The iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus that came out in September 2014 have broken all the iPhone sales record. Hence, industry watchers feel that there will be more demand for the successor models, the iPhone 6S and the iPhone 6S Plus. Apart from iPhone 6S duos, the company is also rumoured to be working on the flagship iPhone 7.

According to the Master Herald, the arrival of the iPhone 7 has been delayed and it is expected to release in 2016. It states that the reason behind the delay is that the Redmond based company has encountered production issues. It says that Apple may want to examine the market before it launches a flagships because other smartphone companies are rolling out their flagship devices less frequently but are concentrating more in building devices with major design changes.

As far as the iPhone 6S is concerned, it is well on track and is expected to release later this year. The International Business Times report published on claims that it will go in mass production in June and release in September this year.

As the IBTimes reported in its recent post on March 16, the components of the forthcoming iPhone 6S and the iPad Air 3 will be manufactured by TSMC. The iPhone 6S is expected to feature the Apple A9 processor, 2 GB of RAM and the iOS 9 operating system. Master Herald claims that since Apple is going to introduce Apple SIM support on the iPhone 6S, the company may want to delay the arrival of the iPhone 7 to get more exposure from the market this year.

According to the Venture Beat, the iPhone model will release in 2016 will come equipped with Intel 7360 LTE modem. It does not reveal the exact model number of the device, but states that it will be a special edition iPhone that will be launched in developing markets such as Asia and Latin America.

The Intel built 7360 LTE modem was revealed at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 at Barcelona, Spain. It offers Category 10 connectivity made possible through 3x carrier aggregation. It can deliver download speeds of up to 450 Mbps.

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