No Rush For iPhone 6S 2015 Release Date As Apple Eyes 45M iPhone 6 Ship Outs By June

The chance is quite slim that Apple will opt for an advanced iPhone 6S release date this 2015 as the current model, the iPhone 6, remains in demand. By June this year, the tech giant is looking to push out up to 45 million units of the 2014 flagship, a new report said.

The iPhone maker appears gunning to sustain on the incredible showing of the iPhone 6 so far that plans for the sequel is not the immediate focus at the moment. According to DigiTimes, the company is set to order a high of 45 million new iPhone 6 units in the second quarter. This indicates that Apple is still very much upbeat on the capability of the iPhone 6 to deliver.

Bestselling iPhone ever

At the end of 2014, Apple had sold 74.5 million iPhones and more than half of the haul is believed to be of the iPhone 6 and its bigger sibling, the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus. In the same report, the U.S.-based is predicted to clear out at least 53 million units more – all iPhone 6 and the 6 Plus – in the following quarter or Q1 2015.

DigiTimes pointed to the date provided by investment firm Morgan Stanley as source of its information. The projection translates to 43 per cent increase of iPhone shipments from the last 12 months ending in March 2015.

And the upward trend is not anticipated to peak anytime soon as it looked like that Apple’s production lines in Asia will still prioritise the churning out of the latest iPhone model. It follows then that mass production of the iPhone 6S will not get the green light to start soon.

iPhone 6S rumours

However, speculations have surfaced recently that manufacturing activities connected with the iPhone 6S are already underway, at least for some of the crucial components. The application processor, for instance, that will power the next iPhone is the A9 chip that Samsung will reportedly build for Apple using the 14-nanometre FinFET process. As early as December last year, the chip is already in the testing phase in preparation for its volume production this quarter.

Then there is the LPDDR4 DRAM technology that according to supply chain chatters Apple will source from Samsung. The memory chip, in fact, will debut next month with the Galaxy S6 and S6 availability. If true that this same RAM will end up with the next iPhone then it makes sense that large-scale production of the component is already in full swing.

Now aside from these Samsung-made inner components, the iPhone 6S on release date is also rumoured to boast of Force Touch display capabilities, a flexible screen, virtual buttons and internal waterproofing, with the iOS 9 as the core killer feature. Actual device touchdown is not expected until September 2015 at the earliest.

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