Deutsche Bank: Unibody aluminum iPhone 5 and low-cost iPhone 4S due in coming weeks

By on Sep 26, 2011 at 1:15 PM
Business September 26, 2011

Apple will unveil two new iPhone models next month, an all new iPhone 5 and a revamped iPhone 4 that will address the entry-level smartphone market. Deutsche Bank Securities analyst Chris Whitmore on Monday rehashed a research note he distributed this past June, which suggested Apple would unveil an iPhone 5 and an “iPhone 4S” in September. The iPhone 5 would be Apple’s brand new flagship smartphone, and the 4S would be a low-cost version of the current iPhone 4 model priced around $349 unlocked. The analyst’s new note mirrors those sentiments, though Whitmore now offers a few additional details. Read on for more.

Whitmore now sees the iPhone 5 as featuring a completely revamped design highlighted by a unibody aluminum case. The analyst’s description of an aluminum case could align with renders BGR published exclusively earlier this month. Regarding the iPhone 4S, Whitmore says it will be a tweaked version of Apple’s iPhone 4 that will cost between $300 and $350 without a contract. The new low pricing could allow Apple to address the prepaid market with its new low-cost handset, or it could allow carriers to offer the device for free with a postpaid contract.

The analyst’s note also mentions that the iPhone 5 will feature a better camera and a slightly bigger display, as has been rumored numerous times to date. The combination of a high-end redesigned iPhone 5 and an entry-level iPhone 4S is expected to expand Apple’s addressable market dramatically, and Whitmore notes that a low-cost 4S could make Apple’s smartphone an option for more than 1 billion prepaid customers.

Apple is expected to unveil one or more new iPhone models at a press conference on October 4th.

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  • Guest

    Because we all know that aluminium is completely transparent to microwaves. 

    Suck a dick Analysts. 

    • Anonymous

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      • Wirelessmodz

        your best friends mom is a whore troll

    • http://www.jeffkibuule.com Jeff Kibuule

      Could be as simple as having a black plastic strip like the iPad, iPad 2, and original iPhone.

    • http://twitter.com/stickyicky97 stickyicky97

      or it could be made out of liquid metal since Apple bought that technology over a year ago?  I like the brushed aluminum back on my iPad 2, so I’m hoping it looks like that.

      • Anonymous

        That is what I can’t wait to see. Liquid metal Apple products that are super uber durable. Imagine an iPhone that can bounce. 

      • http://twitter.com/rtorcato Richard Torcato

        They didn’t buy the technology. They licensed the rights to it for a few years. Liquid metal is expensive to produce so don’t expect to see it in iPhones anytime soon. 

      • Luther9374

        Liquid metal is already in the iPhone. The SIM ejector pin is made of it.  Search it up

  • F1

    Looking forward to the unlocked options, people deserve choices!

    Thank You

  • thatguy

    Im not getting the first batch.

    • http://twitter.com/EwanTouma Ewan Touma

      Good, because plenty of others will gladly take it.

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

    Apple is definitely aiming at destroying the middle-class smartphone like Galaxy Ace, Wildfire S…, the iPhone 4S with those specs, if it’s actually cheap, it will smash the competition

    • http://twitter.com/computer_tweets KW

      Funniest comment of the day!

    • Wirelessmodz

      not going to happen 350 unlocked i dont think so

      • Anonymous

        I agree the price would have to be way lower than 350 to compete with the likes of the phones posted by Gonzalez,

    • http://twitter.com/GRZLA Grizzly Atoms

      The 4S at best will have a 1ghz processor, which is still behind in the mobile industry.

      • Georgetown Sir

        iPhone 4 has a A4 1ghz underclocked to 800. 4S will probably be clocked at 1ghz out the box.

      • Gargamel

        If you think the speed of the iPhone’s processor has any bearing on anything, that speaks volumes to your knowledge of the industry and your grasp on reality.

        Geeks compare processor speeds on Android phones because there’s no other easy way to differentiate one phone from another beyond hardware specs. In the real world, no one cares even a little.

        Consumers buy iPhones because of the UX, the design and the marketing. If Apple used a 300MHz processor or a 3GHz processor, it wouldn’t make a difference at all as long as the UX is fluid and the device performs as it should.

        And don’t start whining and calling me a fanboy. I don’t own a single Apple product.

      • Jason David Stitt

        this time last year a 1ghz processor was ahead in the industry…

  • J. Williams

    Yawn, zzzzz

    • Sulawman

      Dude…if you’re so bored by the posts on this site, why do you bother reading it, let alone comment on it?

      • J. Williams

        Because I can.

      • Sulawman

        Brilliant Response.  How long did it take you to come up with that?

      • J. Williams

        About as much time as it took for you to try making me upset, or look bad. Kick rocks please, all the way back to where you were.

