobody even knows a single spec of the phone.

    • Simon

      probably based on number of customers that will be ready for upgrades…especially with VZW, where, as myself I am ready for an upgrade after getting with stuck on a 2 year contract with another type of smartphone..  

  • Wirelessmodz

    how many years we going to have to deal with this bullsh!t ! who freaking cares what they get

  • Phed_Up

    It could look like a 3GS, they could call it the 4Si, and it could include a slightly smaller home button…..

    ….and every idiot that bought an iPhone 4 earlier this year….

    ….will stand in line to get this one just like they they will with the iPad 2s? iPad 3?

    makes me so sad, and SJ SOOO happy!  But hey, whatever they want to spend their money on I guess

    • Simon

      Why do you care what people do with their own money?  It makes me sad that you care so much that it’s ruining your life.

    • Anonymous

      This makes you sad?!?!  I hope you were being sarcastic, because if this sort of thing truly makes you sad, you need to see a therapist.

    • Anonymous

      What makes me sad is that I sold my AAPL shares a long time ago.

  • Anonymous

    I thought it was supposed to be the iPhone 4S. Or that it wasn’t coming out.

  • Bringit

    Extremely conservative estimate.

  • Anonymous

    Day one numbers gonna be huuuuuuuge! Apple will rule the world.  true story™©®

    • Anonymous

      The ‘true story’ shtick is long past old.

      • Anonymous

        Does it annoy u? Lol. True story ™©®

      • Anonymous

        No.  And a question is not a story.

      • Anonymous

        Says u.  true story™©®

  • J. Williams

    Okay okay

  • Rudy Herfurth

    There are still 15 million Americans that need an iPhone?

    • Anonymous

      Because America is the only market.

  • Anonymous

    The iPhone 5 hasn’t even been announced yet by Apple and we know how many units are on order? Id really like to hear the specs and release date from Apple first before getting to excited.

  • Anonymous

    It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s the slightly new, (maybe redesigned, maybe not) iPhone 4.5 GS. With an engraved picture of steve jobs on the back (laughing all the way to the bank). Disclaimer: We made it slightly bigger in order for us to include a picture of steve jobs holding his liver. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_O7DXHH4LLFAJWSM2UVYXT7G2UQ Tommy Terry

    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

  • http://twitter.com/mbcls ask me

    big freaking deal!
    Hyundai can also manufacture 15 millions car in 2012, that doesnt mean they able to sell 15 millions cars!

    • Scott

      Have you not seen how many they’ve been selling each quarter? This isn’t an Android phone, you know…

  • Eyephone

    Analyst claims?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QAILVW6RGGAJKAASNRRMVDAW4Q Travis R

    Does anyone honestly believe that Apple would make such an ambitious order for a phone that “does not seem to have any major update from iPhone 4”?  Think about it, do you honestly believe Apple would delay a release by 3 months to swap out a processor and camera?  Would anyone other than the most ardent iFanatic buy this new phone when they could simply go buy an iPhone 4 at a discounted price?  Of course not!  I guess we’ll find out buy my money’s on a complete rebuild.

    • http://profiles.google.com/the1aboveall James Padilla

      I agree, but then again maybe they are throwing Sprint into the loop?  I just  bought my Evo 3D and love it…that doesn’t mean I won’t love the iPhone as well.  Apple will impress this fall, making a shit load of $$$ this holiday season. 

  • Anonymous

    apple = the next rimm

    • ALHC

      ya .. I doubt that !!

  • http://twitter.com/reparkable The Man

    PEGATRON. Great name. Sounds like a Transformer.

  • JayK

    I suspect that Apple is going to release two iPhone models this fall. One totally revamped model (iPhone 5) for 200-300 bucks on contract, and one similar to current model (iPhone 4s) that will go for 0-100 bucks on contract and 300 without. They have expressed interests in going after lower-end smartphone market, and they may be moving away from their strategy of offering last year’s model as the cheap offering, since they should’ve realized by now that even price-conscious buyers don’t respond to well to “old” tech products. Plus they would need to tweak iPhone 4 to fix its antenna problems and update it with CDMA/GSM modem.

  • Anonymous

    Here we go again, major or minor? New design or old design? New camera or old camers? Who cares. I’m tired of all this apple icrap and hype. No iphone this year will beat Android top notch phones and I don’t care that apple does have iOS 5. iOS 5 really makes the software look like Android and other competition. 

    Apple is OVERATED. Such bull crap.

  • Anonymous

    I’ve already told my employer that I am gonna need the day off that the iPhone 5 releases so I can go sleep out front of the mall. I like to party.

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