The reports about the next iPhone have been
everywhere online. There’re rumors reporting that iPhone 5S would be announced in August previously. But now, Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo
of KGI Securities, who has correctly predicted quite a few Apple's plans
before, now restates that Cupertino is aiming to launch both a souped-up iPhone 5S, and a more affordable iPhone
in June.
The iPhone 5S might look and feel like the current Apple
flagship, but upgraded with a more powerful A7 SoC, dual LED flash with
alternative coloring, which we've heard about before, as well as a fingerprint
security method, integrated after its acquiring of AuthenTec last year for $356
million.
The cheaper iPhone is going to add some bulk and heft
compared to the premium device, and the chassis is allegedly going to be fused
out of fiberglass and plastic.
It will sport LTE radio, but the analyst thinks Apple will
be having tailored versions for different carriers like the TD-SCDMA China
Mobile, rather than slap Qualcomm's newly-announced chip that combines all
radios under the sun: "RF360's customers are OEMs who have no capability
to design RF front end and PA by themselves," mentioned the analyst.
The iPhone 5S is also going to arrive in a version for China
Mobile subscribers, but the analyst expects the network testing procedures to
be done at a later date than the global July launch, namely around September
this year, which will serve as a huge boost for the iPhone 5S holiday quarter
sales.
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