Apple To Make 25 Million iPhone 5 Handsets In 2011

Apple to make 25 million iphone 5.

As the launch of its next-generation iPhone handset nears, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is gearing up to vessel a record amount of iPhones to close out the 2011 year with a hit. Apple has been placing huge orders for the essential components to make the next iPhone, and with the hype and media frenzy continuing to develop at full steam the product is predictable to sell very well.

WSJ cited sources inside of Apple’s supply chain that the company is life form very aggressive with its build strategies for the new iPhone, and has directed its manufacturers to expect orders adding 25 million units over the coming months. The report claims that unless Foxconn can improve its yields, Apple will be unable to meet such a lofty goal. Insiders have claimed that the iPhone 5 is both complicated and difficult to assemble.

The story also rumored that the next iPhone will include new models of a wireless base band chip developed by Qualcomm, which will be replacing the iPhone 4’s chips which were provided by Inferno. It’s been widely suspected that Apple will be touching to a world phone chip-set with the next iPhone, enabling use on both ‘GSM’ and ‘CDMA’ networks across the globe and simplifying the number of models that Apple wants to develop. The WSJ report did not offer any indication if this Qualcomm chip would be world phone capable.

The story also stated that the iPhone 5 will be both lighter and thinner than the iPhone 4, but did not commit to any speculation concerning a change in design. Just a couple of weeks ago ‘ThisIsMyNext’ claimed that the iPhone 5 would be a radical design departure from the iPhone 4, and other recent rumors have claimed that the feel affection for for the iPhone 4’s design is all but gone from the company’s decision-making team.

If the story is accurate, then Apple’s large component orders would put the iPhone 5 on track to hit its rumored third-quarter release date. Apparently, suppliers have been quoted as planning to ship their final hardware to Foxconn no later than early August so that final assembly of the handsets can begin. Apple shipped more than 18 million iPhones in its last quarter, so a 25 million unit prediction would indicate that Cupertino expects the iPhone 5 to be a blockbuster.

The news publication also hints that the iPhone 5 will not be considerably different from the iPhone 4, and adds that Pegatron has by now started to take delivery of components from upstream makers while its plants have started to recruit more workers.

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