Apple
iPhone 6 With Bigger Display Pegged for Early 2014
The iPhone 6 is coming in early 2014 with a larger 4.8-inch display according to a new analyst note from Citi.
In the note to investors, Citi points to an early release of a larger iPhone 6 as it predicts a small iPhone 5S delay that won’t push the release out past September, but will result in limited iPhone 5S quantities.
The investor note, which likely comes from a variety of supply chain sources, outlines potential release timing for many un-announced Apple products, including two new iPhone models.
iPhone 5S & iPhone 6 Release
According to Citi Research analyst Glen Yeung, Apple is prepping a swift iPhone 6 release to follow the iPhone 5S. In the note shared on CNet, Yeung writes,
We…expect a 4.8 [inch] screen iPhone 6 to be launched in 1Q14
This would be a major change from Apple’s one phone a year summer and all release cycle, but the company has announced versions of the iPhone in the first quarter before, specifically the Verizon iPhone 4.
Yeung believes the iPhone 5S is facing a two to four-week delay, but still agrees with sources who claim Apple will launch the iPhone 5S in September.
Read: iPhone 5S Predictions: Release Date, Features, Cost
If these predictions come through, Apple would offer an iPhone 5S release by October and then possibly launch a larger iPhone 6 within three to six months. The timing would be tight, and many analysts are pointing to June 2014 as an iPhone 6 release date, but Brian White of Topeka Capital Markets claims Apple is working on a larger screen iPhone 5S for 2013. It’s still more likely, based on Apple’s previous releases, that Apple will save a larger screen for an iPhone 6 model next year.
Tim Cook recently left the door open for a larger screen, when the screens are available that meet Apple’s standards for quality.
The iPhone 5S will likely arrive with a similar design to the iPhone 5, but could sport a new 12MP camera and there are rumors of a fingerprint reader that could offer built-in security.
Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 5S at an event in September, which will likely time up with the public iOS 7 release. Apple is expected to announce iOS 7 today, and typically requires a 60 to 90 day period of testing for a new version of iOS and releases it days ahead of a new iPhone.
The iPhone 6 is the common name given to the next all new iPhone, which multiple sources point to for a 2014 release. Rumors include a larger display and all new design for this iPhone.
TheTruthSquad
06/10/2013 at 9:12 am
I am already camped out in front of the Apple store for “A larger Iphone to be released in June of 2014” or I might just buy a Note 3 in September. Can you believe I am second in line?
Jamie
07/03/2013 at 2:41 pm
If Apple makes a 5.7inch screen. No way I will purchase one.Anything bigger than a 4.5 inch I will never ever buy an Apple phone . Jamie
KS
06/10/2013 at 8:32 pm
that’s just stupid. apple wouldn’t release a 5s, and then a 6 just a couple of months after. i think they’re going to skip the 5s and just have the 6th come out with the release of iOS 7 in the fall. that would make the most logical sense.
Ron Stevenson
09/19/2013 at 10:46 am
you were wrong
Samantha
06/11/2013 at 8:08 pm
Seriously?
Man
07/25/2013 at 8:21 am
They talking just senseless,they are out of their mind.