Mass production of Apple iPhone phablet to start in July?

posted by Alan F. / Jun 24, 2014, 2:20 AM

Mass production of Apple iPhone phablet to start in July?

A report published on Tuesday, states that mass-production of the phablet sized Apple iPhone will start next month. According to a pair of anonymous sources, the 4.7 inch Apple iPhone 6 will be shipped to retailers in September. These sources say that there is a chance that the 5.5 inch version of the device, could be shipped to retailers at the same time. Most rumors have the phablet sized model coming to market a month after the 4.7 inch unit arrives.

The size of the screen on the original version of the Apple iPhone was 3.5 inches, which didn't change until Apple went to 4 inches on the Apple iPhone 5. The screens on both of the models released last year, the Apple iPhone 5s and Apple iPhone 5c, were 4 inches in size.

Apple feels the pressure to raise the size of the iPhone screen after Android manufacturers have raised their screen size to the point where a 5 inch display is considered normal. In China, 40% of Android phones purchased in 2014 had screen sizes exceeding 5 inches. With the iPhone producing $91 billion in sales last year, it is Apple's number one product, which means that the company is under pressure from flagship Android models that come with screens in the 5 inch to 5.5 inch range.

source: Bloomberg

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7 Comments

1. brasstax

Posts: 543; Member since: Apr 16, 2014

91 ? Did I read that correctly? That seems mighty impressive considering that the nation with the 3rd largest annual defence budget does not spend that much. $9.1 billion seems more appropriate

posted on Jun 24, 2014, 2:51 AM 0

2. blingblingthing

Posts: 974; Member since: Oct 23, 2012

Why not increase the screen size? You've already followed android's software features, why not follow its OEMs hardware offerings.

posted on Jun 24, 2014, 2:56 AM 0

3. E.N.

Posts: 2610; Member since: Jan 25, 2009

you sound hurt

posted on Jun 24, 2014, 3:37 AM 0

4. darkkjedii

Posts: 31291; Member since: Feb 05, 2011

Why not stop being butt hurt? You already follow the rest of the fandroid crowd, by whining and b**ching about Apple on every article. Why not shhhhhhhhhush?

posted on Jun 24, 2014, 6:08 AM 0

5. TNesmith

Posts: 13; Member since: May 05, 2013

I'm a Nexus user and I'm going to say that I'm TIRED of FANBOYS from all sides of the smartphone world. Whether it be Android, Apple, Samsung, Nexus, HTC, yada-yada... That's all I'll feed the trolls today. Anyways; I'm looking forward to seeing even the 4.7" iPhone 6 just to see something new from Apple. It will sell like crazy so I do think that Apple should sell the 5.5" along with it just to give their users options.