Ultra-Thin 4.7-Inch iPhone 6 Finalised as Apple Taps Pegatron to Build 25M Units for October Release Date – Reports

Apple will reportedly rollout an ultra-thin 4.7-inch iPhone 6 starting on October 2014 or a month after the device's September 9 intro with Pegatron tasked by the tech giant to deliver around 25 million units by the end of the year.

Mass production set in motion

The total shipment awarded by Apple to Pegatron represents 50 per cent of the smaller screen new iPhones that will come out this year, according to DigiTimes. It is estimated that the iPhone maker ordered 50 million units of the 4.7-inch model and the delivery will be completed by December.

The other 25 million will come from Foxconn. Going by the earlier estimates issued by Morgan Stanley, some 80 million freshly-minted iPhones will hit the market in the months ahead and 30 million of which are the 5.5-inch edition.

First iPhone phablet with sapphire glass cover

A new report from The Wall Street Journal somehow explained why Apple is building the bigger iPhone 6 in fewer quantities. The jumbo-sized device is likely the exclusive recipient of sapphire display, the U.S. publication said.

The material, which is said to provide better protection to the iPhone screen, costs more to produce that prompted Apple to limit its use for the first iOS phablet. Sapphire will also serve as the distinct feature of the 5.5-inch iPhone 6.

The bigger iPhone is separated as well from its smaller sibling by its higher price tag, likely starting at $300 for units with contract agreement, and bigger storage space that could begin from 32GB and reaching a high of 128GB.

Super-slim iPhone 6 design is finalised

Yet while the two upcoming iPhone builds will present a number of different features, the general consensus among Apple watchers is the devices will have the same form-factor - slimmed down and paperweight.

The latest indicator of this is the supposedly assembled logic board for the next iPhone that according to MacRumors has essentially confirmed two things - most of the rumoured inside components for the device and the inner configuration that strongly suggests of a thinner iPhone ever.

Another clue that points to a dramatically reduced iPhone thickness is the latest approved patent by Apple that supports the creation of future iPhones and iPads with slimmed down profile, according to Patently Apple.

While the patent is not a solid assurance of a super-slim iPhone 6 this year, it proved nonetheless that the technology is available for Apple to build the sexiest version of its flagship product at any given time.

As mentioned, the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 will be revealed in the second Tuesday of September but the actual release date for the device is likely set in early October. The 5.5-inch, on the other hand, will not touchdown until December 2014, analysts said.