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2PVH6VUUAIOSHZEXOGBEC7RWLA Carlo

        Hey, I don’t have a dog in this fight but bored or not, I’d comment just to piss you off – which clearly is pretty easy…

      • Zac Caslin

        He has an android phone and no life. What do you expect out of these freetards? 

  • Rezetor

    This revolutionary design I already see…

  • http://twitter.com/wudini wudini

    looking forward to the bigger screen. only took 5 generations.

    • Anonymous

      Yes because cellphone screens were huge in 2007. Moron

  • Bringit

    This will crush Android.

    • Wirelessmodz

      i will crush you fanboy along with your crapple

      • Bringit

        Big words from a tiny person.  And there is nothing wrong with being a fan of quality.  What is wrong is being a fan of Crapdroid simply because you wear pink and your friends tell you to hate Apple.

      • Anonymous

        haha loser

    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR6HpRLyzMY Walter Sobchak

      So they have to give iPhones away to compete?

      • http://www.apple.com/ios/ios5/ BoyRetardedReport

        Hey buddy there have been 128 Android phones 47 Android tablets… so what if they make a 2nd?

      • Bringit

        we all know this to be false.  The only phones that is free or less in some cases are Android phones.  

  • Anonymous

    Douche Bank analysts know nothing – this is a regurgitated article already posted 11 times this month.

    • Anonymous

      Agreed.

  • Anonymous

    Apple is releasing an iPhone 6 and and iPhone 5 that will be magical and change everything again! That is what i heard from some guy that my cousins best friends knows who hangs out at 7-11 that he heard from his moms doctor who heard from an “analyst” I know that BGR needs readers but enough with the stupid rumors and analyst predictions already!

    • Guest

      What’s 7 -11? Some sort of school?

  • http://twitter.com/EwanTouma Ewan Touma

    No, not aluminum again! When can we get carbon fibre?

  • jeff kutsch

    unibody aluminum body……..what does that mean for “ACTUAL” reception?  

  • http://www.facebook.com/minh43 Minh Ly

    I have a tip on the next iPhone rumor: it will contain some sort of metal and copper as well as have a sim card slot.

  • Anonymous

    Do you actually believe that this analyst has any clue what is actually coming out, not that he’s just rehashing the same rumors you posted about last week, the week before, and the week before that?  His description of the iPhone 5 unibody case aligns well with the Casemate renders you posted? REALLY, NO KIDDING!?  What are the odds of that?

    Also, how were those Casemate renderings EXCLUSIVELY posted by BGR?  What makes going to the CaseMate website and taking screenshots exclusive?  I remember when BGR actually posted truly breaking, exlusive tips and info on the newest mobile phones, not just regurgitated analyst dribble sprinkled with an exclusive BlackBerry posting that no one cares about. 

    • http://twitter.com/iMarky_Marc Marc Jarvis

      Y U MAD THOUGH?

      • Pmcgann222

        Oh, THAT’S funny…that really made me laugh toward the end of an otherwise stressful day.
        Thanks for that!

  • Louise Schmidt

    Whats the difference what its made of everyone knows iphones are fragile and you have to use a case.

  • Anonymous

    funny how this is the ONLY SITE that gets these dumb rumors and nobody else does lol

  • Anonymous

    Those Deutsche Bank folks are really earning their huge bonuses by telling us what we already knew. In further news a Deutsche Bank analyst just released a report about a new invention called television.

  • Anonymous

    Zach must suck these analysts up for a iphone rumor

  • Guest

    Му boss also bought 39″ HD-TV froм мe for 700 that I only paid USD 80.26. I use Ð’ Е T A O F F Е R . С O M

    • http://www.apple.com/ios/ios5/ BoyRetardedReport

      NICE I WANT TO USE IT TOO DUDE THAT’S SO COOL CAUSE I REALLY WANT A NEW TV I WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A NEW TV BUT I ONLY HAD 80.26 I LOVE YOU MAN NOW I CAN BUY A NICE TV MAYBE THE TV OF MY DREAMS OH YOU ARE SO NICE AND KIND PUTTING THIS INFORMATION OUT FOR ME TO READ PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE MY DAY

  • Anonymous

    Really, good for them! Nothing Apple will do to make me go back to iOS… used to have an iPhone 4 and won’t look back..

  • Scroatette

    Scroat is already using an iPhone 5!!!! I am not allowed to reveal any of the specs but I can promise you one thing…the iPhone 5 will change everything!!

  • Anonymous

    Unless its someone working at Apple all these “analysis” based articles are pure BS. It must be a slow news day when articles about a-holes spewing guesses typed up in a report while wearing suits are treated as fact because they graduated from Ivy League schools. Hey Chris Whitmore its almost October and where are the iPhones? I rather take the word of a 10 year old Chinese girl working at Foxcomm over these suits, she actually TOUCHED iPhone 5′s !!!

    Also these “shipped” numbers reports are meaningless to us since we care about how it “sells”.

  • Anonymous

    No change log here especially no innovation

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