WSJ: Next Generation iPhone will be Thinner and Lighter

Submitted by lalit on July 6, 2011 - 9:23am.

WSJ is reporting that Apple has placed orders with component suppliers in preparation for launch of next generation iPhone sometime in the third quarter. Lorraine Luk of WSJ posted:

According to some suppliers of components to Apple, the new version of the iPhone is expected to be thinner and lighter than the iPhone 4 and sport an 8-megapixel camera. One person said the new iPhone will operate on Qualcomm Inc.'s wireless baseband chips.

"Apple's sales estimates of the new iPhone is quite aggressive. It told us to prepare to help the company meet its goal of 25 million units by the end of the year," said another person at one of Apple's suppliers. "The initial production volume will be a few million units... we were told to ship the components to assembler Hon Hai in August."

Two of the people, however, cautioned that shipments of the new iPhone could be delayed if Hon Hai can't improve its yield rate as the new iPhone is "complicated and difficult to assemble."

Thinner than iPhone 4 that will be something. Recent rumors are indicating that iPhone 5 will indeed have new design and it won’t be simply iPhone 4 with updated processor as was rumored before. Our sources say that August is the month to watch for iPhone 5 launch and shipment.