The worst kept secret in the technology industry right now is that the next iPhones will be delivered with bigger screens this September, coming in 4.7 and 5.5-inch sizes. But if reports out of the Far East are to be believed, the new iPhone won’t just be bigger it will be huge — for Apple that is. How so? Apple is asking its suppliers to build 70-80 million new iPhones by year end. That represents an increase of up to 60% from last year’s orders for the iPhone 5s and 5c, which totaled 50-60 million.
Because of the ranges in the estimates, it’s also possible that Apple will only be getting about 15% more iPhones than last year at this time. But that seems unlikely. The company was caught a bit flat-footed in 2013 when demand for the higher-end 5s outstripped expectations while the lower-end 5c came in a bit shy of what Apple had hoped for.
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